Summary: <p><a href="https://amzn.to/2onEc7F" target="_blank">The Evil Dead</a>: “Join Us!”</p><br><p>#Hindsighters, the Halloween Spooktacular continues amidst movies and shows that scare, delight, and disturb. On this particular episode, <a href="https://twitter.com/darth_jader_" target="_blank">Darth</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thebadmodeller" target="_blank">Jason</a> join Meg and Young Adam in discussing The Evil Dead, one of the most iconic Halloween films of all time.</p><br><p> “I’m an artisanal cheese maker and my husband binds books made of human flesh that he sells on Etsy. Our budget is $4.8 million.” That’s Darth and Jason’s fan theory as to how <a href="https://evildead.fandom.com/wiki/Raymond_Knowby" target="_blank">Dr. and Mrs. Knowby</a> wound up with such a fabulously creepy cabin in the woods of Tennessee. It takes real money to ensure your home is properly haunted.</p><br><p>It’s all about the bizarrely chipper Deadites in this <a href="https://www.looper.com/85676/untold-truth-evil-dead/" target="_blank">camptastic cult classic</a>, where spirits possess innocent weekenders for reasons that simply aren’t clear. Regardless, <a href="http://www.outofboxtheatre.com/evildeadmusical" target="_blank">The Evil Dead</a> is still a better movie than Halloweentown.</p><br><p>Darth and Jason are avidly against reading aloud, especially when the book in your possession is penned in human blood. Of course, they realize that you can’t shoehorn logic into a film that includes tree rape. #ArborealDespoilment.</p><br><p>Speaking of which, <a href="http://fakeshemps.com/edarticle.htm" target="_blank">The Evil Dead</a> is infamous for several reasons, including its legendary <a href="https://www.tested.com/art/movies/462662-how-evil-deads-tom-sullivan-mastered-low-budget-effects/" target="_blank">practical effects</a>. Where else are you going to see oatmeal and Alka-Seltzer explode from a once-human body? This movie provides visuals you never knew you needed until that first glorious time that you saw Bruce Campbell slathered in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipky9m9vcY8" target="_blank">corn syrup</a>. This film was not one of Darth’s favorites, but if you believe Meg and Young Adam (who appears in his own spooky <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kept-from-sleep/id1483267912?fbclid=IwAR2FE0oBAfl6Z0y8ZLC2_Z7EtVR_7AgWpaQ2B8NTV5-ZG5GcjS1xtjoc-ZE" target="_blank">podcast</a>), The Evil Dead is “the quintessential <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/halloween-movies-for-kids-of-all-ages/22/" target="_blank">Halloween movie</a>.” Whether this film makes you want to laugh or cry, Darth and Jason are here to discuss it, so curl up beneath your favorite book shelf and “join us”.</p><br><hr><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> See <a style="color: grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
