ObscuraJournal 7/11/26

We'll just act like there hasn't been a month gap between the last ObscuraJournal post.

I've been tinkering with an old idea that's taken hold of my brain. It's a weird crime idea that was originally comped as The Autopsy of Jane Doe meets John Wick, and that still tracks, but this version is more The Evil Dead meets John Wick.

Not Evil Dead II, or Army of Darkness, or Ash vs Evil Dead, or Evil Dead Rise, or even the new one I haven't seen yet.

The Evil Dead. Both the 1981 and the 2013 version, simply called Evil Dead.

Sure there's dark humor. Sure there's over-the-top violence. But there's also this frantic energy as each main character realizes they cannot sit around trying to figure out what the hell is going on, that they have to move, run, fight back, do whatever it takes to survive. They don't have time to figure shit out.

Who cares what the fuck is going on when the beast is breathing down your neck?

Those who don't like ambiguity in their horror will probably hate this idea, and that fuels me as well, perhaps the strongest motivator for writing it actually. I have no fucks left to give when it comes to writing. This is the story I want to write and if you like it great, and if you hate it then a piece of art moved you to that point, and that means you felt something.

Job done.

But I still need to write it.

I'm doing it.

peace&love