...when it hit me: if seen as a somewhat inferior 4th entry into the Evil Dead series, the movie makes perfect sense. Ash traveled to 1940s New England after reading the Necronomicon again, married, had a daughter, sent her out to a cabin in the woods (remember, the headmistress told them that it started as a one-room schoolhouse) and his daughter has her own adventures. The faculty bore striking resemblances to the Deadites, if you'll noticed. The fact that Ash grabbed an axe instead of his trusty chainsaw and boomstick was just a character error that needs to be added to the goofs section.
So all-in-all, this movie wasn't quite up to the standards of the first three, but it was a solid "Evil Dead, The Next Generation" flick. It's probably for the best that Raimi wasn't involved with this one. Imagine what he'd do with evil rape trees and an entire school filled with women. One shudders to think.
So all-in-all, this movie wasn't quite up to the standards of the first three, but it was a solid "Evil Dead, The Next Generation" flick. It's probably for the best that Raimi wasn't involved with this one. Imagine what he'd do with evil rape trees and an entire school filled with women. One shudders to think.