Evil Dead II

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Paul & Amy chainsaw through 1987’s groovy slapstick horror masterpiece Evil Dead II! They ask if Bruce Campbell’s Ash is a “final girl,” learn why director Sam Raimi owes his career to Stephen King, and discuss why this film still feels anarchic and dangerous. Plus: The origin of the Wilhelm Scream. Next week, Karina Longworth of You Must Remember This joins us for a Top 3! You can join the conversation for this series on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6. Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify.

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0:00.0	The year is 1987.
0:03.0	In this podcast, we'll swallow your soul.
0:07.0	The movie?
0:08.0	Evil Dead 2.
0:10.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Unspooled!
0:33.6	Where we unspooled the greatest films of all time to see if they're classics.
0:38.1	I'm Amy Nicholson, I'm a film critic for The New York Times.
0:43.1	I am Paul Sheeram, an actor and writer and producer.
0:47.1	I have written once for The New York Times.
0:50.1	I mean, once, one time.
0:52.1	What did you write?
0:53.1	I wrote a piece about how I got into a bar fight.
0:55.1	Oh my!
0:56.1	I'm going to have to pull that up and find out how you got into a bar fight.
0:58.1	There you go.
0:59.1	You almost got me into a bar fight.
1:00.1	I did.
1:01.1	Because you lost our bet and had to wear a Clippers jersey to the Battle of Los Angeles, the last game of the season between the Clippers and the Lakers, you wore a Sheer jersey, which I have a couple of Clippers jersey with my name on them.
1:16.1	So I think that was probably the better one to pick.
1:18.1	I wish I had a Russell Westbrook one for you.
1:22.1	And the Clippers won that game, but I appreciate you wearing it out.
1:26.1	I didn't even think part of the bet meant you had to wear it to a place to watch the game, but you went above and beyond.
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