A To Z Of Evil Dead

Y is for Yes, we know…

This is a countdown to the Evil Dead remake, which is released today (18 April) but we’re only on Y. But when we started this A-Z the film was going to be released tomorrow (19 April) as you’ll see if you look back at some of the earlier entries. But a couple of weeks ago the nice film company people decided to move the release date so that we could see it a day earlier! Hurrah! In which case, today we’re going to double up and…

Z is for Zombie

Another name for the living dead or “undead”. To be pedantic, Evil Dead features demons, not zombies. Thus a good pub argument (or it's 21st century equivalent, the forum feud) is “Are the Evil Dead films zombie films?”

• See previous entries in the A to Z of Evil Dead

Evil Dead , the new terrifying new version of the horror classic, hits UK cinemas on 18 April . It stars Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Jessica Lucas and is directed by Fede Alvarez.

Learn more at:

• The official Evil Dead UK Facebook page
• Or the official Evil Dead UK website .

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