It takes a little bit of nerve to call a new edition of Evil Dead "Ultimate" considering how many times Anchor Bay has asked fans to buy this classic horror flick. We almost made it through 2007 without another version of another one of the Evil Dead movies, but Anchor Bay found a way to squeeze out one more just in time for the holidays and, as much as it pains me to say it, you'll probably want to upgrade. Three discs of Evil Dead goodness is too much to turn down even as you stare at the other editions of this Sam Raimi classic that you once considered "ultimate." It's been 25 years since Evil Dead rocked the horror world and introduced us all to the genius of Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi. The film itself holds up shockingly well and has never looked better than it does on this three-disc set. Disc by disc:

Disc One: The widescreen version of the film with a 6.1 DTS track and a 1.85:1 aspect ratio has never looked or sounded better. It's somewhat amazing to consider the low-budget origins of Evil Dead and how far it has come - getting a better DVD treatment than a lot of movies with $100 million budgets. This disc also comes with a new hour-long documentary called "One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead." It's a great doc, featuring interviews with modern filmmakers inspired by Dead, but it's shockingly missing two important players - Raimi and Campbell. It's cool to hear what Edgar Wright and Eli Roth think of Evil Dead, but if you can't get Raimi and Campbell to talk about Evil Dead, you've kind of lost half the battle. Having said that, everyone else does show up and offer some pretty interesting insight into how a little horror film turned into a genre classic. This disc also includes an old commentary track with Raimi and producer Robert Tapert.

Disc Two: The original, full-screen version of the film comes with two features - an old-but-great commentary track with Bruce Campbell and a new hour of deleted footage called "The Evil Dead: Treasures From the Cutting Room Floor." The footage has been reconstructed and restored for the first time ever. This is for the hardcore Dead-ites only. For an hour, you see different unused takes that are awfully similar to the used ones. It's cut together without commentary and is the kind of thing that even a hardcore fan is likely to only watch once, but be happy to have as a part of their Dead collection.

Disc Three: The final disc in the new Evil Dead edition is called "Ladies of The Evil Dead" but actually contains a lot more supplemental material than that. This is where most of the extras live, including the new documentary "Life After Death: The Ladies of The Evil Dead" and "The Ladies of The Evil Dead Meet Bruce Campbell." The latter is a great conversation with Campbell and the three female stars of the film and a great look back at the quarter-century of The Evil Dead. You'll also find "Discovering The Evil Dead," "Unconventional," "At the Drive-In," "Reunion Panel," Make-up tests, trailers, TV spots, a still gallery, and a poster & memorabilia gallery. It's a great collection of extras, some from previous editions of The Evil Dead, some brand-new.

The Evil Dead: Ultimate Edition advertises four hours of all-new bonus features and that will probably be enough to get the Ash fan in your family to throw away his old editions this Christmas. The back of the nicely packaged DVD also says, "This is truly The Ultimate Edition of The Evil Dead." Yeah, right. Until next year.