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In the fifth Evil Dead film, a road-weary Beth (Lily Sullivan) pays an overdue visit to her older sister Ellie (Alyssa Sutherland), who is raising three kids <on her own in a cramped L.A apartment. The sisters' reunion is cut short by the discovery of a mysterious book deep in the bowels of Ellie's building, giving rise to flesh-possessing demons, and thrusting Beth into a primal battle for survival as she is faced with the most nightmarish version of motherhood imaginable. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Apr 20, 2023 - 13 comments

The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a mysterious maniac. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 27, 2022 - 1 comment

Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) and M.J. (Kirsten Dunst) seem to finally be on the right track in their complicated relationship, but trouble looms for the superhero and his lover. Peter's Spider-Man suit turns black and takes control of him, not only giving Peter enhanced power but also bringing out the dark side of his personality. Peter must overcome the suit's influence as two supervillains, Sandman and Venom, rise up to destroy him and all those he holds dear. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 18, 2022 - 5 comments

The third film in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead trilogy finds Ash (Bruce Campbell) transported back to medieval days, a Michigan Yankee in Lord Arthur's Court, if you will. He must quest for the Necronomicon, a book of evil which can return him to his time, or unleash an undead army called the "Deadites." It should go pretty smoothly as long as Ash displays a modicum of competency... [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Dec 15, 2021 - 19 comments

After 19 years of playing the game he's loved his whole life, Detroit Tigers pitcher Billy Chapel has to decide if he's going to risk everything and put everything out there. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Feb 15, 2021 - 3 comments

Xena, a mighty Warrior Princess with a dark past, sets out to redeem herself. She is joined by small town bard, Gabrielle. Together they journey the ancient world and fight for the greater good against ruthless Warlords and Gods. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Apr 15, 2020 - 8 comments

Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Apr 6, 2018 - 4 comments

A loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Mar 16, 2018 - 9 comments

After Hudsucker Industries President Waring Hudsucker (Charles Durning) commits suicide, the senior executives -led by the seniorest of them, Sidney Mussburger (Paul Newman)- install naïve business school graduate Norville Barnes (Tim Robbins) as President in a play to drive the stock price down. Meanwhile, fast-talking reporter archetype Amy Archer (Jennifer Jason Leigh) tries to figure out what’s going on.
posted by Going To Maine on Dec 21, 2017 - 29 comments

Ruby, Kelly and Pablo encounter crazy characters when they search for Ash and Baal in an abandoned asylum; Baal schemes to break Ash and find the Necronomicon.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 21, 2016 - 11 comments

Ash wakes up in an asylum and a seemingly helpful doctor tries desperately to get him to admit his horrific acts so his healing can begin. Ash's world seems to crumble around him.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 13, 2016 - 9 comments

An angry mob corners Ash and the team in Brock's house while Ruby tries to summon the spell to send Baal back to hell.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 6, 2016 - 3 comments

A group of friends break into the house of a wealthy blind man, thinking they'll get away with the perfect heist. They're wrong. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Sep 4, 2016 - 7 comments

A brilliant scientist left for dead returns to exact revenge on the people who burned him alive. [more inside]
posted by sapagan on Apr 26, 2016 - 17 comments

Ash is back, baby. Groovy. [more inside]
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich on Nov 1, 2015 - 23 comments

When friends Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell set out to turn their 1978 short Within the Woods into a full-length film on a shoestring budget, what they came up with was The Evil Dead; a nauseating film, sure, but also a thunderstorm in a bottle that managed to splice black comedy with innovative technique to make a hugely beloved cult horror mainstay. But how could anybody follow up such an apparent fluke with a sequel? Well, if you're Raimi and Campbell, you take another run at the same story, with the insanity turned up to 11, and in the process you practically invent a new genre of film.
posted by churl on Jul 28, 2015 - 12 comments