Who knew this musical based on the campy 80’s movie would kill audiences in South Korea? It’s hard to pinpoint the reasons. The Toronto Star has their guesses:

The attractive Korean cast – five men, three women – sing with rock-star assurance. Their choreography is three times as energetic as anything seen on Canadian shores and the overall effect is sexy as well as funny.

Producer Han Saem Song continues:

“In Korea…70 per cent of the audience for most musicals are women. But we go even further. Evil Dead has 90 per cent women most nights, sometimes more.”

Most audience members prefer the Splatter Zone, where actors run around “squeezing blood-drenched body parts over their screechingly delighted victims.” This sounds like some sort of sexual release for female audience members. Someone squeezing liquid all over your blouse as you squeal in delight? Sure, when it’s done as part of a “musical”, they enjoy it. Yet, when I do it, it’s called “sexual harassment”. Whatever. That just means someone’s playing hard to get.

News video of Evil Dead in South Korea [itn.co.uk]