The Evil Dead

The Evil Dead
1981Horror85 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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.

  • Sam Raimi

    Director

  • Sam Raimi

    Writer

  • Tim Philo

    Director of Photography

  • Edna Ruth Paul

    Editor

  • Bruce Campbell

    Ash

  • Ellen Sandweiss

    Sheryl

  • 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

  • Joanne Kruse

    Fake Shemp

  • Gwen Cochanski

    Fake Shemp

  • Debie Jarczewski

    Fake Shemp

  • Josh Becker

    Car Shemp (uncredited)

  • Bob Dorian

    Person on Recorder (voice) (uncredited)

  • Sam Raimi

    Hitchhiking Fisherman / Evil Force (uncredited)

  • Tom Sullivan

    Demon Hands (uncredited)

  • Robert Tapert

    Local Yokel (uncredited)

    • Runtime

    85 minutes

    Released

    1981-09-10

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Renaissance Pictures

    Sound

  • Joseph LoDuca

    Music

    • Updated

    43 days ago

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