Ash vs. Evil Dead: Here's What We Know About Season 2

Evil Dead, Starz's extension of the beloved Evil Dead franchise, will return for its second season Sunday, Oct. 2 at 8/7c, the network announced Monday at the Television Critics Association fall previews.

The new season, which is 10 episodes long and promises to be bloodier and gorier than ever before (something of a dangerous promise considering the amount of chainsaws and shotguns in the show), will kick things off with an extended episode featuring Bruce Campbell's reluctant hero Ash returning to his hometown of Elk Grove, Mich. to face his past mistakes and take on the Evil Dead once and for all.

When he returns to Michigan, Ash will form an uneasy alliance with former enemy Ruby (Lucy Lawless), who now possesses the powerful Necronomicon.

The good news, however, is that over the course of the season, Brock will pull some real emotion -- and maybe even something good -- out of Ash.

Michelle Hurd joins the show as Ash's high school love, Linda, and before you ask: the name is not just a coincidence.

Hurd's character shares a name with Ash's girlfriend from the first Evil Dead film, and as executive producer Rob Tapert notes, [Ash] did make a fateful error in the past.