Episode 136: The Things That Were And Shall Be Again: On 'Evil Dead II'
"We are the things that were and shall be again." So a demonic flesh puppet tells Ash and his allies in a memorable scene from the classic splatstick flick Evil Dead II. In addition to being a rollicking piece of entertainment, Evil Dead II is an expertly crafted film whose director used every tool and technique to generate a cinematic experience that is \u2013 as the tagline went \u2013 "2 terrifying, 2 frightening ... 2 much!" In this episode, JF and Phil court the absurd by turning a fun 80s horror movie into a statement on the dread aspirations of matter and a shining example of the modern baroque.
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SHOW NOTES
\n\nSam Raimi (dir.), The Evil Dead II
\nWeird Studies, Episode 121 on Mandy and the Bandwagon
\nJoe Bob Briggs, American movie critic
\nChalres Ludlam, American actor
\nWeird Studies, Episode 88 on Mr Punch
\nKenneth Gross, Puppet: An Essay on Uncanny Life
\nEduardo Viveiros de Castro, Cannibal Metaphysics
\nBruno Schulz, The Street of Crocodiles
\nVictoria Nelson, The Secret Life of Puppets
\nJoseph Cermatori, Baroque Modernity