Evil Ash Armor from Ghostface Killah Movie Sells for $20,000

The battle-damaged costume worn by the undead alter‑ego Evil Ash in the 1992 film sold at auction for $20,000, doubling its estimate. The piece, complete with cape, blood‑stained shirt, horned skull pins and armor plates, remains a prized collectible for fans of the franchise's long‑running horror‑comedy saga. – which was famously a new version of the original with a bigger budget and wilder ending – and those fans have continued to support any newproject ever since. While new movies in the franchise have been very much a straight up mean and nasty affair, in 1992 the third movie, a medieval adventure that played up the comedy elements that became a signature of the Campbell's later appearance inThe item in question is the battle-damaged armor worn by Evil Ash, the deadite alter-ego of the movie's protagonist Ash Williams. Campbell's undead doppleganger wore the ghoulish costume in scenes towards the end of the movie and when the hammer came down the final bid price sat at $20,000, more than double its estimate.has endured across five decades and this sale has proven that fans are still hailing to the king all these years later. The costume is a macabre piece that perfectly fits with the practical effects of themovies, comprising of a cape, blood-stained shirt, resin horned skull pins on the shoulders and a number of individual armor plates that make up the chest plate, arm, and hip coverings. The ensemble is marked with 'Bruce C' and 'SR' on its labels, something that has doubtlessly added to the mystical allure of the costume. , with Ash Williams unwittingly opening a portal to another dimension and being sucked back in time along with the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis. When Ash once again succeeds in awakening dark magic from the deadly book, he ends up creating Evil Ash, a skeletal clone of himself, who becomes the main antagonist of the movie. The film took the franchise where no one expected to go and even provided two different endings; one in which Ash found his way home and another in which he ended up in a future where the word had become a demon-filled ruin. The former of these would eventually become the opening of theTV show, but once again the dystopian future never quite came around as the series was canceled after three seasons.is back and bigger than ever. In 2013, Fede Alvarez's remake of Raimi's original movie took things back to the way they started with a nasty dark story that abandoned the comedy for through-the-fingers gore. Following the cancelation of, was announced. Originally set to be a streaming exclusive, test audience reactions saw the film get a successful theatrical release, setting in motion not one but two further movies.7 Pages of Harry Potter Script Just Sold But It's Who They Belonged to That Drove Up the Price This Comic Introduced One of Spider-Man's Best Villains and That's Not Even the Most Important Thing About It