The Many Lives of The Evil Dead: Essays on the Cult Film Franchise

The Many Lives of The Evil Dead: Essays on the Cult Film Franchise
ISBN-10
1476636044
ISBN-13
9781476636047
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
219
Language
English
Published
2019-03-04
Publisher
McFarland
Authors
Ron Riekki, Jeffrey A. Sartain

Description

One of the top-grossing independent films of all time, The Evil Dead (1981) sparked a worldwide cult following, resulting in sequels, remakes, musicals, comic books, conventions, video games and a television series. Examining the legacy of one of the all-time great horror films, this collection of new essays covers the franchise from a range of perspectives. Topics include The Evil Dead as punk rock cinema, the Deadites' (demon-possessed undead) place in the American zombie tradition, the powers and limitations of Deadites, evil as affect, and the films' satire of neoliberal individualism.

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