Is Ash crazy? While Evil DeadвЂ™s demons are shown to have a wide range of abilities, itвЂ™s ambiguous if they can cast illusions, which leads the viewer to question whether or not Ash is losing his mind. The scene seamlessly transitions from Ash being attacked to Ash sitting down, implying that he might have just hallucinated. And, of course, his girlfriend is not quite dead. Of course, he still canвЂ™t leave the woods due to a broken bridge. Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn (1987) begins by revealing that while Ash was possessed by the end of the film, the daylight quickly cured him. But, due to money and all, he made the sequels as requested. As with most new directors, Raimi had not planned on Evil Dead being a franchise. The success of the first film led to Raimi being greenlit for two sequels. As with most final girls, Ash is a vulnerable audience stand-in who survivesвЂ¦until the end which implies he gets possessed anyway. For a film as schlocky as Evil Dead, his character keeps the story grounded, unlike many similar B-movie horror films of the 80вЂ™s which lacked sympathetic protagonists.

AshвЂ™s reactions to the events of the film are human: he doesnвЂ™t just switch into violence mode when the situation calls for it. Ash, of course avoids killing his possessed girlfriend for most of the film, only accomplishing it after THREE attempts. Scotty also kills his OWN GIRLFRIEND the minute she gets possessed. Meanwhile, Ash got hisВ ass kicked by a shelf. When the first teen is possessed, Scotty kicks her ass into the cellar. Once that ceases to be an option, he deals with the situation at hand.

HeвЂ™s the one who attempts to figure out an escape plan. Whereas Ash is reluctant to do pretty much anything, Scott is consistently portrayed as proactive. This is demonstrated in comparison to the only other man in the film, Scott. Given the genre heвЂ™s in, this also makes him impotent. Ash definitely seems to be the вЂњheartвЂќ of his friends. His relationship with Linda is one of the few plot elements to be carried over to the sequels, making it the one of few concrete elements of his backstory. Instead of being chaste or virginal, heвЂ™s romantic. The final girl is usually vulnerable, very white, and most of all: chaste (if not an outright virgin).В Despite not being a girl, Ash fulfills the role well. The most well-known final girl in horror is probably Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) from Halloween (1978). This is a horror fan term for the last person alive. In the first film, Ash acts as the вЂќ final girl вЂњ.

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