Evil Dead

Spencer Teeter

English 103

Ms. Tess Evans

November 1, 2011

Evil Dead the Musical

The “evil dead” is a musical about five teenagers going to an abandoned cabin for spring break. Once they get there weird things start happening and eventually all but one of the characters turn into zombie demons. The play was full of very mature content and even had a disclaimer in the pamphlet and at the beginning of the show, for example one of the songs in the musical was called “what the fuck was that” and another was “blew that bitch away”. A common theme in the musical was blood, adult language, and sex…lots of sex. Although the title suggests that the musical is morbid and scary in nature it was a rather funny play. There were a lot of funny sex innuendos and I’m pretty sure the most common word in the play was “fuck” to pull extra laughs from the audience. However there were darker images shown during the musical. There was a lot of blood spurting from body parts as they were being sawn off with a chainsaw or being hacked with an axe. About 5 people were blown away by a shotgun to add to the gruesome story line of the musical.

The room that the musical was held in was tiny and only seated around 40 people in one seating. This effect made the audience feel like they were in the cabin with the characters and it was way more personal and interesting. Everyone was on the edge of their seats wanting to see what happened next. Everyone was engaged in every scene and had plenty of laughs. It was an overall great experience for the whole crowd.