I'm really not a fan of films that try to make little kids seem scary: it rarely works. In this episode of Ash vs Evil Dead, Ruby's demonic child toddler around causing supposed terror, his face distorting occasionally through the use of iffy CGI, but the chills just aren't there. Neither are the laughs. I can appreciate the absurdity of the little brat crawling inside the headless corpse of a woman and controlling her to beat up Ash, but the humour falls flat. Even the kid popping his head out from between the body's legs didn't make me smile.
The other plot thread in this episode - Pablo's journey to another realm after he is stabbed by the Kandarian dagger - is necessary to move the plot forward, but again I found little to enjoy. Pablo's possession by the book has gone on for way too long. I particularly hated the rubbish rubber mouth on Kelly's leg which looks like a really bad hand puppet (because it probably was).
With this being the final season I really hope that the show gets its mojo back and ends on a high. If it doesn't get any better, I can see why they canned it.
The other plot thread in this episode - Pablo's journey to another realm after he is stabbed by the Kandarian dagger - is necessary to move the plot forward, but again I found little to enjoy. Pablo's possession by the book has gone on for way too long. I particularly hated the rubbish rubber mouth on Kelly's leg which looks like a really bad hand puppet (because it probably was).
With this being the final season I really hope that the show gets its mojo back and ends on a high. If it doesn't get any better, I can see why they canned it.