From its insanely gory start to Pablo’s roller coaster arc to Ted Raimi to that mindfuck of a finale, Ash vs Evil Dead plowed forward without blinking, barring no holds and leaving no surface free from viscera.
It’s extremely un-groovy that ex-showrunner Craig Digregorio exited the show over creative issues, but the show didn’t noticeably suffer for it.
Horror fans arguably had more to love on TV than in theaters this year, with an abundance of subgenres and increased quality on display.
But we should all ha-a-a-and it to Ash vs Evil Dead for putting its splattered balls to the wall in Season 2, with Bruce Campbell leading the limb-tearing charge as the Deadite-destroying group trekked to Ash’s hometown of Jacksonville, where familiar friends and family added hilarious and horrifying context to the Evil Dead franchise as a whole.