Evil Dead Reboot Original Ending Released By Director
The 2013 Evil Dead remake's original ending has now been released by director Fede Alvarez, saying it was cut due to the suggestion of Sam Raimi, the director of the original Evil Dead trilogy. Alvarez made his film debut with Evil Dead and followed it up with Don't Breathe and The Girl in the Spider's Web. He's also set to direct a new untitled Alien film for Hulu that's unconnected to the larger canon.
Evil Dead follows the survival of a group of people in a cabin in the woods when they accidentally summon demon spirits. Despite the premise and a few visual nods to the original film, the remake shared very little with its predecessor, lacking the inventive shoestring budget style and black humor of the original in exchange for an emphasis on gore. Alvarez has spoken before about his vision of the ending of Evil Dead, saying they only partially shot his original idea.
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On Twitter, Alvarez shared the clip they shot for his original ending. Similar to how the original The Evil Dead ended, the camera starts in a long shot before being pushed forward, as if it's from the point of view of someone, toward the protagonist (played by Jane Levy.) As she looks to see what's coming toward her, she turns and lets out a scream as the screen cuts to black. Watch the clip below:
Here it is. This is what was written originally. But Sam Raimi (wisely) pointed out “after everything she’s been through, she deserves to live” so I rewrote it to the actual ending. (<a href=«https://twitter.com/jcolburnlevy?ref_src=» https: screenrant.com>@jcolburnlevy
let out one of her best screams in the movie on this take) <a
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