# If you're a fan of Ash vs Evil Dead, you man like: "Stan Against Evil". **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-fan-of-ash-vs-evil-dead-you-man-like-stan-against-evil/820108 "2018-08-23T12:54:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-fan-of-ash-vs-evil-dead-you-man-like-stan-against-evil/820108/1 "2018-08-23T12:54:40Z")
“Stan Against Evil”, I discovered this little gem on Hulu yesterday. It’s definitely cheesy, but still not a bad way to waste a lazy afternoon in my opinion. The show was created by Dana Gould (who I’m a fan of), the show centers on a small town’s retired sheriff. The small town is full of demons, and a begrudging retired sheriff who just wants to sit on his recliner and watch old war documentaries, is forced to play hero and kill all the bad guys (Ash style). Anyone else seen this? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-fan-of-ash-vs-evil-dead-you-man-like-stan-against-evil/820108/2 "2018-08-23T14:04:37Z")
I haven’t seen it myself but I am a fan of John C. McGinley. I’m going to have to seek this one out. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-fan-of-ash-vs-evil-dead-you-man-like-stan-against-evil/820108/3 "2018-08-23T14:15:10Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I haven’t seen it myself but I am a fan of John C. McGinley. I’m going to have to seek this one out. Yeah, he’s great. I’m not familiar with Deborah Baker Jr., but she does an awesome job in this series as well. Love her character. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-fan-of-ash-vs-evil-dead-you-man-like-stan-against-evil/820108/4 "2018-08-23T14:27:21Z")
I love that show! We catch it every once in a while when we get a free trial of IFC. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-fan-of-ash-vs-evil-dead-you-man-like-stan-against-evil/820108/5 "2018-08-23T15:00:43Z")
It’s funny… I love both shows (this thread reminded me to see if season 3 of AvED is up on Netflix, yet - it isn’t), and the similarities in\* their premises\* are pretty undeniable, but I honestly don’t see _the shows as a whole_ as all that similar… The humour is different, the scope of the horror is different, SAE has a sort of low-budget charm, where AvED seems to use a higher budget to great effect… ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-fan-of-ash-vs-evil-dead-you-man-like-stan-against-evil/820108/6 "2018-08-23T15:23:08Z")
I enjoyed it. Definitely _Ash vs Evil Dead: Lite_, but still entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-fan-of-ash-vs-evil-dead-you-man-like-stan-against-evil/820108/7 "2018-08-23T15:30:37Z")
Both entertaining with excellent leads who don’t take the material too seriously, allowing them to have fun with it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-fan-of-ash-vs-evil-dead-you-man-like-stan-against-evil/820108/8 "2018-08-23T16:53:25Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I haven’t seen it myself but I am a fan of John C. McGinley. I’m going to have to seek this one out. He plays Doctor Cox on this show, too. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-fan-of-ash-vs-evil-dead-you-man-like-stan-against-evil/820108/9 "2018-08-23T17:12:36Z")
I enjoy “Stan Against Evil” quite a bit. Got every episode on my DVR. Fun stuff! ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-fan-of-ash-vs-evil-dead-you-man-like-stan-against-evil/820108/10 "2018-08-24T04:00:10Z")
I really enjoyed the first season of “Stan”; I think Janet Varney has been great in everything I’ve seen her in, and the character of Stan was pretty funny. The second season I thought was kind of hit and miss; some episodes Stan was just a mean asshole (e.g. calling women “whores”) instead of a crusty asshole. I watched the first few episodes of “Ash vs. Evil Dead”, but it never clicked with me. I don’t think I even chuckled once. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-a-fan-of-ash-vs-evil-dead-you-man-like-stan-against-evil/820108/11 "2018-08-24T11:13:06Z")
By the way, if you like “Stan Against Evil”, you might also like “Todd and the Book of Pure Evil” (shot in Winnipeg!). It has the same kind of low-budget charm and goofy humour.