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Monday, September 22, 2025

Ash Takes Flight

My favourite slapstick moment in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2 is when Ash drives into a stump and gets flung through the windshield. Obviously car crashes are not funny in real life, but when treated like a Three Stooges moment, well...

I tried several times to recreate the moment with Bing, but this is as close as it got. 
 

2 comments:

Jeff Shyluk said...

I always thought your favourite moment was when Henrietta smashes Jake's head into the lightbulb in the ceiling.

I have a very fond memory of driving with Susan to your parents' house to watch Evil Dead 2 on VHS. Afterwards that night, I brought Susan home, but we sat in your driveway for some moments. Through the Norman Rockwellian light of the panoramic living room window, you were pantomiming these scenes from the movie to your parents who were sitting on the couch with what I can only describe as expressions intended to portray understanding where no understanding exists. We clearly saw you act out the hillybilly getting his head clonked.

Personally, my favourite scene comes not long after that, when the witch's eyeball squirts out and flies across the room into the pretty girl's mouth.

Really, all of this is the reason we never watched those movies with our parents...

Earl J. Woods said...

I DO love that moment! And I remember sharing my excitement with poor befuddled Mom and Dad. Really, it's hard to choose a true favourite from that movie...