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The Evil Dead
The ultimate experience in gruelling terror.
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MPAA Rating:
R
[substantial graphic horror violence and gore]

US Runtime: 85 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Oct 15, 1981   [USA]
 
Director: Sam Raimi   [Director]
 
Writer: Sam Raimi   [Writer]
 
Producers: Bruce Campbell   [Executive Producer]
Sam Raimi   [Executive Producer]
Robert Tapert   [Producer]
Robert Tapert   [Executive Producer]
 
Cinematography: Tim Philo   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Edna Ruth Paul   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Joseph LoDuca   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Company: Renaissance Pictures   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

Bruce Campbell
Ash
Ellen Sandweiss
Cheryl
Richard DeManincor
Scott
Betsy Baker
Linda
Theresa Tilly
Shelly
Philip A. Gillis
Fake Shemp
Dorothy Tapert
Fake Shemp
Cheryl Guttridge
Fake Shemp
Barbara Carey
Fake Shemp
David Horton
Fake Shemp
 
Wendall Thomas
Fake Shemp
Don Long
Fake Shemp
Stu Smith
Fake Shemp
Kurt Rauf
Fake Shemp
Ted Raimi
Fake Shemp
Ivan Raimi
Fake Shemp
Bill Vincent
Fake Shemp
Mary Beth Tapert
Fake Shemp
Scott Spiegel
Fake Shemp
John Cameron
Fake Shemp
 
 

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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

 

Tech Info:

Budget:
$350,000
Revenue:
$29,612,367
Camera:
Arriflex 16 BL
Arriflex 16 S
Color Info:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
Cinematographic Process:
Spherical
Film Negative Format:
16 mm
Printed Film Format:
35 mm
Shooting Dates:
01 Nov 1980 - 24 Dec 1980

Quotes:

  • Ash: Oh You bastards! Why are you torturing me like this? WHY!?!?!
     
  • Voice: Join us...
     
  • [Cheryl has become possessed]
    Cheryl: Why have you disturbed our sleep? Awakened us from our ancient slumber? YOU WILL DIE!!
     
  • [Cheryl has been hacked into several pieces]
    Ash: We can't bury Cheryl. She's our friend.
     
  • Linda: [singing] We're going to get you, we're going to get you, not another peep, now we go to sleep.
     

Trivia:

  • After completing principal photography in the winter of 1979-1980, most of the actors left the production. However, there was still much of the film to be completed. Most of the second half of the film features Bruce Campbell and various stand-ins (or "shemps") to replace the actors who left.
     
  • On the tape, in which the daemon resurrection passages are read aloud. The words are in a form of Arabic, which actually mean Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi are the men on the side of the road".
     
  • Ash's last name is never mentioned throughout the entire Evil Dead trilogy, though Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell did toy around with calling him "Ashley J Williams" and "Ash Holt," the latter revealing how Sam viewed the character...
     
  • Creamed corn dyed green was used as zombie guts.
     
  • The voice of the professor on the tape recording is that of American Movie Classics host Bob Dorian.
     

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