History Franchise / EvilDead

* ''Evil Dead: The Game'' (2022)

* AlternateContinuity: ''All over the place'', ultimately for legal reasons. It started when ''Evil Dead 2'' contradicted parts of ''The Evil Dead'' during its recap because the filmmakers didn't have the rights, and then ''Army of Darkness'' similarly contradicted the ending of ''Evil Dead II''. Then ''Ash vs. Evil Dead'' couldn't reference ''Army of Darkness'', at least not at first. Plus there's the film reboot and all the spinoffs like comics and games which treat the film licenses separately. For one thing, ''Evil Dead 2'' and ''Army of Darkness'' have inspired their own independent comic spinoffs.

* AlternateTimeline: The games typically go into their own paths in regards to what happens after ''Evil Dead 2''. Hail to the King throws together multiple elements from across the series into a single plot, ''A Fistful of Boomstick'' is a sequel to that, and spends his time drinking away his sorrows. Regeneration has Ash escape the cabin without getting sucked away into a portal but he ends up sent to an asylum.

* ''Evil Dead: The Game'' (2021)

* WhatAnIdiot: {{Invoked}}. According to Campbell, Ash is a complete and utter moron who is only good at ''one'' thing. Of course, that ''one thing'' is fighting Deadites and therefore saving the world.

** The remake shows multiple shots of characters projectile vomiting blood, chainsaws being hacked through limbs accompanied by geysers of the aforementioned blood, a possessed Olivia giving herself a ChelseaSmile, a character using an electric saw to cut off her possessed arm a la Ash, a character being set on fire, and a bludgeoning, Deadite Mia cutting her own tongue in half with a knife and forcibly making out with a female character, [[spoiler: and finishes with Evil Mia getting a chainsaw fed to her.]]

* ''Evil Dead: The Game'' (2021)

* AxCrazy: How Ash copes with the events of the first two movies. By the third, he's turned it into CrazyAwesome.

''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' is the most well-known and quoted film of the trilogy. Ash is transported back to Medieval Europe, where he finds out he can return to his own time if he can retrieve the Necronomicon. Ash manages to find the book, but when he inevitably [[NiceJobBreakingItHero screws up]] the retrieval, he's forced to train and help the [[TrainingThePeacefulVillagers not-so-peaceful villagers]] he's placed in the path of an Army of Darkness.

In 1979, a bunch of college dropouts got together in a cabin in Tennessee and made a film with a standard BMovie plot; this film was ''Film/{{The Evil Dead|1981}}''. The film, which was directed by Creator/SamRaimi and starred Creator/BruceCampbell, succeeded through elaborate gore effects, slick cinematography, and sheer audacity to make enough money to warrant two sequels and get into the public consciousness. The result of the two sequels was a strange blend where NarmCharm meets RuleOfCool.

-->-- '''''Website/BadassOfTheWeek''''' on [[http://www.badassoftheweek.com/ash.html Ash Williams]]

* RealityEnsues: Most media that takes place after the event's of the original trilogy show that coming out of the woods, missing a hand and all of your friends (Including sister and girlfriend missing), ranting about a demon possessing them and you having to cut them up, will cause people to think you are a crazy psychopathic murderer.

* ''Series/AshVsEvilDead'' (2015)

[[Film/EvilDead2013 A remake of the first movie]] and an official reboot of the franchise was released in April 2013 (although it supposedly takes place in the same universe as the original series); Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, and Bruce Campbell are producers, while Creator/DiabloCody revised the script. Fede Alvarez, director of the short film ''Panic Attack!'' (and later known for ''Film/DontBreathe''), directed the film, Jane Levy of ''Series/{{Suburgatory}}'' fame (and later ''Series/ZoeysExtraordinaryPlaylist'', along with ''Don't Breathe'' as well) was cast as Mia. You can watch the Red Band trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92dyjTFvP4Y here.]]

[[Film/EvilDead2013 A remake of the first movie]] and an official reboot of the franchise was released in April 2013 (although it supposedly takes place in the same universe as the original series); Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, and Bruce Campbell are producers, while Creator/DiabloCody revised the script. Fede Alvarez, director of the short film ''Panic Attack!'', directed the film. Jane Levy of ''Series/{{Suburgatory}}'' fame was cast as Mia. You can watch the Red Band trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92dyjTFvP4Y here.]]

After years of ''Evil Dead 4'' rumors, Ash's story now continues from ''Army Of Darkness'' in a new TV series airing on Creator/{{Starz}}, called ''Series/AshVsEvilDead'', created by Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, and Bruce Campbell, and with Bruce Campbell reprising his role as Ash. [[note]] While the series doesn't explicitly say it continues from ''Army Of Darkness'' (primarily due to rights issues), Bruce Campbell stated that the time travel from ''Evil Dead 2'' [[{{Canon}} did happen]].[[/note]]

* ReverseCerebusSyndrome: Each film becomes more comical than the last.

* AlternateContinuity: ''All over the place'', ultimately for legal reasons. It started when ''Evil Dead 2'' contradicted parts of ''The Evil Dead'' during its recap because the filmmakers didn't have the rights, and then ''Army of Darkness'' similarly contradicted the ending of ''Evil Dead II''. Then ''Ash vs. Evil Dead'' couldn't reference ''Army of Darkness'', at least not at first. Plus there's all the spinoffs like comics and games which treat the film licenses separately. For one thing, ''Evil Dead 2'' and ''Army of Darkness'' have inspired their own independent comic spinoffs.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first film is straight up low-budget horror. The rest of the franchise leans far more heavily on comedy, with Army of Darkness being straight up parody. Also, the first film has Ash keep his hand throughout the entire movie, never cracks a joke, is more of an {{Adorkable}} goof with one girlfriend than an actual ladies' man, and is a nervous wreck the entire time who isn't much of a fighter until the very end. The second and third movie gradually turns him into the womanizing, wise-cracking, deadite killer we all know and love.

The [[Film/EvilDead1981 first film]]'s story follows a bunch of teens who get together in a cabin in Tennessee and play a tape recorded recitation from a demonic book of the dead (the {{Necronomicon}}) -- which leads to each of them becoming possessed and attacking the others. ''Film/EvilDead2'' is a partial sequel and a partial remake. Because Raimi was unable to use scenes from the original film,[[note]]This was because the rights to the first two films were owned by separate companies, and it would've been too much of a hassle to get the rights to the original film's footage.[[/note]] he turned the first act of the sequel into a quick, simplified version of the first film. In it, Ashley J. Williams survives the possession of his girlfriend and, along with some new arrivals, manages to fight back the evil demons possessing the house. This film leads straight into ''Army of Darkness''.

The first film's story follows a bunch of teens who get together in a cabin in Tennessee and play a tape recorded recitation from a demonic book of the dead (the {{Necronomicon}}) -- which leads to each of them becoming possessed and attacking the others. ''Film/EvilDead2'' is a partial sequel and a partial remake. Because Raimi was unable to use scenes from the original film,[[note]]This was because the rights to the first two films were owned by separate companies, and it would've been too much of a hassle to get the rights to the original film's footage.[[/note]] he turned the first act of the sequel into a quick, simplified version of the first film. In it, Ashley J. Williams survives the possession of his girlfriend and, along with some new arrivals, manages to fight back the evil demons possessing the house. This film leads straight into ''Army of Darkness''.

* ''Theatre/EvilDeadTheMusical''

!! Video games:
* ''The Evil Dead'' (1984)
* ''VideoGame/EvilDeadHailToTheKing'' (2000)
* ''VideoGame/EvilDeadAFistfulOfBoomstick'' (2003)
* ''VideoGame/EvilDeadRegeneration'' (2005)
* ''VideoGame/PokerNight2'' (2013) - Ash is one of the players
* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' (2016) - Ash [[GuestFighter was added as a DLC character]] in 2019.

* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' (2016) - Ash [[GuestFighter was added as a DLC character]] In 2019.

* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' (2016) - Ash [[GuestFighter appears as as DLC character]].