Steve Villeneuve

HAIL TO THE DEADITES Signals New Poster And Official Trailer For Steve Villeneuve’s Love Letter To The Legends And The Fandom

Director Steve Villeneuve gets to end his weekend on a high note following last week’s Indiecan acquisition of his latest documentary, Hail To The Deadites, celebrating decades of fandom for The Evil Dead franchise to date. The first official trailer and poster arrived on Sunday evening, and resident horror and fantasy fan Christina Ortega Phillips mused about the documentary in her own review for this year’s virtual Fantasia Festival writing, in part, the following: Hearing the fans talk about their own introductions to The Evil Dead films and their own experiences with the fandom was awesome. I knew that the franchise had a cult following, but there are levels to this fandom that I had not realized! Phillips is currently plotting to improve her stack of Evil Dead collectibles, which undoubtedly means one day she’ll have to get in a photo-op with Ash himself provided the Covid-19 pandemic doesn’t continue […]

Fantasia XXIV Review: Steve Villeneuve’s HAIL TO THE DEADITES Welcomes You To The Club

Christina Ortega

Since the Fantasia Film Festival is coming soon (August 20th to September 2nd, to be exact), we here at Film Combat Syndicate have been lucky enough to get early screening access to some of the movies that will be shown there. As you can read in our teasers of the first wave, second wave, or third wave announcements, there were plenty of films to choose from. As a Deadite (a fan of The Evil Dead franchise), one of my first choices was Hail to the Deadites. If you have not heard of this one before, it is an 80 minute fan-made film focusing on the franchise. Directed by Steve Villeneuve, who is also a Deadite, the joruney for this documentary began in 2013, and includes interview clips with fans, cast members, and crew members, along with clips from conventions. Here is the official synopsis: Few horror franchises have inspired as […]