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The Evil Dead Rise Again
With permission from Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert , writer Mark Verheiden set out to do what seemed like the impossible, and recreate the celebrated 80s cult film hit Evil Dead as a comic book. But the final product of artist John Bolton and letterer Steve Dutro is not what most would expect it to be--just a tired rehashing of the film on paper. Verheiden makes it clear in the comic that to do so would be a disservice to Raimi's original vision. Instead, Verheiden decided to "expand the movie, meeting our characters back in their pre - deadite lives and opening up the story to see what happened between the events seen on screen" The result is a well crafted comic and while the action of the plot might seem familiar to horror buffs, Verheiden skillfully seeks out and portrays the events found at the screen's edge, the stuff we don't get to see in the original film. There is more back story about the relationship between Linda and Ash, including how they fel...