How Sam Raimi Got ‘Send Help’ Through the Studio System With Its Oddball Charms Intact

Sam Raimi is back with “Send Help.”

And this is not the for-hire Sam Raimi that gave us the enjoyable studio products “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” or “Oz the Great and Powerful.” This is the Sam Raimi who deployed certifiably gonzo classics like 1987’s “Evil Dead II,” 1990’s “Darkman” and 2009’s “Drag Me to Hell.”

It’s so good to have this Sam Raimi back, and to hear the filmmaker tell it, he’s glad to be back in this mode too — even if 20th Century Fox executives...