With the deadite-filled second season of Ash vs. Evil Dead premiering in less than a month, Starz has released a batch of awesome new pics.

Featuring our favorite boomstick-wielding (you can totally see where he gets that from in the pics below), aging lothario Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell); his sidekicks Pablo (Ray Santiago) and Kelly (Dana DeLorenzo); Ruby (Lucy Lawless); Ash’s dad, Brock Williams (Lee Majors); Ash’s childhood BFF, Chet Kaminski (Ted Raimi); and Ash’s high school sweetheart, Linda (Michelle Hurd), the new images have arrived via the good folks at Bloody-Disgusting.

Here's an official synopsis:

The second season roars back into action with Ash leaving his beloved Jacksonville and returning to his hometown of Elk Grove. There, he confronts Ruby. The former enemies have to form an uneasy alliance as Elk Grove soon becomes the nucleus of evil.

Season 2 will also feature actor Joel Tobeck (Hercules: The Legendary Journey, Sons of Anarchy) in the role of Baal, a demon from the underworld described as “an enemy more powerful than any that have come before.” Uh-oh.

Check out the new images and let us know what you think. Ash vs. Evil Dead will return for a hotly anticipated second season on Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. on Starz.

(via Bloody-Disgusting)