"Evil Dead: The Musical," based on the cult classic Sam Raimi mock-horror films, will close its curtains on February 17th. The stage show, currently being performed at New World Stages in New York City, has sadly not attracted the large audiences needed to keep it, er, alive. Amid songs such as “All the Men in My Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons,” “Look Who’s Evil Now” and “Do the Necronomicon," five friends on a weekend trip to a remote cabin in the woods try to stay alive against an unholy onslaught of paranormal attackers. (Think of it like "Scary Movie 2," only funny.) The original cast recording is still planned for a spring release, and the producers say they are in talks for a tour, as well as productions in other cities.

The original "Evil Dead" film was written as a standard, serious (if schlocky) horror flick. "Evil Dead 2" (on which the musical is based) was a retelling of the original movie, only embracing the silliness inherent in the genre years before it was trendy. The final movie in the trilogy was "Army of Darkness," in which Bruce Campbell falls through a hole in space-time and has to save a fantasy world from the undead. Rumors surface from time to time of another sequel in the works, but so far, nothing has come of those rumors.