...until watching the Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead II documentary.
This short film about the Hamburger Helper Helping Hand gone evil was an inspiration for Evil Dead II, Sam Raimi not wanting to make it a straight horror film but asking Scott Spiegel to co-write the film. Some of the gags in this short were later used in ED II scenes involving the severed hand.
Hopefully this and Within the Woods will see a home video release as extras on a future Evil Dead Blu-ray (since Anchor Bay and Lionsgate are bound to milk out several).
On that note, the new ED II 25th Anniversary Blu-ray by Lionsgate is a revelation. Never have I seen the film looking this good. It's not the amazing restoration that the first film received, but it's still really darn good. Time to ditch the ugly Anchor Bay Blu-ray—yech!
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