Evil Dead 2

Episode 64: Evil Dead 2 (1987)

Theme: Sequels Better Than the Original
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis kick in the cabin door like two podcasters who absolutely would slice off their own hand if it meant a better bit. Curtis pitches a movie marriage so unhinged it should come wrapped in duct tape: Cabin in the Woods meets Idle Hands with a splash of The Three Stooges (the good one… the Will Sasso one). The result? Evil Dead 2 — the only horror sequel bold enough to reboot itself, retell itself, and then chainsaw its way into becoming one of the greatest splatter comedies ever filmed.

Join your two favorite members of the Let’s Talk About Flix-verse as they unpack:

• How Ash goes from “nice guy with a girlfriend” to “chainsaw-handed slapstick maniac” in record time.

• Why Linda’s stop-motion ballerina routine deserves its own Broadway musical.

• How Ash’s hand becomes the most vindictive character in the entire movie—and also flips him off.

• Why Jake and Bobby Joe are the most chaotic backwoods couple since… well, ever.

• How Henrietta proves that basement demons are undefeated in jump-scare efficiency.

• Why the deer head laughing scene might be the greatest cinematic nervous breakdown ever captured.

• How this sequel ends with a vortex, a medieval army, and Bruce Campbell screaming “NOOOOOOO”—and somehow it all makes perfect sense.

From geysers of blood to housewares that laugh at you, from chainsaw upgrades to fruit cellar fistfights, Oz and Curtis walk through a film that reminds us of one simple truth: sometimes the only way to survive pure evil… is to go completely insane.

Final Verdict

Oz — 8 Candarian Daggers
Curtis — 89 Bobby Joes
Both — Confident that Ash has dated at least four women named Linda.