The Evil Dead

The Evil Dead is a 1981 American independent supernatural horror film a sixth film, Evil Dead Burn (2026), and a follow-up television seri

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The Evil Dead

“The Evil Dead is a 1981 American independent supernatural horror film a sixth film, Evil Dead Burn (2026), and a follow-up television seri”

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The Evil Dead is a 1981 American independent supernatural horror film a sixth film, Evil Dead Burn (2026), and a follow-up television series, Ash vs Evil Dead, which aired from 2015 to 2018; the franchise also includes video games and comic books. The film's protagonist Ash Williams is considered to be a cultural icon.[4] Plot Five Michigan State University students – Ash Williams, his girlfriend Linda, his sister Cheryl, their friend Scott, and Scott's girlfriend Shelly – vacation at a remote cabin in the rural hills of Tennessee. As the group approaches the cabin, they notice the porch swing move on its own, but it stops when Scott grabs the door key. While Cheryl is drawing a picture of an old clock, the clock stops, and she hears a faint voice instructing her to "join us." Her hand becomes possessed, turns pale, and draws a picture of a book with a face on its cover. Although shaken, she does not mention the incident. When the cellar trapdoor flies open during dinner, Shelly, L Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams, a young man who goes away with his friends to an old cabin in the woods, where they stumble upon the Naturom Demonto, the Sumerian Book of the Dead Ellen Sandweiss as Cheryl Williams, Ash's younger sister Richard DeManincor as Scott, a friend of Ash (credited as Hal Delrich) Betsy Baker as Linda, Ash's girlfriend Theresa Tilly as Shelly, Scotty's girlfriend (credited as Sarah York) Sam Raimi as Local Fisherman and the voice of the Evil Dead (uncredited)[5] Robert G. Tapert as Local Fisherman (uncredited)[5] Bob Dorian as the voice of Professor Knowby (uncredited)

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Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams, a young man who goes away with his friends to an old cabin in the woods, where they stumble upon the Naturom Demonto, the Sumerian Book of the Dead Ellen Sandweiss as Cheryl Williams, Ash's younger sister Richard DeManincor as Scott, a friend of Ash (credited as Hal Delrich) Betsy Baker as Linda, Ash's girlfriend Theresa Tilly as Shelly, Scotty's girlfriend (credited as Sarah York) Sam Raimi as Local Fisherman and the voice of the Evil Dead (uncredited)[5] Robert G. Tapert as Local Fisherman (uncredited)[5] Bob Dorian as the voice of Professor Knowby (uncredited)