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Ash Vs. Evil Dead

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Generally favorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews

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Universal acclaim based on 31 Ratings

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Ash Vs. Evil Dead

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Ash Vs. Evil Dead

Series Details & Credits

Starz | Release Date: October 31, 2015

Starring: Bruce Campbell, Lucy Lawless, Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo, Arielle Carver-O'Neill

Summary: The comedic horror series from by Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell finds Ash trying to keep away from the Evil Dead for the past 30 years. When a Deadite plague breaks out, a reluctant Ash with the help of Pablo Simon Bolivar (Ray Santiago) and Kelly Maxwell (Dana Delorenzo) try to end Evil once and for all.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense, Science Fiction

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S3:E10. The Mettle of Man
Air Date: April 29, 2018
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S3:E9. Judgement Day
Air Date: April 22, 2018
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S3:E8. Rifting Apart
Air Date: April 15, 2018

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Metascore

76

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Critic Reviews

91

The A.V. Club

Michael Roffman

Sep 30, 2016

Season 2 Review: It’s chewy popcorn television, where everything zips by at face value, from the laughs to the thrills to the kills, and once again, Ash Vs. Evil Dead delivers this mayhem with gutsy results. Read full review

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Hitfix

Alan Sepinwall

Oct 29, 2015

Season 1 Review: It moves quickly, has good scares and big laughs, and the moment when Ash shifts from clown to killer is every bit the big hero moment you would want after all this time. Read full review

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Collider Chris Cabin

Sep 27, 2016

Season 2 Review: Bringing back his most iconic creation in Campbell felt faintly self-reflexive for Raimi in the first season of Ash vs Evil Dead, but in Season 2, that personal, almost confessional element feels more sturdily at the center of the action and the series feels infinitely more galvanized for that. Read full review

75

San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times

Chuck Barney

Oct 27, 2015

Season 1 Review: The series takes its horror seriously. There are genuine jolts, along with lots of intense, turbocharged action sequences, and fountains of blood that give the story visceral oomph. The faint of heart may want to sit this one out. On the other hand, there's also enough comedic energy to keep things from feeling excruciatingly brutal. Read full review

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IndieWire Ben Travers

Oct 3, 2016

Season 2 Review: Ash’s vivacious vocabulary is largely intact, but this series needs more creativity in its stories, side characters (who’ve more than earned their own plots) and action scenes--not just in dumping blood everywhere. Read full review

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New York Magazine (Vulture)

Matt Zoller Seitz

Oct 30, 2015

Season 1 Review: If you know what you're getting into, it's ghastly comfort food, reassuring in its way. Read full review

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Reason.com

Glenn Garvin

Oct 30, 2015

Season 1 Review: The show is mostly useful as a vengeful reverse prank on greedy legions of trick-or-treaters. Make sure your tube is prominently visible as you open the door to the kids, and give them a compulsive need for years of therapy along with their Butterfingers. Read full review

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ChrisPaniagua

Nov 2, 2019

I want to express my disagreement, because we won't have a fourth season. Regrettable!

2 of 2 users found this helpful20

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slikk66

May 21, 2021

It's so so good, started rewatching it again recently. I don't think you have to have seen the original movies but it would probably help. Bruce Campbell is still amazing as Ash and the supporting 2 cast members are both great as well. Super underrated show. It's on Netflix now!

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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invuln

Dec 21, 2019

I watched the film and now the TV show. PSML at both. Definitely recommend.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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lotrmonkey

Oct 26, 2021

This is an extremely biased review by a horror and Evil Dead Fan. Watch this show! This show has a very specific type of humor that I feel will either be a hit or a miss to some people. For me it was a hit. Give this show a chance or you might be missing something especial.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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Bleeding_Jester

Jul 29, 2021

the series does a great job of Comedy Horror which is hard to pull off

while its no master storytelling its fun and interesting and thats all that matters for Evil Dead to me

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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gmonster320

Jun 16, 2019

"Ash Vs Evil" continues to be as much fun as ever. Comedy horror is especially hard to pull off. "AvE" has proven they can deliver the goods. Does it not make sense at times? Of course. Is the comedy lowbrow? You betcha. Is our protagonist a chain saw handed, womanizing loser? Yep, yep, and"Ash Vs Evil" continues to be as much fun as ever. Comedy horror is especially hard to pull off. "AvE" has proven they can deliver the goods. Does it not make sense at times? Of course. Is the comedy lowbrow? You betcha. Is our protagonist a chain saw handed, womanizing loser? Yep, yep, and yep. But what makes 'Ash" so fun is it never takes itself too seriously. That means any crazy, over the top thing could happen at any time.

In season 3, Ash learns he has a teenage daughter. He, Kelly and Pedro go up against the more Deadites. Ruby returns (it's always great to see Lucy Lawless). She plans to outsmart the Dark Ones and take over the world. How, you may ask? Why by having a baby that looks just like Ash of course. Starz canceled "Ash vs Evil" so the season 3 finale also doubles as the series finale. I thought it was an appropriate ending as Ash sacrificed himself to save humanity. I've really enjoyed our time with Ash and his Deadite-fighting besties. All hail to the king, baby!… Expand

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MeritCoba

Jun 22, 2021

Whether you like Ash VS Evil Dead depends entirely on your sense of humor. This is a comedy horror that leans in on playing around with horror tropes and not on anything else. An example is Ash himself; too self-assured, too heavyset, and too crude. He wields a chainsaw as his right hand andWhether you like Ash VS Evil Dead depends entirely on your sense of humor. This is a comedy horror that leans in on playing around with horror tropes and not on anything else. An example is Ash himself; too self-assured, too heavyset, and too crude. He wields a chainsaw as his right hand and a shotgun in the left and he happily murders you when you get on the wrong end of both. He is both hero and anti-hero. And he always wears his blue worker shirt. Perhaps a reference to being a blue-collar worker? Who knows?

The strength of the series is also its weakness. Poking fun at horror tropes might work for a single movie and might be repeated for another a few years later, but it runs into issues in a series that gets spread out over several seasons in close succession. It is like zombie movies. Zombies are the challenge at first, but once the dust has settled, it is humans that become the greater danger and the series relegate the zombies to the background. This happens in the Walking Dead, this happens in Z Nation, this happens in Black Summer and this happens in many others.

The problem with Ash VS Evil Dead is that it chains itself to these tropes. This becomes noticeable in season two. Again we see a group of young pretty people getting horribly murdered in silly ways. And again there is a hot girl/woman that turns out to be a Deadite. And yet again almost everyone does the same stupid things: exploring creepy places and sounds, running away and falling, then crawling instead of getting up and running, hiding in places that are so obvious, splitting up in the face of danger.

These issues get worse because the main characters did not learn from their experiences from the first season. Body on the ground; examine it: oops it jumps up. Someone proposes a deal too good to be true: fall for it anyway. Someone appears in a corridor and waves: investigate without warning the others. This is next to issues like: how come this diverse group is still hanging out with the unlikable Ash after season one?

This was fun in the first season, but in the second it gets stale quick. The second season simply goes for a reset so they can redo the first season as Ash VS Evil Dead is a comedy horror that leans in on playing around with horror tropes and not on anything else. Like a hamster in cage wheel it runs and goes nowhere fast.

That there is a third season is surprising, but not too much so. Perhaps the powers-that-be hoped for the best. There is a dedicated following that wants to see the same thing over and over: Ash murdering stuff. But a niche audience might make for high scores on Metacritic and Imdb, but fails regarding the bottom-line. In the end, it is all about the money and a select audience does not court the advertisers.

I found season one is fun, season two wore me out and season three I didn’t see. To the niche audience: Guys if you want to see another Ash VS Evil Dead I guess you have to crowdfund it or wait for a decade(or three). Good luck.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

76

Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: February 25, 2018
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  S3:E10. The Mettle of Man
  Air Date: April 29, 2018
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  S3:E9. Judgement Day
  Air Date: April 22, 2018
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  S3:E8. Rifting Apart
  Air Date: April 15, 2018
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  S3:E7. Twist And Shout
  Air Date: April 8, 2018
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  S3:E6. Tales From the Rift
  Air Date: April 1, 2018
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  S3:E5. Baby Proof
  Air Date: March 25, 2018
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  S3:E4. Unfinished Business
  Air Date: March 18, 2018
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  S3:E3. Apparently Dead
  Air Date: March 11, 2018
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  S3:E2. Family
  Air Date: February 25, 2018
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  S3:E2. Booth Three
  Air Date: March 4, 2018
Season 2

82
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: October 2, 2016
Season 1

75
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 31, 2015