Latest News & Updates

The Horde Shirt featuring Ash - 11.20.09
While browsing Threadless, a popular online user designed t-shirt shop we stumbled across a groovy t-shirt called The Horde designed by Alex Lewis. The shirt features our hero Ash defending himself atop his Delta 88 Oldsmobile surrounded by a horde of zombies. The shirt available to buy on the site.

Book of the Dead: Tim Quill Interview - 11.19.09
Book of the Dead has just done a great interview with Tim Quinn the actor who famously played blacksmith from Army of Darkness as well as appeared in My Name is Bruce and Sam Raimi's Spiderman films.

The Man Called Ash - 11.09.09
Apparently there has been a playable Ash character made a while back for the freeware 2D fighting game engine M.U.G.E.N. It doesn't seem like Ash has many moves but he can call out the death coaster as a super. Unfortunately we don't have links to download Ash(use google!) but here's some video of him in action!

The Evil Dead (Cultography) Now Available! - 11.1.09
Kate Egan's The Evil Dead (Cultography) book is available to order! Here's a description:

Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead (1981) has been celebrated as a rollercoaster ride of terror and a classic horror hit, a defining exemple of the tongue-in-cheek, excessively gory horror films of the 1980s. It is also the film that introduced the now-iconic character of Ash (played by Bruce Campbell). This study considers the factors that have contributed to the film's evolving cult reputation. It recounts its grueling production, its journey from Cannes to video and DVD, its playful recasting of the genre, and its status, for fans and critics alike, as one of the grungiest, gutsiest, and most inventive horror films in movie history.

New Evil Dead Site: Book of the Dead Now Live - 10.31.09
Our friends in the UK formerly Within The Woods - The Evil Dead Appreciation Site have re-launched their site as Book of the Dead: The Definitive Evil Dead Website and is now live. Check them out! In other news Deadites Online is currently working on a new site design ourselves and will be live soon. We'll keep you updated!

The Occulterers: New Web Series Starring Ellen Sandweiss - 10.26.09

Ellen Sandweiss just sent us word that she is starring in a new web series on Bablegum called the Occulterers. It's a 6 episode horror comedy about 4 inept paranormal investigators, written and directed by and starring the king of internet entertainment, Hayden Black. A new episode airs each night this week through Halloween. For more information about the series be sure to check out their Facebook page.

Ash and The Necronomicons - 10.24.09
Apparently there is an Army of Darkness tribute rock band based in NYC called Ash and Necronomicons and they're looking for a female guitarist who can sing. If you live in the area and fit this criteria, contact them via their Craig's List ad.

Bollywood Remake of the Evil Dead - 10.23.09
Here are a scenes from the Bollywood remake of the Evil Dead called Bach Ke Zara. It's ridiculously cheesy and bad.

How to Recreate the Evil Dead Shaky Cam Effect - 10.20.09
This week and part of Mogulween, Backyard FX pays homage to the Evil Dead series by showing you how to recreate the 'Shaky-Cam' effect made popular by the cult-classic horror film.

Ladies of the Evil Dead at Horror Fest - 9.28.09
Cast from the classic horror film Evil Dead will be at Game Warehouse on October 17th from 10-5 to sign memorabilia and take pictures with fans. During this time, we will also have Zombies, a booth to get zombie makeup, and the cast from the Whole Art Theatre hit Evil Dead The Musical.

At 7:30, the cast from Evil Dead will have a Q&A. It will be a great time to learn even more about your favorite character from the hit movie, as well as find out what they have been up to since the movie.

There will then be a Zombie Crawl. The cast will meet at Bronson Park with the zombies, and participate in the crawl. The crawl will begin at 9pm, and after making its way through downtown, end up at Up and Under.

For more detailed information, please visit www.gamewarehouseonline.com and click on the HorrorFest icon. Or feel free to call (269) 903-2309.

Army of Darkness Invades the iPhone - 9.16.09
iPhone Savior reports a free Army of Darkness Soundboard app has just been released for the iphone. The app features famous quotes as well as a slideshow mode for enjoying the quotes in succession accompanied by shots from the movie.

We tested the app and it's pretty cool, but the slideshow photos don't exactly correspond with the quotes.

S-Mart Updated! - 9.7.09
The S-Mart section has been updated with new Blu-ray and DVD videos to buy for your collections.

Army of Darkness: Screwhead Edition Blu-ray Reviews
For those fans who are interested in picking up the Army of Darkness: Screwhead Edition Blu-ray disc next week, DVD Beaver has posted an in-depth review of the Blu-ray disc. From the sound of it, the Universal Blu-ray version features excellent picture and sound but is somewhat lacking in special features. Will you pick it up? For those fans in the UK interested in picking up the Optimum Blu-ray disc, Blu-ray.com has a review.

Deadites Online Now on Youtube - 9.1.09
It's been long overdue but we now have a Youtube channel. The channel will feature trailers, rare behinds the scene footage, rare Sam Raimi shorts, and other videos. Enjoy!