The many lives of The evil dead : essays on the cult film franchise / edited by Ron Riekki and Jeffrey A. Sartain.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Riekki, R. A., editor.

Sartain, Jeffrey A., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evil dead (Motion picture).

Evil dead II (Motion picture).

Army of darkness (Motion picture).

Cipolla, Frank. Evil dead, the musical.

Cipolla, Frank.

Cult films--History and criticism.

Cult films.

Motion pictures--History.

Motion pictures.

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 211 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Contents:

Part I The Films

Deadites and the American Zombie Tradition p. 4 / Brandon Kempner

"The Number One Nasty": How Britain's Most Popular Eighties Horror Was Banned p. 15 / Sarah Cleary

Final Girl, Final Boy: Ash's Imperiled Masculinity p. 27 / Dale Bailey

Perceptions of Paranormal Plausibility: Method and Manipulation in The Evil Dead p. 34 / Leon Lewis

Naturom Demonto: How The Evil Dead Claims Evil for Both Literature and Cinema p. 41 / John Semley

Tracking Gaze, Possessing Perspective: Evil as Affect p. 51 / Haerin Shin

The Evil Dead and Punk Rock Cinema p. 55 / Alex Pitofsky

Horrid Addictions and Curious Cravings p. 59 / Emily D. Edwards

Dismembering, Repeating and Working-Through: Queer Disability and Neoliberal Crises of Deracination in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead Trilogy p. 70 / Clayton J. Plake

The First Horror Film Shot in Michigan p. 82 / Ron Riekki

Part II The Franchise and Adaptations

"Don't call me Ash!": Success, the Bruce Campbell Way p. 94 / Michael Fuchs and Michael Phillips

Ash vs. the Cult of Personality p. 109 / Alex Liddell

"For God's sake, how do you stop it?!": The Powers and Limitations of the Deadites p. 120 / Michael P. Jaros and Robert I. Lublin

"Shoot first, think never": Ashs Satire of Neoliberal Individualism p. 131 / Jeffrey A. Sartain

Franchising Fright from Film to Game p. 144 / Stefan Hall

Repulsion and Convulsion in "The Splatter Zone" p. 153 / Rob Roznowski

Stage Horrality: Evil Dead: The Musical and the Theatricality of Embarrassment p. 158 / Andre Loiselle

Deadites vs. Adaptation p. 164 / Valerie L. Guyant

Deadite Porn p. 172 / Olga Tchepikova-Treon

Macduff vs. Army of Darkness p. 182 / Erin Harrington

Part III Testimonials

Fake Shemping p. 188 / Bill Vincent

Do the Necronomicon: Evil Dead's Journey into the Realm of Musical Theater p. 196 / L. Michael Elliott

Being Linda p. 200 / Betsy Baker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

147666871X

9781476668710

OCLC:

1076806320