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The Evil Dead

Movie
1981
1h 25m
NC-17
English
Horror
User Score: 
7.6
Critic Score: 
79
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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.
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The Evil Dead

NC-17
Movie
1981
1h 25m
English
Horror
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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.
Rating
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7.6
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The Evil Dead (1981) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
79

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Cast

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Bruce Campbell
Ellen Sandweiss
Richard DeManincor
Betsy Baker
Theresa Tilly
Philip A Gillis
Dorothy Tapert
Fake Shemp
Cheryl Guttridge
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
Scott Spiegel
Fake Shemp
John Cameron
Fake Shemp
Joanne Kruse
Fake Shemp
Gwen Cochanski
Fake Shemp
Debie Jarczewski
Bob Dorian
Person on Recorder (voice) (uncredi...
Sam Raimi
Hitchhiking Fisherman / Evil Force ...
Directed By: Sam Raimi
Written By: Sam Raimi

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AlexanderZ says...
8 years ago
The Evil Dead is what most, if not all horror movies should be, very real and powerful.
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DRNKMNKY says...
10 years ago
Hands down: one of the scariest movies I've ever seen! After watching it alone at night and with the curtains shut, you know what I'm talking about...
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manicure says...
3 years ago
Boring as hell, but quite impressive given the budget and resources they had. The camerawork and editing have a very distinguishable taste, but everything has been remade with more money and a more comedic approach in the sequel.
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Whitsbrain says...
3 years ago
I understand that the "Evil Dead" is considered a horror classic but it's not a scary film or a particularly good one. I can give high marks to some of the special effects namely the stop-motion stuff. The camera positioning and moving shots were impressive at times. The tape of the professor explaining the "Book of the Dead" was interesting and setup the potential horror to come. But once the first possession of one of the girls occurred any additional scares that could have been conjured up within the story were overwhelmed by campy "grueling" gore which is pretty much repeated for the last half of the movie. Yes I like Bruce Campbell's Ash and his character will become a horror legend in the next entry in the Evil Dead trilogy.
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Featured User Reviews

DEATHPROOFBUM
10/10  7 years ago
It still shows that today's multi-million movies can sink where others can swim when compared to the original 1986 scare-fest 'The Evil Dead'.

It cost only $350,000 to produce at the time and the box office receipts were around $2.6 millon, the remake of the original movie cost over More
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$hubes
5/10  3 years ago
I think this was the 4th time I've watched this, and every time I'm left wondering _"Was this supposed to be horror, or satire, or just campy B-movie horror with over-the-top buckets of blood?"_ I've still yet to figure it out. It's gruesome enough to be considered "gorror" (gory horror) but insanel More
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jarvis-9477279
10/10  3 years ago
10/10
THIS 1981 MASTERPIECE IS TIMELESS AND STILL ONE OF THE BEST LEADING HORROR MOVIES FOR THE GENRE OF ALL TIME, AT THE SIDE OF PHANTASM.
THE EVIL DEAD
FULL UNCUT UNRATED
VERSION IS PHENOMENAL A OUT OF THE HOLE OF MY MULTIVERSE ARCHIVES (4500+) THIS IS STILL RIGHT AT THE TOP OF MY HORROR SECTION A More
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filmtoaster
8/10  5 years ago
Now THAT is a lot of blood.

Why, oh why, do I love this movie, so? Why do I love you so much, Raimi? However, in this case, I can understand why someone wouldn't enjoy the film. The story can be a little poor at times, the pacing is occasionally slow, and the characters aren't the most de More
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