User Reviews

Ash, Pablo and Kelly, are summoned back to Ash's hometown by Ruby, to form an unusual alliance. Once there, Ash's father and the locals dwellers give him a chilly reception.

The score is creepy, the make-up of the ghostly faces creepy kids is enough to give some nightmares. The creative camera work and the lighting adds more to the creepy atmosphere. I particularly like the scene where Ash's shadow seems to imitate him and then came to life, it was spooky.

All in all, this episode is a pretty good start, it has the right of amount of blood, gore, and humourous one-liners to keep one entertained throughout.

The last season left everything off with a big question mark, and despite absolutely loving that episode, I was more curious than excited to see where it would all lead in this second season premiere. The first season started it all off with a bang and took the audience right back into Ash Williams' world. I was expecting kinda the same start with this season with seeing Ash and his friends in Jacksonville and then a big climatic action sequence to pull him back in. However, this episode was straight off and running with a majority of it being dedicated to hard-hitting and blood-soaked action.

There's a lot to dissect in this episode, but I think the most interesting part is the exploration of Ash's past. We all know what happened to him at the cabin, but we don't really know what happened afterwards. Here, we get a look into the nature of his relationship with the people of his town after what happened and how it drove him to escape. I like this very much, and I enjoy meeting some of his old friends, and even his slightly racist father. I'm excited to see how all of that will unfold as the season goes along. However, the majority of this episode is definitely in the name of action, and that's alright with me as well. Especially when it's this well executed and so much fun to watch. Sure, there are moments where characters get bathed in blood and that may be a little disgusting, but it's part of the charm. It's never been more fun to see someone slice people in half with a chainsaw, but the creative team behind this show manages to make it entertaining every time. If anything, there was a little too much slapstick in this, and that's not something I ever thought I would say, because I absolutely love the ridiculous nature of this franchise. However, it became a little much. But it's nothing that takes this episode down, because I had an absolute blast coming back to these characters and can't wait to see where the journey will take them going forward.

"Home" is a great start to another season that promises to be a little deeper than the first, which I can't argue against at all. Ash's backstory is unfolding in front of us, which is great, and the action is better and bloodier than ever, so this is gearing up to be quite the ride.

Season two of Ash vs Evil Dead kicks off in fine style with a pre-title sequence set in Jacksonville, FL, where Ash and his pals are enjoying a keg party when a couple of deadites turn up to spoil the fun. Limbs are severed and the blood flows as freely as the beer did moments earlier.

Unfortunately, the rest of the episode is relatively 'dry', as Ash travels to his home town of Elk Grove, where he believes that his old adversary Ruby is hiding. It turns out that she is unable to control her evil 'children' and needs Ash's help in sorting out her problem. There's some fun to be had with the well realised creepy children, who are now grown up and after the Necronomicon, and Lee Majors turns up in a cameo as Ash's father, but overall this is a somewhat disappointing episode.

I hope that now the initial premise is set up, they'll get on with delivering the absurd humour and gallons of gore that we've come to expect.