The Evil Dead (1981)
Sam Raimi's 1981 original.
The Evil Dead (1981) is the first film in the series, written and directed by Sam Raimi and starring Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams. It introduced Ash, the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis and the Deadites.
Quick Facts
- Director
- Sam Raimi
- Producer
- Robert G. Tapert
- Starring
- Bruce Campbell
- Ellen Sandweiss
- Richard DeManincor
- Betsy Baker
- Theresa Tilly
- Music
- Joe Loduca
- Cinematography
- Tim Philo
- Editing
- Edna Ruth Paul
- Studio
- Renaissance Pictures
- Distributor
- New Line Cinema
Reader's Guide
Ash, his girlfriend Linda, his sister Cheryl, their friend Scott and Scott's girlfriend Shelly stay at a cabin in Tennessee. In the cellar they find the Naturom Demonto and a tape of an archaeologist reciting its incantations; when Scott plays it the Kandarian Demon returns. Cheryl is attacked by trees in the woods and possessed, then the others in turn, until only Ash is left.
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