The Evil Dead
The Evil Dead is a 1981 American independent 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 as five college students vacationing in an isolated cabin in the woods, where 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.
Plot
Five Michigan State University students – Ash Williams, his girlfriend Linda, his sister Cheryl, their friend Scott, and Scott's girlfriend Shelly – vacation at an isolated cabin in rural Tennessee. Approaching the cabin, the group notices the porch swing move on its own but suddenly stop as Scott grabs the door key. While Cheryl draws a picture of a clock, the clock stops, and she hears a faint, demonic voice tell her to "join us". Her hand becomes possessed, turns pale and draws a picture of a book with a demonic face on its cover. Although shaken, she does not mention the incident.
More details
author | Sam Raimi |
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contentLocation | Tennessee |
director | Sam Raimi |
editor | Edna Ruth Paul |
events | demon supernatural |
genre | animation fantasy horror thriller |
keywords | ash williams attack book of the dead dead body demonic possession demonically possessed disturb even horrify incantation isolated kill michigan state university naturom demonto only way possess spade strange noise sumer tape recorder trap tree branch turn warn wound |
musicBy | Joseph LoDuca |
producer | Robert Tapert |
productionCompany | Renaissance Pictures |
publisher | New Line Cinema |
theme | exploitation independent rape short splatter teen horror zombie |