Unlike previous MCU instalments, Multiverse of Madness sees Sam Raimi at the helm, the legendary director who, if it weren’t for his vision that brought us Spider-Man (2002), superhero movies might not have been what they are today.
In short, ever since the director for this movie was announced, expectations were pretty high.
Continue reading “Jacked In Reviews ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ (2022)”For fear of having to dodge spoilers like the Green Goblin’s pumpkin grenades, Jacked In’s Jack hit the theatre bright and early on December 15th, 2021 to get involved in Spider-Man: No Way Home (in IMAX of course).
Continue reading “Jacked In Reviews ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ (2021)”Evil Dead follows a bunch of youths staying in a cabin whilst attempting to help their drug-addicted friend, Mia (Jane Levy) kick her habit. As the movie progresses, strange happenings begin to arise, is it a paranormal entity or simply the ramblings of someone going cold turkey? Continue reading “Jacked In Recommends ‘Evil Dead’ (2013)”
Travelling back in time, far away from the intimate cabin in the woods setting, we have Army of Darkness AKA Evil Dead III. Now in a much more open (and medieval) world, this film took things to the next level. Giving us deadites by the hundreds, effects that completely trumped its predecessors, not to mention, going completely slapstick with the franchise in the best way possible.
Given the stories from the goings-on behind the camera for the previous two Evil Dead movies, it’s no surprise that this larger production had its own fair share of difficulties as well as interesting tales to tell. From a main cast member losing eleven pounds in one day to studio interference which led to the movie’s ending having to be completely reshot, we’ll be taking a look at behind the scenes for the third instalment to the Evil Dead franchise. . . Groovy.
Continue reading “Behind The Scenes of Sam Raimi’s ‘Army of Darkness’”For a lot of Evil Dead fans, Evil Dead II is perhaps regarded as their favourite instalment to the franchise. Doing something that wasn’t common practice at the time with horror movies, this sequel managed to keep its horror aspect and simultaneously add humour, going from slapstick comedy to something insanely dark and twisted in a matter of seconds. This new style and some other iconic elements would carry on in future movies and even the series, Ash vs Evil Dead, which was released decades later.
However, what was it like working on set for a movie that would change the horror game and go down in cult classic infamy? From a third of the crew being fired over the course of a weekend to one of the cast members almost biting it during a take, we’ll be looking at behind the scene stories from Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead II . . . Groovy.
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