Why ‘The Last Stop in Yuma County’ Filmmaker Francis Galluppi is Perfect for ‘Evil Dead’: ‘I Have Three Necronomicons On My Desk’
variety.comJenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor First things first: Yes, Francis Galluppi is going to be directing a new movie in the “Evil Dead” franchise.
And no, he can’t tell you anything about it. He can, however, prove his bona fides as a horror and suspense fan in our Zoom interview by pointing to the “Evil Dead” poster in his office and the “three Necronomicons on my desk.” Galluppi landed the coveted gig after Sam Raimi saw Galluppi’s feature film debut, “The Last Stop in Yuma County,” the acclaimed thriller that arrives in theaters and on digital this week.
Shot in 20 days on a budget of “about a million” dollars, the film is set almost entirely at road stop diner in an unspecified past era where traveling salesmen and rotary phones are still prevalent.
As patrons await the arrival of a gas truck, the establishment soon becomes populated with an ensemble of independent film legends, including Jim Cummings as a knife salesman, Jocelin Donahue as a waitress and Richard Brake and Nicholas Logan as bank robbers trying (and failing) to keep a low profile.
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