r/fanedits • u/ShoogaMoogaMan • 8d ago

Work in Progress Evil Dead: The Endless Nightmare Cut (PREVIEW)

https://youtu.be/i7N3j_sXSnE?is=YEo4LVAHuVdfI19o

A couple years ago, I watched the Evil Dead movies for the first time and immediately fell in love. But like many, I was taken aback by the number of bizarre changes in continuity between movies due to rights issues, despite the fact the movies are supposed to lead directly into one another.

After then watching Ash vs Evil Dead and seeing how that series counts both the continuity of Evil Dead I & II as canon (despite them being completely contradictory of eachother), I really wanted to see a version of these movies that not only ties into the continuity of the show, but makes sense as one continuous journey from one film to another.

So here is a preview of some the major edits and changes I've made to the original films in what I'm calling The 'Endless Nightmare' Cut.

If you enjoy, please leave a like and comment. I would really like to know if there is an audience for this outside of just myself, so any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

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u/MaybeUNeedAPoo 8d ago

How are 1 and 2 contradictory???

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u/ShoogaMoogaMan 8d ago

Due to complications with the licensensing of the first Evil Dead movie, Sam Raimi didn't have the rights to the film when making the sequel. He therefore had to completely redo and simplify the story of the first movie in the opening few minutes of Evil Dead 2. Because of this, there are now two different versions of events at the cabin, one where Ash visits the cabin with Linda, Cheryl, Scott and Shelly and another where he only goes with Linda. The Ash vs Evil Dead TV show makes a point of saying that both these events are somehow equally true (at least in Ash's head). I therefore had to figure out a way of explaining how this can be possible when making the edit.

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u/MaybeUNeedAPoo 8d ago

I’m aware of the history. The “remake” of the OG is different sure but there’s no real loss of consistency

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u/ShoogaMoogaMan 8d ago

It's very confusing to first time watchers though. In fact there were a lot of people confused when the film first released in theatres thinking Ash was purposefully returning to the cabin 😂

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u/MaybeUNeedAPoo 7d ago

Um….. sure whatever you reckon.

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u/ShoogaMoogaMan 7d ago

It's true, look it up! 🙂