The Evil Dead is a 1981 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi (in his feature directorial debut). Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, and Theresa Tilly are among the movie's stars. Five college students on vacation in a secluded cabin deep in the woods are the main subject of the narrative. Four of the group experience demonic possession after discovering an audio tape that, when played, summons a horde of demons and spirits. Ash Williams (Campbell), the fifth member, must survive an onslaught of progressively graphic mayhem.
In order to attract possible financiers, Raimi, producer Robert G. Tapert, Campbell, and friends made the short film Within the Woods as a proof of concept. This helped them raise US$90,000 to start development on The Evil Dead. During a challenging filming procedure that proved to be quite uncomfortable for the cast and crew, principal photography was conducted on site at a rural cabin in Morristown, Tennessee. Artist Tom Sullivan created the film's heavy prosthetic makeup effects and stop-motion animations. Producer Irvin Shapiro became interested in the finished film and helped get it screened at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. Stephen King, a horror writer, gave the movie an excellent review, leading to New Line Cinema purchasing the distribution rights.
The Evil Dead brought in between $2.7 and $29.4 million globally, with $2.4 million coming in the US theaters. The movie received overwhelmingly good reviews from critics both when it first came out and later on. Since then, it has become known as one of the biggest independent films, a notable cult classic, and one of the best horror movies ever made. It ushered in the careers of Raimi, Tapert, and Campbell, who went on to work together on a number of movies, including Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.
When I voiced my objection loudly, the bear simply scrambled up the hill, ripped some twigs off a crabapple for a snack (below), then lumbered across the yard to one of my century-old apples. (By the way: The pool without the bear in it, an older photo, is at the bottom of the page for perspective.)
I live in Virginia Beach, VA. We are 30 miles from the Great Dismal Swamp. For some reason the bears have left the swamp and are coming into town. Officials are urging residents of the surrounding towns to keep food scraps in the freezer until trash day, keep pets inside during the night. Several times the young bears get stranded and go up a tree. The local mattress store donates a mattress. The police shoot a tranquilizer into the bear, bear falls from the tree and lands on the mattress. Great excitement. They tag the bear and take him back to the swamp. One made it all the way to the oceanfront.
Bears are appearing in our vicinity more often as well. We are in upper Michigan between Cadillac and Manistee. Perfect bear country. This big boy was about a mile from us. He must be the King of bears around here.
Hi, Annie. Yes, I have an 8-foot metal (wire) fence, but this guy (or girl) is into climbing. Thinking I will need to add some strands of electric on the exterior; am researching, and have a call in to the state DEC for plan recommendations.
We learned new respect for the power of bears when we spent some time with a cousin in her cabin in northern Minnesota. The bird feeder, which was mounted on a very sturdy support, was snapped off like a toothpick. It made scampering to the outhouse at night a big adventure.
I always did admire the bold accents in the garden. My! I think I would be gardening looking over my shoulder every two seconds. Do you carry around some sort of bear spray? I know you would say, safety first.
Margaret, you are funny about the bathing bear! One spent the night on my front porch recently. But how about the bunnies? I have more this year than I ever had. I found a nest of about 8 babies in my fenced in vegetable garden in early June and it has been downhill since then. They are eating flowers, eggplant plants, lettuces in a pot, other odds and ends. I had a nice bed of astrantia; they chewed it down to the ground. However they are eclectic and unpredictable. One year I had way too many squirrels and they ate all my fruit; I guess these things go in cycles.
The DER issued a bear alert to summer park visitors. Three types of bear one encounters include the American Black bear the brown bear and the Grizzly bear. It is advised when hiking thru the woods to carry pepper spray, bells and a whistle. Periodically, announcing your presence with the jingle bells or whistle. It is also imperative one be able to recognize bear scat, as it will allow you to be wary of bears in the area. Now, the American Black bear and brown bear scat resembles that of a large dog. Grizzly bear scat smells like pepper and it is shiny, because it has bells and whistles in it.
Bears seem to be everywhere this summer. A relative in northern Minnesota chases them off her deck with a broom regularly! I just saw a pile of scat behind my barn of the bear variety. One just needs to be on the look out when outdoors, especially now that the berries are coming on. Great pictures and good luck with deterring your resident bear.
The Blackening is a 2022 American black horror comedy slasher film directed by Tim Story and written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins, based on the 2018 short film of the same name by the comedy troupe 3Peat. It stars Perkins, Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, X Mayo, Antoinette Robertson, Sinqua Walls, Jay Pharoah, and Yvonne Orji. The film, set on Juneteenth, follows a group of black friends targeted by a masked killer while staying at a cabin in the woods.
The Blackening premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 16, 2022, and was theatrically released on June 16, 2023, by Lionsgate in United States and on August 23, 2023 by Universal Pictures in United Kingdom. The film grossed $18 million and received generally positive reviews, with critics noting the satire of horror film tropes and ethnic stereotypes.
Morgan and Shawn arrive to a cabin in the woods where they plan on celebrating Juneteenth with their group of friends. In the game room, the couple discovers a board game called "The Blackening", which features a racist Little Black Sambo caricature.
Suddenly, the lights go out and a mysterious voice demands that the couple play. Shawn answers a question incorrectly and is promptly killed with an arrow to the neck. Morgan attempts to escape but is captured.
The next day, Lisa, Allison, and Dewayne make their way to the cabin and discuss King bringing Lisa's unfaithful ex-boyfriend Nnamdi for the weekend's festivities. On her way to the cabin, Shanika runs into a former schoolmate named Clifton at the gas station, who reveals he is also joining the group.
Before leaving, Shanika is unnerved by the facially disfigured clerk who stands by her menacingly. Once the group is all together, they find Ranger White not allowing them entry. After settling the dispute, the friends begin to set up for a night of partying.
After drinks, drugs, and games ensue, the group questions who specifically invited Clifton. After the lights go out again, the friends go to find a power box, only to come across The Blackening with game pieces correlating to their personalities. The voice speaks to them, revealing that he is keeping Morgan prisoner.
The voice forces the friends to play the game to save Morgan, and begins by asking trivia questions about African-American culture. Unfortunately, the friends fail to sufficiently answer a question about all the black actors that guest-starred on Friends and Morgan is attacked.
They are ordered to sacrifice one of their own based on whom they deem to be "the blackest"; the most black person will be sacrificed. Each of them comes up with their own defense of why it cannot be them, and after Clifton admits he voted for Donald Trump in both elections everyone chooses him out of spite.
Clifton goes outside and is shot in the chest with an arrow by the killer. When the friends are freed from the room, they attempt to go look for Morgan and find help. Despite knowing better, they agree with Allison's idea to split up.
She goes off with King and Shanika, while Dewayne has to go with Lisa and Nnamdi. The latter three end up running into Ranger White, who is willing to help them until the killer shoots him in the neck with an arrow.
Allison, King, and Shanika encounter the killer, and the trio manage to overpower and kill him. They unmask him to find that it's the clerk that Shanika saw at the gas station. Lisa, Nnamdi, and Dewayne then encounter a second killer before Lisa bashes his brains in. They look through his pockets to see that he is the first killer's twin brother, and they deduce someone hired them to be there.
The friends go into another room, where they find Ranger White's and Clifton's bodies, only for the latter to spring awake and reveal himself as the mastermind. He blames the group for always doubting his level of "blackness" when they knew each other at college, with this doubt leading to an incident where he drank heavily and ended up killing a woman when driving on the road.
After serving four years in prison for the DUI, he organized the entire night as revenge and prepares to kill the others before dropping them down a well where he dumped Shawn's and Morgan's corpses. The friends fight back before kicking him down the well to his apparent death. Clifton's laugh can be heard as they left.
The film was announced in January 2020, with Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins writing the script, based on Perkins' 2018 short.[5] Tim Story was later hired to direct, and filming took place in Brentwood, California in late 2021.[6] Much of the film's dialogue was improvised by the cast.[7]
The Blackening premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 16, 2022, and shortly afterwards Lionsgate acquired the distribution rights for "just short of" $20 million.[8] The film was released theatrically in the United States on June 16, 2023, the weekend of Juneteenth.[9][10] In the United Kingdom, the film was released on August 25, 2023 by Universal Pictures.[11]
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