The Evil Dead (1981)
The Evil Dead (1981)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
![Bruce Campbell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3528-bruce-campbell.webp)
Bruce Campbell
Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams
![Ellen Sandweiss](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3523-ellen-sandweiss.webp)
Ellen Sandweiss
Cheryl
![Richard DeManincor](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3529-richard-demanincor.webp)
Richard DeManincor
Scott
![Betsy Baker](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3530-betsy-baker.webp)
Betsy Baker
Linda
![Theresa Tilly](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3531-theresa-tilly.webp)
Theresa Tilly
Shelly
![Philip A. Gillis](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/212215-philip-a-gillis.webp)
Philip A. Gillis
Fake Shemp
![Dorothy Tapert](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dorothy Tapert
Fake Shemp
![Cheryl Guttridge](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/156457-cheryl-guttridge.webp)
Cheryl Guttridge
Fake Shemp
![Barbara Carey](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Barbara Carey
Fake Shemp
![David Horton](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
David Horton
Fake Shemp
![Wendall Thomas](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Wendall Thomas
Fake Shemp
![Sam Raimi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3532-sam-raimi.webp)
Sam Raimi
Director
![Don Long](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Don Long
Fake Shemp
![Stu Smith](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Stu Smith
Fake Shemp
![Kurt Rauf](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kurt Rauf
Fake Shemp
![Robert Tapert](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/64575-robert-tapert.webp)
Robert Tapert
Producer
![Joseph LoDuca](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joseph LoDuca
Composer
![Ted Raimi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3533-ted-raimi.webp)
Ted Raimi
Fake Shemp
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Ivan Raimi
Fake Shemp
![Tim Philo](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tim Philo
Cinematographer
![Edna Ruth Paul](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Edna Ruth Paul
Editor
![Bill Vincent](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/374557-bill-vincent.webp)
Bill Vincent
Fake Shemp
![Mary Beth Tapert](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mary Beth Tapert
Fake Shemp
![Scott Spiegel](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3548-scott-spiegel.webp)
Scott Spiegel
Fake Shemp
![John Cameron](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/218201-john-cameron.webp)
John Cameron
Fake Shemp
![Joanne Kruse](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joanne Kruse
Fake Shemp
![Gwen Cochanski](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gwen Cochanski
Fake Shemp
![Debie Jarczewski](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Debie Jarczewski
Fake Shemp
![Josh Becker](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Josh Becker
Car Shemp (uncredited)
![Bob Dorian](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/337886-bob-dorian.webp)
Bob Dorian
Person on Recorder (voice) (uncredited)
![Tom Sullivan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/328398-tom-sullivan.webp)
Tom Sullivan
Demon Hands (uncredited)
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Details.
Release DateSeptember 10, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 25m
Content RatingNC-17
Budget$350,000
Box Office$29,612,367
Genres
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Wiki.
The Evil Dead is a 1981 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi (in his feature directorial debut). The film stars Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker and Theresa Tilly. The story focuses on five college students vacationing in an isolated cabin in a remote wooded area. After they find an audio tape that, when played, releases a legion of demons and spirits, four members of the group suffer from demonic possession, forcing the fifth member, Ash Williams (Campbell), to survive an onslaught of increasingly gory mayhem.
Raimi, producer Robert G. Tapert, Campbell, and their friends produced the short film Within the Woods as a proof of concept to build the interest of potential investors, which secured US$90,000 to begin work on The Evil Dead. Principal photography took place on location in a remote cabin located in Morristown, Tennessee, in a difficult filming process that proved extremely uncomfortable for the cast and crew; the film's extensive prosthetic makeup effects and stop-motion animations were created by artist Tom Sullivan. The completed film attracted the interest of producer Irvin Shapiro, who helped screen the film at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. Horror author Stephen King gave a rave review of the film, which resulted in New Line Cinema acquiring its distribution rights.
The Evil Dead grossed $2.4 million in the United States and between $2.7 and $29.4 million worldwide. Both early and later critical reception were universally positive; in the years since its release, the film has developed a reputation as one of the most significant cult films, cited among the greatest horror films of all time and one of the most successful independent films. It launched the careers of Raimi, Tapert, and Campbell, who have continued to collaborate on several films together, such as Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.
The Evil Dead spawned a media franchise, beginning with two direct sequels written and directed by Raimi, Evil Dead II (1987) and Army of Darkness (1992), a fourth film, Evil Dead (2013), which serves as a soft reboot and continuation, a follow-up television series, Ash vs Evil Dead, which aired from 2015 to 2018, and a fifth film, Evil Dead Rise (2023); the franchise also includes video games and comic books. The film's protagonist Ash Williams is considered to be a cultural icon.
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