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Groovy! Watch the First Live-Action Trailer for Starz's Ash vs Evil Dead

Trick? Treat? He's the guy with the gun

Hanh Nguyen

Hail to the king, baby!

On Friday, Starz announced at Comic-Con that its new original series,Ash vs Evil Dead, will premiere on the most appropriate of nights: Halloween. The panel included star and executive producer Bruce Campbell, co-star Lucy Lawless, and executive producers Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Ivan Raimi and Craig DiGregorio.

The sequel to the Evil Dead film franchise picks up with S-Mart stock boy Ash (Campbell), whose chainsaw for a hand and devil-may-care attitude is the result of fighting off the Evil Dead 30 years ago. Unfortunately, he's forced to rev up the chainsaw once again when the Deadites rear their ugly heads.

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Joining in the fight are the mysterious Ruby (Lawless), who blames Ash for the Evil outbreaks, loyal sidekick Pablo (Ray Santiago), wild child Kelly (Dana DeLorenzo) and Michigan State Trooper Amanda Fisher (Jill Marie Jones), who has a personal vendetta against Ash.

The panel also presented the worldwide debut of its first live-action trailer. Check it out below.

Ash vs Evil Dead premieres Saturday, Oct. 31 at 9/8c on Starz.