Halloween Highlight: Evil Dead Franchise (4K!)

[LoveCinema]

I usually disparage K's Halloween offerings so I thought I'd take a moment to highlight when they do a good job. With the recent 4K Catalog Upgrade of Army of Darkness, the entire Evil Dead Film franchise is now available in 4K!!! The original trilogy, ending in Army of Darkness, is considered an absolute classic and part of the early horror/comedy mix that has become so popular. The quotable lines in Army of Darkness are immeasurable, and I'll leave it to historians to decide whether Army of Darkness' 4K Upgrade or Lawrence of Arabia's DV Upgrade was the greater addition to cinema on K.

If you're a fan, you should absolutely snatch up all of these titles. If you like 70's, 80's, and 90's horror and wish K would get more of it, pick up these titles! K is doing the good work here and giving us these movies in the best quality. We need to show they can sell! (While the modern titles do well on K, the classic films are low on popularity. Let's fix that!)

The Original Trilogy*

The Evil Dead (1981): (The "original" low budget horror.)

The Evil Dead

A group of students find an ancient book and a weathered recording that awakens something in the woods. Horror, Cult. Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Bruce Campbell, Philip A. Gillis, Dorothy Tapert, and Ellen Sandweiss. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR10.

www.kaleidescape.com

Evil Dead 2 (1987): (Part remake, mostly sequel.)

Evil Dead 2

A couple unleashes evil spirits by playing back recordings of incantations from the Book of the Dead. Horror, Comedy, Cult. Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Denise Bixler, and Richard Domeier. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR10.

www.kaleidescape.com

Army of Darkness (1992): (More essential than Citizen Kane?)

Army of Darkness

Ash inadvertently unleashes an army of undead after falling through a time-warp to medieval England. Horror, Comedy, Cult. Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, and Ian Abercrombie. Purchase and download today in 4K Dolby Vision with Dolby Atmos audio.

www.kaleidescape.com

The New Ones*
Evil Dead (2013): (Remake? Reboot? Sequel? Scary and brutal.)

Evil Dead

In a remote cabin, five friends discover an ancient book that unleashes a demonic presence. Horror. Directed by Fede Alvarez. Starring Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, and Jessica Lucas. Purchase and download today in 4K.

www.kaleidescape.com

Evil Dead Rise (2023): (The "other" horror sequel now set in a high-rise.)

Evil Dead Rise

While visiting her estranged sister's family, a woman discovers an ancient book that unleashes undead horrors on Los Angeles. Directed by Lee Cronin. Starring Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, and Gabrielle Echols. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR10 with Dolby Atmos audio.

www.kaleidescape.com

Evil Dead Burn (2026): (Less "Ha Ha" and more "The Horror!")

Evil Dead Burn

When the Book of the Dead unleashes demonic forces, a grieving widow's visit with family descends into a violent nightmare. Horror. Purchase and download today in 4K Dolby Vision with Dolby Atmos audio.

www.kaleidescape.com

The TV Series**
Ash vs Evil Dead* (2015-2018): (No such thing as too much Bruce Campbell.)

Ash vs Evil Dead 3-Season Set

www.kaleidescape.com

*We're unlikely to see movie bundles as the rights split amongst Sony, Lionsgate, and Universal.
**Ash vs. Evil Dead is only available in HD on any format.

 

[leo9000]

I usually disparage K's Halloween offerings so I thought I'd take a moment to highlight when they do a good job. With the recent 4K Catalog Upgrade of Army of Darkness, the entire Evil Dead Film franchise is now available in 4K HDR!!! The original trilogy, ending in Army of Darkness, is considered an absolute classic and part of the early horror/comedy mix that has become so popular. The quotable lines in Army of Darkness are immeasurable, and I'll leave it to historians to decide whether Army of Darkness' 4K Upgrade or Lawrence of Arabia's DV Upgrade was the greater addition to cinema on K.

If you're a fan, you should absolutely snatch up all of these titles. If you like 70's, 80's, and 90's horror and wish K would get more of it, pick up these titles! K is doing the good work here and giving us these movies in the best quality. We need to show they can sell! (While the modern titles do well on K, the classic films are low on popularity. Let's fix that!)

The Original Trilogy*

The Evil Dead (1981): (The "original" low budget horror.)

The Evil Dead

A group of students find an ancient book and a weathered recording that awakens something in the woods. Horror, Cult. Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Bruce Campbell, Philip A. Gillis, Dorothy Tapert, and Ellen Sandweiss. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR10.

www.kaleidescape.com

Evil Dead 2 (1987): (Part remake, mostly sequel.)

Evil Dead 2

A couple unleashes evil spirits by playing back recordings of incantations from the Book of the Dead. Horror, Comedy, Cult. Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Denise Bixler, and Richard Domeier. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR10.

www.kaleidescape.com

Army of Darkness (1992): (More essential than Citizen Kane?)

Army of Darkness

Ash inadvertently unleashes an army of undead after falling through a time-warp to medieval England. Horror, Comedy, Cult. Directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, and Ian Abercrombie. Purchase and download today in 4K Dolby Vision with Dolby Atmos audio.

www.kaleidescape.com

The New Ones*
Evil Dead (2013): (Remake? Reboot? Sequel? Scary and brutal.)

Evil Dead

In a remote cabin, five friends discover an ancient book that unleashes a demonic presence. Horror. Directed by Fede Alvarez. Starring Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, and Jessica Lucas. Purchase and download today in 4K.

www.kaleidescape.com

Evil Dead Rise (2023): (The "other" horror sequel now set in a high-rise.)

Evil Dead Rise

While visiting her estranged sister's family, a woman discovers an ancient book that unleashes undead horrors on Los Angeles. Directed by Lee Cronin. Starring Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, and Gabrielle Echols. Purchase and download today in 4K HDR10 with Dolby Atmos audio.

www.kaleidescape.com

Evil Dead Burn (2026): (Less "Ha Ha" and more "The Horror!")

Evil Dead Burn

When the Book of the Dead unleashes demonic forces, a grieving widow's visit with family descends into a violent nightmare. Horror. Purchase and download today in 4K Dolby Vision with Dolby Atmos audio.

www.kaleidescape.com

The TV Series**
Ash vs Evil Dead* (2015-2018): (No such thing as too much Bruce Campbell.)

Ash vs Evil Dead 3-Season Set

www.kaleidescape.com

*We're unlikely to see movie bundles as the rights split amongst Sony, Lionsgate, and Universal.
**Ash vs. Evil Dead is only available in HD on any format.

Just got Army of Darkness now since it's on sale. I remember really enjoying this film when it came out in theaters. Looking forward to revisiting now in 4K! Will pick up 1 & 2 when they go on sale (maybe for Halloween?).

 

[artur9]

I usually disparage K's Halloween offerings so I thought I'd take a moment to highlight when they do a good job. With the recent 4K Catalog Upgrade of Army of Darkness, the entire Evil Dead Film franchise is now available in 4K HDR!!! ... wish K would get more of it, pick up these titles! K is doing the good work here and giving us these movies in the best quality. We need to show they can sell! (While the modern titles do well on K, the classic films are low on popularity. Let's fix that!)

The Original Trilogy*
...

The New Ones*
...

The TV Series**
... (No such thing as too much Bruce Campbell.)
...

To really move the needle, we have to buy all of them ?

I really enjoyed Army of Darkness, even the guys clearly in the rubber suits!

In terms of the highlighted section, Mr. Campbell also has a great role in Burn Notice which K doesn't have

 

[LoveCinema]

To really move the needle, we have to buy all of them ?

The newer ones do fine on popularity. Not stellar, but totally fine. The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 are amongst the least popular 4K horror titles and can be pointed to as justification for K's decision to not update titles like A Nightmare on Elm Street.

 

[JWort93]

Was very happy to see army of darkness finally make it to 4K on Kaleidescape!

One caveat though, the entire franchise isn't quite yet 4K HDR on K, the 2013 remake/reboot is only 4K SDR on Kaleidescape, I'd like to see it get HDR/DV and the 5 minute longer Unrated cut, like the Shout Factory disc has.

 

[LoveCinema]

One caveat though, the entire franchise isn't quite yet 4K HDR on K, the 2013 remake/reboot is only 4K SDR on Kaleidescape, I'd like to see it get HDR/DV and the 5 minute longer Unrated cut, like the Shout Factory disc has.

Thanks for the catch, I've corrected the post. HDR/DV appears to be exclusive to the disc, as does the Extended Cut in 4K. However, the Extended Cut is available digitally in HD and I should have caught that. I'd definitely like to see this added to K.
If you're the same, get those requests in to: movies@kaleidescape.com

(FYI, Evil Dead 2 is 4K HDR but is missing a DV Upgrade. Hopefully if we can get the sales up it'll get more attention.)

 

[Hugo]

Got them all except the series, let's hope it moved the needle a bit , still 24 more nights of horror to fill.