Film • Oct 15, 1981
When a group of college students finds a mysterious book and recording in the old wilderness cabin they've rented for the weekend, they unwittingly unleash a demonic force from the surrounding forest.
The Evil Dead
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- Status
- Released
- Release
- October 15, 1981 (44 years ago)
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Supernatural & Paranormal, Comedy Horror
- Themes
- B-Horror, Body Horror, Dark Comedy, Folk Horror, Splatter Horror, Supernatural Horror, Teen Horror
- Origin
- United States
Cast
Bruce CampbellAshley 'Ash' J. Williams
Ellen SandweissCheryl
Richard DeManincorScott
Betsy BakerLinda
Theresa TillyShelly
Philip A. GillisFake Shemp
Cheryl GuttridgeFake Shemp
Ted RaimiFake Shemp
Ivan RaimiFake Shemp
Bill VincentFake Shemp
John CameronFake Shemp
Scott SpiegelFake Shemp
Dorothy TapertFake Shemp
Barbara CareyFake Shemp
David HortonFake Shemp
Wendall ThomasFake Shemp
Don LongFake Shemp
Stu SmithFake Shemp
Kurt RaufFake Shemp
Mary Beth TapertFake Shemp
Joanne KruseFake Shemp
Gwen CochanskiFake Shemp
Debie JarczewskiFake Shemp
Scores
- Average Score
- 75%
FilmAffinity
- 66%
IMDb
- 74%
Letterboxd
- 73%
Metacritic
- 78%
Rotten Tomatoes
- 84%
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- Moderate
- Violence
- High
- Profanity
- Low
- Algohol & Drugs
- Low
- Fright & Intensity
- High
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