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The Evil Dead (1981)

NC-1710/15/1981Horror1h 25m
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The ultimate experience in gruelling terror.

Overview

In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.

Top Billed Cast

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    Bruce Campbell

    Ash

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    Ellen Sandweiss

    Cheryl

  3. Cast 1

    Richard DeManincor

    Scott

  4. Cast 1

    Betsy Baker

    Linda

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    Theresa Tilly

    Shelly

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    Philip A. Gillis

    Fake Shemp

  7. Dorothy Tapert

    Fake Shemp

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    Cheryl Guttridge

    Fake Shemp

  9. Barbara Carey

    Fake Shemp

RELEASED IN 1981 (but not until April, 1983, in the USA) and written & directed by Sam Raimi, “The Evil Dead” chronicles events when five Michigan State students travel to a remote cabin in western Tennessee for spring break wherein they discover a copy of the Book of the Dead and an audiotape whose incantations resurrect demons in the woods. Havoc ensues. This is a cult classic movie and the famous director’s first full-length feature. It only cost $350,000 to make and was shot in 1979, as well as the first weeks of 1980. Bruce Campbell makes for a quality protagonist and there’s a good ...