Now that a New Year is officially in full swing, we of course have to hear annual talk about the potential of an
Evil Dead reboot. Arent you all excited? NO? Yeah, me neither.
Sam Raimi, a man that is beloved by this site, has talked throughout the last decade about remaking his classic, thirty year old low budget horror film The Evil Dead and several scripts have been floating around over the years. At this point it seems that as long as Raimi continues to make films, he will continue to talk about returning to his roots. Raimis long time producer/friend Robert Tapert
spoke to Freep (via
Shock Till You Drop) recently and made it clear The Evil Dead reboot is still on the cards;
"It's (a reboot) possible; we're looking at a script this month. What's interesting about 'Evil Dead' is very few people saw it in the format we made it for, which is for the theater. ... I think Sam wants to embrace the ultimate experience in grueling terror and see it remade for a proper theatrical experience.
No word on who that script is accredited to but a few years ago there was talk of Sam Raimi's brother Ted writing a screenplay with a young director coming in to helm what would either be an Evil Dead 4 or an Evil Dead remake. While I understand the desire to show The Evil Dead on the big screen and to a whole new audience, I feel like a road show or a deal with a theater chain to show the '81 classic original for a limited time is a better route than re-doing what is for me, one of my first horror memories that I would rather not have destroyed. AMC in the past few months have shown Back To The Future, The Exorcist, and next week Airplane! in its theaters nationwide so why cant something like that be worked out?
What would an Evil Dead film look like without Raimi and Bruce Campbell? Would we even want to see it? I realize that being three decades old the original is a dated movie, low budget, and not up to par with the look of most modern horror (not a criticism for me, as I hate the 'glossy' horror movement) but I cant watch this film series without smiling immensely and Id rather see its legacy remain intact as is, rather than letting someone make it a shitty Plantinum Dunes-esque (even if Raimi is producing this film himself) remake of a horror classic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTrwdiA_6-c Please Mr. Raimi, Mr. Tapert leave this alone and if you itch for this that badly put the efforts into your own new horror film (Drag Me To Hell was special, wasn't it) or invest in a young filmmakers original horror film instead of using excuses to go back and remake a film which maybe you dont find perfect, but that plenty of film fans like myself certainly do.