# Sam Raimi’s Near-Perfect Horror Series Is Taking Over the World 8 Years Later

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sam-raimis-near-perfect-horror-series-is-taking-over-the-world-8-years-later/
- Published: 2026-07-26T03:45:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-26T04:04:13+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/sam-raimi-horror-series-ash-vs-evil-dead-streaming-success-apple-tv-store-july-2026/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Horror

## Key points

- Ash vs Evil Dead is trending again on Apple TV and Lionsgate+
- Charted #10-19 in UK/US, top 10 in Italy in July 2026
- Three seasons, 30 episodes, about 15 hours total

## Summary

Ash vs Evil Dead, the 2015-2018 television continuation of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead franchise, has resurfaced as a streaming hit eight years after it ended, currently trending on both the Apple TV Store and Lionsgate+. The series carried Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) into a new story set three decades after the original films, restoring the claustrophobic possession horror and slapstick gore that defined the earlier movies while following Ash as a washed-up store clerk forced back into demon-fighting. Its renewed popularity highlights the enduring appeal of Raimi's blend of horror and comedy, even though he only directed the pilot and co-created the show rather than helming it throughout.

Between 16 and 22 July 2026, the series held between #10 and #19 on the Apple TV Store charts in both the UK and the US. In Italy, it also appeared twice in Lionsgate+'s (Amazon Channels) most-streamed Top 10, reaching #8 and then #10 on 22 July. Co-created by Raimi, Ivan Raimi and Tom Spezialy, the show starred Campbell alongside Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo and Lucy Lawless across three seasons totalling just 30 half-hour episodes, making for a roughly 15-hour complete watch.

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