119-542: The following is a list of characters in Evil Dead , a supernatural horror franchise created by director Sam Raimi . Brock Williams (father) Evil Ash (clone) Brandy Barr-Williams (daughter) Pablo Kelly Danny Webber ( Poker Night 2 ) Ashley Joanna Williams is the protagonist the entire series. Ash evolves over the course of the series from a cowardly college student to a wise cracking Deadite slayer with his detachable hand chainsaw and 12 gauge "boomstick". Ash
238-529: A 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray containing both cuts of the film and an exclusive poster on September 27, 2022 under their Scream Factory sub label. An "extended version" featuring an alternative ending (a deleted mid-credits scene) and various other deleted clips and dialogue, some of which were featured in the original trailer but subsequently removed from the theatrical version, was aired in the UK on Channel 4 on January 25, 2015. On October 10, 2018, Sony Pictures announced
357-442: A Super 8 camera. However, due to technical difficulties, it was decided to move it up to 16 mm format, as they wanted to film the project in the style of the many low-budget films at the time that had come out in the 1970s. Since they had little experience in the film industry, the three felt they should buy business suits and briefcases as a means to convince investors that they "had all the answers." A man named Andy Grainger, who
476-476: A hypodermic needle before he bludgeons her to death. Mia lures Natalie into the cellar and bites her hand before slicing her own tongue. David helps Natalie escape. Eric explains that per the book, the "Taker of Souls" must claim five souls to unleash the "Abomination". Natalie's arm becomes possessed and she amputates it with an electric knife, causing a power outage. Mia must be "purified" by live burial, dismemberment, or burning. The now-possessed Natalie attacks
595-683: A musical . The film franchise was resurrected in 2013 with Evil Dead , both a reboot and a loose continuation of the series directed by Fede Álvarez , who co-wrote the screenplay with Rodo Sayagues . It was produced by Raimi, Campbell and Tapert, featuring a new protagonist in Mia Allen ( Jane Levy ). A television series, Ash vs. Evil Dead , premiered on cable network Starz in 2015, lasted for three seasons, and ended in 2018, with Campbell announcing an animated revival to be in active development in July 2022. It starred Bruce Campbell as Ash and
714-467: A Deadite. He and Cheryl attack Ash, until he burns the Necronomicon in the fireplace, causing Scotty and Cheryl to decompose and rot, killing the demons possessing them in the process. According to producer Rob Tapert in the commentary for Evil Dead II , a version of the recap had Scotty in it. Shelly is Scotty's girlfriend. After Cheryl is possessed, Shelly retreats back to her room where she
833-451: A July 26, 2024 interview with Entertainment Weekly , Campbell confirmed the series was still in development. Saying: “I'll do Ash's voice all day long, because my voice hasn't aged as much as I have." A prototype short film, Within the Woods , was produced by Raimi on a micro-budget to market his concept and acquire funding from producers and studios for a feature-length film. The short was
952-450: A bit too close to the cellar door, he lies defenseless and is eaten alive to the bone by Henrietta. His bloody skeleton, covered in tattered clothing, is later seen when Ash travels to the basement to find the pages; thinking that the sound of the boiler is a monster, Ash investigates and finds the pages, and Jake's fleshless remains fall on top of him from behind, freaking him out. He was played by Sam Raimi film regular Dan Hicks . His corpse
1071-430: A fatal hit from a newly acquired axe to the head. There were a bunch of scenes where he got up with the axe in the head, where he was still trying to kill everyone even with his head half off (in part due to Annie's refusal to help Ash dismember his corpse), but it was cut. He was portrayed by Richard Domeier . Professor Knowby is Annie's father and Henrietta's husband. He traveled to the cabin to finish his research on
1190-401: A friend of Olivia and Eric's. She is a recovering heroin addict, and her going cold turkey is the reason the characters traveled to the cabin in the first place. She is the only survivor of her group of friends, and one of the few people who have defeated the demons of the book. Ash vs Evil Dead Season Two Brock Williams (father) Cheryl Williams is Ash's sister and the odd woman out in
1309-491: A lead role so far), taking Ash back in time to England in 1300 AD. The movie has horror attributes, but is based mainly on slapstick and action. Evil Dead is the title of a film that serves as a soft reboot and a continuation of the Evil Dead franchise. Unlike the first three films, this one does not feature the character of Ash Williams in a major role (Ash only appears briefly in a post-credits scene ) and instead follows
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#17327876966501428-423: A major studio in a very long time". Emma Simmonds of The List commented: " Evil Dead has ample cheap shocks and few bloodcurdling frights but it builds to something gorily bravura and, if that's your bag, you'll come away satisfied. It's a while before anyone picks up a chainsaw, but boy is it worth it when they do." Matt Singer called the film "an assault on the senses" and "a success, one that out- Evil Dead s
1547-494: A meager success. Despite this, the release proceeded to spawn the entire franchise. In January 1978, Bruce Campbell was a college dropout who had just quit his job as a taxicab driver . Sam Raimi was studying literature at Michigan State University with Robert Tapert , who was finishing his economics degree. While putting the finishing touches on It's Murder! , Tapert suggested doing a feature-length film to Raimi. Raimi felt it impossible, stating that they could never acquire
1666-515: A mini-series adaptation of Army of Darkness adapted and illustrated by John Bolton . A trade paperback of this series was released by Dynamite Entertainment on September 25, 2006. In 2008, Dark Horse revisited the franchise with a four issue adaptation of The Evil Dead written by Mark Verheiden and once again illustrated by John Bolton. In 2004, Dynamite Entertainment acquired the license to publish titles based on Army of Darkness and, in conjunction with Devil's Due Publishing , released
1785-482: A new film in the franchise "every couple" years, as opposed to the most recent activity of once every decade. In February 2024, it was announced that a spin-off film is currently in development. Sébastien Vaniček will serve as director from a script he co-wrote with Florent Bernard . Selected by Raimi to helm the new installment in the series, the film's plot is currently under wraps. Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert will serve as producers, with Ghost House Pictures producing
1904-716: A new production of the show, also starring Ryan Ward, at the Diesel Playhouse. The new production started its running May 1, 2007, and has been announced to end on September 8, 2007, which won the Dora Audience Choice Award and praised by the Toronto Star . In 2017, the English comedian Rob Kemp created and performed the stage show The Elvis Dead , a retelling of Evil Dead II in the style of Elvis Presley . In Italy , The Evil Dead
2023-540: A new protagonist named Mia Allen. The film is considered a continuation of the franchise, and plans to feature both Ash and Mia in future installments have been discussed. In October 2019, Raimi announced at the New York Comic Con that a new film was officially green-lit and in development. Robert G. Tapert was set to produce, while Raimi and Campbell served as executive producers only, all under their Ghost House Pictures banner. In June 2020, Lee Cronin
2142-681: A playable character, along with Kelly and Pablo from the Ash vs. Evil Dead television series, in Deploy and Destroy , a competitive multiplayer FPS available for iOS and Android, and also as a non-playable character in Telltale Games ' game Poker Night 2 . He also appears as a playable character in the asymmetrical horror game Dead by Daylight and as an outfit in Fortnite Battle Royale . In 1992, Dark Horse Comics produced
2261-422: A pond. The force chases her into the woods, where vines trap her. Mia's doppelgänger possesses her via the vines. David finds Grandpa beaten to death with a hammer and discovers Mia scalding herself in the shower with boiling water. That night, a possessed Mia wounds David with the shotgun and vomits onto Olivia's face before Eric locks her in the basement. A possessed Olivia mutilates her face and stabs Eric with
2380-486: A prototype, had impressed the filmmakers. For a marketing strategy, a screening was arranged at their former high school, with a positive response. Filming was first commissioned for the summer of 1979 in Michigan. In order to organize the budget, Sam Raimi , Robert Tapert and Bruce Campbell bought a few "how to make an independent film" guide publications. The budget was originally to be $ 150,000, while shooting with
2499-445: A second volume in 2007. The second series lasted twenty-seven issues before coming to an end. Over the years, there have also been several one-shot specials as well as crossovers with a wide variety of characters such as, Marvel Zombies , Darkman , Freddy Krueger , Jason Voorhees , Xena , Danger Girl and even Barack Obama . The series was then rebooted in 2013 and started over from the last scene in titular film because Ash misspoke
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#17327876966502618-461: A shotgun blow to the head and buried him, but he was resurrected when Ash misspoke the words of the Necronomicon. He led the army of darkness against Arthur and also possesses Sheila, hinting that he (or at least the deadite version of him) is a combination of Ash's dark side and the Evil Force (supported by a statement made by Wiseman), only to be killed again by Ash at the end of the battle. In
2737-456: A small role in the film as Billy Bob, a truck driver who rescues Mia after she escapes the cabin, though his scene wound up being deleted. It was restored in the extended cut. Fede Álvarez and Rodo Sayagues co-wrote the script, which was then doctored by Diablo Cody in an effort to Americanize the dialogue since English was not the writers' first language. The film was produced by Sam Raimi , Bruce Campbell and Robert G. Tapert , who are
2856-527: A spirit explaining to Annie how to get rid of it. In the alternate timeline Baal tricks Ash and his friends to heading to, one where Ash and his original friends never came to the cabin in the woods, Raymond Knowby doesn't try killing his wife and instead chained her in the basement. Instead of trying to put her down, he instead tries transferring the Deadite spirit in Henrietta to another host. After enlisting
2975-438: A starring role, while also expressing hope for future developments also featuring Mia Allen from Evil Dead (2013). Later that month, Campbell stated that after positive experiences as a producer on Evil Dead Rise , he would consider reprising his lead role in a future film if Raimi were to return as director, reversing his previous "retirement" from the role following the cancellation of Ash vs Evil Dead . By April of
3094-554: A strange book in the Welsh language . The girl reveals her demonic possession and her father Harold sets her ablaze and shoots her dead. Sometime later, David Allen and his girlfriend Natalie arrive at the same cabin, which is his family's holiday home, with their dog Grandpa. They meet his estranged younger sister Mia and their friends Eric and Olivia. The group plans to stay in the cabin while Mia overcomes her heroin addiction. Mia begins having withdrawal symptoms. David discovers that
3213-477: A supporting cast that includes Dana DeLorenzo , Ray Santiago , Lucy Lawless and Jill Marie Jones . The series is executive produced by Campbell, Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert . It premiered on Starz on October 31, 2015. Ash vs Evil Dead proved to be a critically well-received show, earning a 98% from Rotten Tomatoes. Four days before its premiere, the show was picked up for a second ten-episode season. The series lasted for three seasons (30 episodes) before it
3332-456: A vise and roughly tearing his hand away. Ash is then attacked by the body of Linda, who is now wielding a chainsaw, he manages to get the upper hand and Linda is killed once again; first her body, then her head. In the third film , Linda is shown in Ash's flashback as he is being dragged through the sand by Arthur's men. Linda is attacked by the evil through a window in this version, much like Shelly
3451-485: A wooded area in Tennessee . The protagonist, Ashley Joanna "Ash" Williams ( Bruce Campbell ), appears in the original trilogy including The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987), and Army of Darkness (1992), all written and directed by Raimi, produced by Robert G. Tapert and starring Campbell. The franchise has since expanded into other formats, including a television series , video games, comic books and
3570-429: A worldwide take of $ 97.5 million against its $ 17 million budget, making it a box office success. On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 63% based on 205 reviews and an average rating of 6.2/10. The critics consensus states: "It may lack the absurd humor that underlined the original, but the new-look Evil Dead compensates with brutal terror, gory scares, and gleefully bloody violence." On Metacritic ,
3689-464: Is currently in space fighting the evil. In 2015, Space Goat Productions acquired the license to publish titles based on Evil Dead 2 . The company has released, or was planning on releasing, the following titles: The official board game was funded through Kickstarter in 2018, but Space Goat Productions never produced the game, nor refunded money to the investors. They ceased all communications with customers and investors that year and refused to discuss
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3808-490: Is decapitated, shot through the head, and killed by Ash with help from Annie singing a lullaby to distract her. She is played by Lou Hancock in her normal form and Ted Raimi in her possessed form. Arthur is the ruler of a small kingdom who is at war with Henry the Red and his men. After Ash arrives to the past, Arthur mistakes him for one of Henry's men and later throws him into a pit with deadites inside it. After Ash defeats
3927-426: Is given a funeral before Ash attempts to return to his own time. Arthur was portrayed by Marcus Gilbert His name may be a reference to King Arthur . Henry the Red is Arthur's foe and at war with him. Captured at the beginning of the film, Ash sets him and his surviving men free after escaping the deadite pit. Later on (during a deleted scene of the film), Ash meets with him to talk him into helping fight against
4046-418: Is one of Arthur's men, and notably the one whipping Ash and Henry the Red's men at the start of the film as they're dragged to the castle. Ash makes note to single him out once he recovers his shotgun to threaten. He later reappears for the battle against the deadites. Notably his name is never mentioned in the actual film, only the script and credits (his name being derived from the gold tooth in his mouth). In
4165-476: Is possessed by the Evil which hurls itself through a window. Soon after she viciously attacks Scotty who has no choice but to stab her, and when she survives he dismembers her with an axe. Ash and Scotty bury her remains outside the cabin. According to producer Rob Tapert in the commentary for Evil Dead II , a version of the recap had Shelly in it. Annie is Professor Knowby's and Henrietta's daughter. She travels to
4284-473: Is real, which was really demanding. This was a very long shoot, 70 days of shooting at night. There's a reason people use CGI; it's cheaper and faster, I hate that. We researched a lot of magic tricks and illusion tricks." TriStar Pictures released the film theatrically on April 5, 2013, in the United States , with Sony Pictures handling other markets. Fede Álvarez tweeted on January 28, 2013, that
4403-477: Is reborn after a photo of her is struck by the Kandarian Demon. She confronts Ash in a fight which results in his old friend Chet being killed. Cheryl re-appears in the finale of season two, first as an illusion by Baal, the main antagonist and later as a ghost seen in the background of a crowd with her father Brock, and Chet. Scotty was good looking, cocky and a bit of a clown. He is initially set up as
4522-446: Is soon killed by her own husband, who didn't have the heart to dismember her corpse (the only way to definitely kill a deadite) and is buried in the cellar. Non-possessed Henrietta appears once in the film feebly beckoning to Annie to open the cellar door and let her out. Annie almost falls for it, but is convinced otherwise by Ash. Locked in the cellar for most of the film she taunts the captives and tries unsuccessfully to get them to open
4641-583: The Army of Darkness: Ashes 2 Ashes mini-series. A second mini-series, Army of Darkness: Shop till You Drop Dead followed in 2005. Later that year, Dynamite separated itself from Devil's Due and began focusing entirely on self-published titles featuring the Army of Darkness franchise. This included an ongoing series that began in 2005 and saw Ash battling other horror icon such as Herbert West and Dracula . The series lasted thirteen issues before being rebooted with
4760-400: The Evil Dead film series . It stars Jane Levy , Shiloh Fernandez , Lou Taylor Pucci , Jessica Lucas , and Elizabeth Blackmore . The story follows a group of five people under attack by deadites in a remote cabin in the woods. Talks for a fourth Evil Dead film began in 2004, with original film actor Bruce Campbell about the possibility for a next film in the franchise. The project
4879-563: The Abomination's legs with a chainsaw, but it overturns David's Jeep Wrangler onto her left arm, crushing it in the process. After Mia’s hand gets torn off from her freeing herself, she bisects the Abomination's head with a chainsaw before it sinks back into the ground and the blood rain stops. An exhausted Mia leaves, unaware the Naturom Demonto is still intact. In a post-credits scene, an older Ash Williams (the protagonist of
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4998-603: The Dead , The Cabin in the Woods , Bubba Ho-Tep , Dead Alive , Dead Snow , and Tucker & Dale vs. Evil . The Cabin in the Woods features many references to the film and even features Deadites and the possessed trees, although this is considered more a reference than a direct sequel. The 2012 Swedish language film Wither serves as an unofficial remake of The Evil Dead , starring Patrik Almkvist as Albin Wiliams ( Ash Williams ) In 2020, Steve Villenevue premiered
5117-743: The Dead ", serves as a crossover with the franchise, featuring Ted Raimi (portraying himself, who previously portrayed the Deadite Henrietta Knowby and Chet Kaminski in Evil Dead II and Ash vs. Evil Dead respectively) as he accidentally uses the Necronomicon to summon Deadites at a television station. Awards Pictures, a company that attempted to begin a new line of movies in the series in 2004, announced plans in May 2012 to film an Evil Dead 4 , one that has nothing to do with
5236-471: The Deathcoaster. He takes a liking to him during the deadite pit fight, is saved from the deadite witch by Ash after a failed attempt to take said witch down, and is the first to voice support in fighting against the deadite horde instead of fleeing. He was portrayed by Timothy Patrick Quill , a long time friend of Sam Raimi. In the video game Army Of Darkness: Defense , he is called Smithy. Goldtooth
5355-481: The Evil Dead. He keeps a hold of Ash's weapons when the latter is thrown into the pit (in part due to Sheila hitting him in the head with a thrown rock), and throws Ash his chainsaw while fighting one of the trapped deadites, allowing him to decapitate and kill the creature. He then later tells Ash about the importance of keeping the Necronomicon away from the deadites, and tells him the incantation to properly retrieve
5474-480: The Evil and throws Jake headfirst into a tree. Jake manages to escape Ash long enough to seek help from Annie within the cabin. Unfortunately, the confused and frightened Annie stabs him in the chest with the Kandarian Dagger, and in her rush to get away from the possessed Ash, slams the door on Jake's body several times before pulling him inside. Jake is then dragged screaming down the hall by Annie and left
5593-461: The Necromonicon into the cellar. As they leave the cabin, Jake's concern for Bobby Joe leads him to frantically call for her at the top of his lungs when they see there is no trail, ignoring Ash's warnings and even physically attacking him while the latter reprimands him, and then attacking Annie while she attempts to defend Ash. His ignorance soon proves to be his undoing, as Ash is possessed by
5712-401: The Necronomicon. However, things turn out very badly when he recites a passage from the book releasing the Evil surrounding the woods. He is attacked by his wife and is forced to kill her yet, unable to bring himself to dismember her body, chose to burry her in the cellar. Before succumbing to the Evil himself, he manages to leave a tape explaining the terror he has unleashed and later shows up as
5831-412: The audience by torturing nearly every major character in the movie?" In October 2019, Raimi announced at the New York Comic Con , that a new Evil Dead film was officially green-lit and in development, with Robert G. Tapert as producer, while Raimi and Campbell served as executive producers only, all under their Ghost House Pictures banner. In June 2020, Lee Cronin was chosen as a director with
5950-541: The book (klatu verata nicto), although Ash eventually forgets them and attempts to trick the book by mumbling, releasing the Army of the Dead. He is last seen when he makes the magic potion to allow Ash to travel back home. He is portrayed by Ian Abercrombie . In the script for Army of Darkness , he is called Wise Man John . David Allen is the brother of Mia in the film. His girlfriend, Natalie, along with two other friends, Eric and Olivia, died in Evil Dead . However, he's
6069-597: The book for herself. In The Evil Dead , his voice was performed by Bob Dorian and was personified by John Peaks in Evil Dead II and Nicholas Hope in Ash vs. Evil Dead . Henrietta is Professor Knowby's wife and Annie's mother. She travels to the cabin with Professor Knowby to research the book of the dead. Henrietta is possessed soon after the Professor reads from the book and attempts to kill her husband. She
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#17327876966506188-422: The cabin had been broken in prior with the cellar littered with rotting cat corpses, a worn double-barrel shotgun , and a book called the Naturom Demonto. There is no sign of what happened to the previous occupants. Eric reads an incantation from the book, awakening a malevolent force. Mia begins seeing a demonic doppelgänger of herself in the woods. She steals Eric's Ford Taurus Wagon to leave but crashes into
6307-407: The cabin to proceed with her research on the book of the dead, which her father was also pursuing. Throughout most of the film she is just an observer, she doesn't actually get in on the action until most of her comrades are dead. When Ash is possessed by the Evil she runs inside and accidentally stabs an already injured Jake in the chest with the Kandarian Dagger. Annie drags him down the hall and into
6426-420: The cabin's main room. She then desperately tries to pull Jake back from the clutches of Evil Henrietta when she learns she left Jake too close to the cellar opening but it's to no avail. Later when she learns that Ash is back to his old self again both she and Ash decide to gather up the pages of the book and finish off the Evil. In the middle of reading, she is stabbed by Ash's evil hand. She finishes translating
6545-404: The cabin, setting up a roadblock sign in front of the destroyed bridge. Once at the cabin, Jake and the others throw a confused Ash into the cellar after he mistakenly attacks them only to get him out when they learn the truth. Later, after Bobby Joe runs from the cabin and disappears, Jake loses it and makes Ash and Annie leave the cabin with him to try searching for Bobby Joe, throwing the pages of
6664-404: The cabin. Once outside, she is grabbed by vines and dragged at incredible speed though the woods to be eaten by a large demonic tree. On a side note she was supposed to be ripped in half by the tree but the filmmakers took it out because it would be too graphic, although the first film showed Shelly being bloodily dismembered by Scotty with an axe and her hacked-off parts convulsing on the floor. She
6783-418: The cellar door. She attacks Ash when he is thrown in the cellar after mistakenly attacking Annie and company. Later Henrietta is able to eviscerate an injured Jake who is dragged a bit too close to the cellar door by Annie. Finally Ash and Annie open the cellar and prepare to kill her once and for all. After a fierce battle in which Henrietta gruesomely transforms into an even more disgusting looking creature, she
6902-410: The character of Ash influenced 1990s first-person shooter video games such as Doom , Duke Nukem 3D and Blood . Duke Nukem quotes so many lines from Ash that Bruce Campbell stated that he was angered by not being paid for them. Evil Dead was cited as an inspiration for the original Doom . Bruce Campbell directed and starred in a film titled My Name Is Bruce . It does not continue
7021-489: The creators of the Necronomicon - attempting to control it to maintain order. Evil Dead (franchise) Evil Dead is an American comedy horror franchise created by Sam Raimi consisting of five feature films and a television series. The series originally revolves around the grimoire the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis , an ancient Sumerian text that wreaks havoc upon a group of cabin inhabitants in
7140-412: The deadites and escapes, he defeats Arthur and forces him to help him return to his time. Arthur and his men fight alongside Ash against Evil Ash's army of Deadites, in which Henry the Red joins forces with Arthur to fight them. After Evil Ash and his army are defeated, Arthur and Henry become friends, ending the war between them. In the original draft of the script, he does not survive the final battle, and
7259-492: The deadites and save Arthur's kingdom, something he isn't wild about. The results of this discussion are revealed later as Henry's men flank the deadites, causing their ranks to break and flee (in certain cuts of the film, this is never shown but for a brief mention; instead it's implied the destruction of Evil Ash is what causes the deadites to run away). After the battle Arthur and Henry's men face off against each other, but instead of fighting embrace as friends, putting an end to
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#17327876966507378-416: The deadites created from reanimated corpses display other abilities such as Henrietta's ability to fly and transform into a snake-headed creature, referred to by the cast and crew of Evil Dead II as "Mr. Pee-Wee Head". Due to the nature of the Evil, it can only be harmed by relics like the Kandarian Dagger. In The Evil Dead and Evil Dead II , the Evil is released by Ash and his friends with only Ash
7497-510: The documentary Hail to the Deadites , which focuses on the franchise's fandom and legacy. It features interviews from people involved with the film, such as Bruce Campbell, as well as with fans. Moreover, Death Whisperer and Death Whisperer 2 , two Thai supernatural horror films in 2023 and 2024, director Taweewat Wantha admitted that he used the haunting style of the ghosts in Evil Dead as inspiration. The Evil Dead films and
7616-700: The film first received an NC-17 rating, which prompted cuts in order to obtain the contractually obligated R-rating. The film has been rated uncut as an 18 by the BBFC for containing strong "bloody violence, gory horror and very strong language". StudioCanal handled the release of Evil Dead in the United Kingdom. Evil Dead premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, TX on March 8, 2013. The music for Evil Dead , composed by Roque Baños ,
7735-424: The film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100 based on 38 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C+" on an A+ to F scale. Evan Dickson from Bloody Disgusting reviewed the film at SXSW and went on to say, " Evil Dead is amazingly gory and fun" and gave the film 4/5 stars. Chris Tilly of IGN gave Evil Dead 9/10 and called
7854-567: The film, followed by Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies , and Nell Fisher in June, and Mia Challis in July. Cronin stated the production was halfway completed by July 2021, and filming concluded on October 27, 2021. The filmmaker stated that the project used over 6,500 liters of fake blood during production. Evil Dead Rise was theatrically released on April 21, 2023. In March 2023, Sam Raimi expressed interest in developing multiple sequels with Bruce Campbell reprising his role as Ash Williams in
7973-400: The first film, Evil Cheryl stabs her in the ankle with a pencil and is unable to be moved out of the cabin. After Scotty leaves, Linda becomes possessed and taunts Ash until she is dragged outside of the cabin and returns to attack Ash. After a struggle, Ash buries her outside and places a crude cross at her grave only to have her burst from the ground and tear at his leg. Once entirely free from
8092-510: The first season of Ash vs. Evil Dead , Evil Ash grows into being from Ash's severed hand and killed Amanda after she chopped off the still-decayed hand and chopped it into pieces. After a fist fight with Ash, Evil Ash is killed by Kelly and Pablo before being dismembered again in Bound in Flesh. Mia Allen is the main protagonist of the 2013 reboot of the series. She is the sister of David, and
8211-466: The franchise has received generally positive reviews from critics, with the original trilogy developing a cult following , and has grossed a collective $ 300 million worldwide. Filmed in 1979 and released in 1981, this is the first film in the series. It introduces the series' protagonist Ash, the Book of the Dead, and the Deadites. Released in 1987, this film is a sequel to the original, continuing where
8330-514: The funding. Campbell declared: "I could always move back home." Tapert feared a career in fisheries / wildlife , while Raimi was afraid that he would have to go back to work at his dad's home furnishing store. These were the practical reasons that convinced the three to put forth a feature-length film. The three were big fans of the comedy genre, but they decided not to produce a comedy as they felt "a feature-length yuck fest just didn't compute". A well-noted scene from It's Murder moved Raimi to write
8449-450: The game with media. In the documentary The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead , Rob Tapert states that New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures wanted to do Ash vs. Freddy vs. Jason : "We thought about it for one second but we knew we would have totally trashed the franchise in doing that, in that there would be no reason to reunite Bruce and Sam for Evil Dead 4 whatever that would be nor would there be any reason to go back and reinvent
8568-592: The grave she runs at Ash who swings his shovel and takes off her head. In the second film , Linda is shown in the re-cap of the first film at the beginning of this film. In this version she dies the same way ( decapitation ), however, she rises yet again. Once Ash returns to the cabin she escapes from her grave and dances headless outside the cabin. Ash watches as her head rolls along the ground and up her body to rest on her neck, unmoving. Linda then reaches out to Ash and drops her head in his lap. She bites hard into Ash's hand and he can only remove her by crushing her head in
8687-428: The group. She is the first to sense the danger surrounding the cabin and is entirely ignored by her friends. Even after returning to the cabin battered, bruised, and half naked after being brutally raped by the possessed trees her friends dismiss her and decide she must have been attacked by an animal. She is the first of the group to become possessed by the Evil and attacks Linda with a pencil. To prevent further injury to
8806-465: The help of one of his students, a girl named Tanya, to come back with him to help study the Necronomicon he intends to trap Tanya in the cellar with the possessed Henrietta to somehow use the girl as the new host for the demon controlling his wife. When Ash and his friends arrive, they end up disrupting the plan; forcing Professor Knowby to flee, only for him to be killed by the Ruby of that timeline who takes
8925-418: The hero of the film, being the most proactive in fighting the Deadites, until being forced to kill his girlfriend, Shelly, who became possessed by the Evil. Soon after her demise, he abandons Ash and an injured Linda and tries to escape through the woods. Scotty later returns, severely injured and lacerated, having been attacked by the possessed trees. Scotty bleeds out, and his corpse is possessed and turned into
9044-481: The last film ended (a recap of the previous film is shown in the beginning). This entry shows the horrors of Ash's continuing battle with the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis and the Deadites. It also introduces elements of slapstick humor that came to define the series. Filmed in 1991 and released in spring of 1993 in the United States, this is the third film in the franchise (and the last featuring Ash Williams taking
9163-443: The latter being killed by Henrietta afterwards). However, after seeing Linda's necklace, Ash fights control over the spiritual deadite and is defeated once more. In Army of Darkness , He was first seen in the form of Tiny Ashes jumping out from a mirror after Ash was chased into a windmill by the Evil Force, and one jumping down his throat. It was then that his dark side manifested in physical form and split from him. Ash killed him by
9282-482: The long war between the two men. Sheila was a peasant in Arthur's kingdom whom Ash romances. Her brother was killed in a battle with Henry the Red, she attacks Ash (who was at the time assumed to be one of Henry's men) and results in him falling into the pit to face the trapped deadite. However, Ash survives, and she warms up to him (much to Ash's annoyance at first, though they tend to reconcile rather quickly and spend
9401-420: The movie a "terrifying, exhilarating and relentlessly entertaining new chapter in the Evil Dead story". John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a positive review, calling it a "remake that will win the hearts of many of the original's fans." Independent horror review site HorrorTalk gave the film four stars out of five, saying it is "the most unrelenting and bloody horror film to come out of
9520-431: The night together). She's the film's main love interest. She was kidnapped by a flying deadite after Ash recovered the Necronomicon improperly, and corrupted by Evil Ash. During the main battle with the deadites, she stands in the path of the Deathcoaster, causing Ash to quickly veer to avoid her and crash (moments later she tries to kill him in her deadite form, and is pitched over a wall to the grown below). After Evil Ash
9639-689: The only one of his friends who didn't get possessed by the demon. Also known as The Kandarian Demon the Evil Force is a mist-like concentration of pure evil, implied to be multiple entities, released into the living when Professor Knowby recited passages from the Necronomicon. Its nature is hinted at in Ash Vs. Evil Dead as originating from the underworld along its ability to create deadites by possessing living beings or reanimate corpses. While possession-based deadites display some degree of superhuman strength and levitate , unable to maintain in sunlight,
9758-456: The original Evil Dead with a hot new filmmaker". Two comic book series were produced based on this concept, titled Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash and Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors . The production team of George Reinblatt , Christopher Bond and Frank Cipolla created an Off Broadway show titled Evil Dead: The Musical , based on the film series. Its New York run was directed by Bond and Hinton Battle , who also choreographed
9877-460: The original draft of the script he rode the Deathcoaster with Ash, only to be pulled into the deadite horde and himself resurface as one of the undead. The 2006 comic book Tales of Army of Darkness gives Goldtooth's real name as Kay'lor. The Wiseman is a priest who is initially the only one who truly believes Ash is the prophesied "Hero from the Sky", the man who would (supposedly) permanently destroy
9996-509: The original films. Sam Raimi sued Awards Pictures in an attempt to stop them from making the film, because he planned to someday film one himself. In August 2012, U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer entered a default judgment that "permanently enjoined" Awards Pictures from using the names Evil Dead , Evil Dead: Genesis of the Necronomicon , Evil Dead: Genesis of the Necronomicon: Part 2 or Evil Dead: Consequences "as or as part of
10115-723: The original movie with even more gore, puke, blood, and dismembered limbs. It may not be wildly inventive, but it is effective, and plenty faithful to the spirit — and tagline — of the first 'Ultimate Experience in Grueling Terror.'" Richard Roeper rated the film one star out of four, criticizing the film's unoriginality, the characters' lack of intelligence, and the film's reliance on gore for what he felt were cheap scares. He concluded his review by saying: "I love horror films that truly shock, scare and provoke. But after 30 years of this stuff, I'm bored to death and sick to death of movies that seem to have one goal: How can we gross out
10234-450: The original three Evil Dead films) is seen in shadowed profile. He says his signature catchphrase, "Groovy." Additionally, Bruce Campbell appears uncredited in the post-credits scene as Ash Williams . Briefly reprising their roles from the original film through archival recordings, Bob Dorian voices Professor Raymond Knowby and Ellen Sandweiss voices Cheryl Williams, who warns the main characters that they will die. Jack Walley also had
10353-487: The original: It continues the first one. The coincidences on events between the first film and mine are not coincidences, but more like dark fate created by the evil book. (Ash [ sic ] car is still there rusting away.) Álvarez, who also has a background in CGI , also confirmed in an interview that the film does not employ CGI (except for touch-ups): "We didn't do any CGI in the movie ... Everything that you will see
10472-462: The others, she is locked in the cellar where she eventually escapes and together with Evil Scotty attacks Ash, beating the latter with a fireplace poker. She meets the same fate as Scotty when the Book of the Dead is destroyed in the fireplace. Cheryl reappears as one of the antagonists in the sixth episode of Ash vs Evil Dead Season Two. Ash is forced to kill his sister for a second time when Cheryl
10591-511: The pair with a nail gun, but David shoots her other arm off; Natalie bleeds to death from her injury. David begins dousing the cabin in gasoline, but decides to bury Mia instead. He digs a grave but Mia attempts to drown him, and Eric is fatally stabbed saving him. David sedates and buries Mia but after hearing her heartbeat stop, digs her back up and attempts to resuscitate her with a homemade defibrillator; bring her back to life. Furious at being driven out of Mia and so close to being resurrected,
10710-501: The producers of the original Evil Dead trilogy. Raimi and Campbell had planned a remake for many years, but, in 2009, Campbell stated the proposed remake was "going nowhere" and had "fizzled" due to extremely negative fan reaction. However, in April 2011, Bruce Campbell stated in an AskMeAnything interview on Reddit : "We are remaking Evil Dead . The script is awesome ... The remake's gonna kick some ass — you have my word." The film
10829-443: The project. In April 2024, it was announced that a spin-off film is currently in development. Francis Galluppi will serve as writer and director. Selected by Raimi to helm the new installment in the series, the film's plot is currently under wraps. Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert will serve as producers, with Ghost House Pictures producing the project. The series stars Bruce Campbell reprising his role as an older Ash Williams with
10948-472: The release of the Unrated Cut on Blu-ray Disc in a two-disc manufacture on demand combo pack with the theatrical version. It was released on October 23, 2018. The extended cut is 96 minutes compared to the 91-minute theatrical cut. The film grossed $ 25.8 million in its opening weekend, finishing first at the box office. It went on to gross $ 54.2 million domestically and $ 43.3 million internationally, for
11067-425: The same year, writer/director Lee Cronin stated that he has ideas for a series of future Evil Dead installments serving as direct sequels to Evil Dead Rise , that he hopes to see realized. That same month, Campbell announced that Sam and Ivan Raimi were co-writing a bible to outline the future of the franchise; stating that films that follow will adhere to the overall outline, with current plans including releasing
11186-464: The short film Clockwork . The three felt the result was very effective and represented a new direction that their films could take, that of a semi-successful horror film. This would later lead to research of low-budget horror films at the local drive-in theater. The many films that they watched were the "two films for two dollars," allowing them the chance to document the behavior of what would become their target audience. Campbell said: "The message
11305-545: The show. Ryan Ward played the part of Ash. Tying in with the midnight movie plot of a group of friends visiting a wooded cabin and unleashing untold evil, performances did not start until 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Previews began October 1 and the show opened November 1 at the New World Stages . It was announced on January 31, 2007, that Evil Dead: The Musical' s New York production at New World Stages would close on February 17, 2007. Toronto producers announced
11424-406: The story of Army of Darkness but is a fictionalized portrayal of Bruce living his everyday life, in which he is erroneously believed to be as heroic as the Ash character and is hired to fight an ancient spirit. The film was released to a limited number of theaters on October 26, 2008, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 10, 2009. A 2021 episode of Creepshow , " Public Television of
11543-542: The survivor as he and Annie use the Necronomicon to give its entirety a corporeal form, thus creating the "Rotten Apple Head", a large demonic tree-like creature with the faces of its victims on the side, before Ash sends it to the Netherworld. In Army of Darkness , the Evil acts through Evil Ash in raising an army of the dead in the movie's climax. In Ash vs. Evil Dead , the Evil Force resumes its attack on Ash after he accidentally released it, with Ruby Knowby - one of
11662-541: The text before she dies. She was portrayed by Sarah Berry. A Deadite-possessed Annie returns as a boss in Evil Dead: Hail to the King , where Ash fights her in a fruit cellar for the Kandarian Dagger. Annie Knowby is the main character of Space Goat Publishing's Evil Dead 2 comic series. Jake is Bobby Joe's boyfriend and an incredibly stereotypical Southerner. He is first seen when Annie and Ed ask for help to
11781-462: The third by Bridget Fonda and in the TV series by Rebekkah Farrell. Evil Ash is the evil incarnation of Ash Williams and the primary antagonist of the series. He is portrayed by Bruce Campbell . In Evil Dead II , Evil Ash briefly possessed Ash during the beginning of the film before the day breaks which returns Ash to normal. Later, Evil Ash once again resurfaces and attacks both Annie and Jake (With
11900-418: The title of a motion picture, television program, video game, play, book or any other form of entertainment provided or to be provided through any media." Evil Dead (2013 film) Evil Dead is a 2013 American supernatural horror film directed by Fede Álvarez , who co-wrote the screenplay with Rodo Sayagues . Dubbed a "re-imagining" of The Evil Dead (1981), the film is the fourth installment in
12019-506: The words S-Mart was sent back in time to the Medieval times where the wiseman has been possessed, Ash fights through many battles with the same characters from the film. At the end of this series Ash proposes to Sheila, in the next series "Ash gets hitched" they get married but Ash gets sent forward in time when he accidentally speaks a phrase that opens up a vortex. He wants to get back to Sheila but runs into many situations causing delays, he
12138-498: The wrathful Taker of Souls is forced to possess the corpse of Eric before attacking David in the cabin when he came to retrieve his car keys. David shoots a gasoline can, killing himself and the possessed Eric. With David's death being the fourth claimed soul, blood begins to rain from the sky and the Taker of Souls rises as the Abomination; attacking Mia as her demonic doppelgänger to claim her soul in order to become complete. Mia severs
12257-521: Was Levitt-Pickman Films, who most recently was famous for Groove Tube , starring a very young Chevy Chase . The filmmakers took a train at $ 40 each, as they knew none of their cars could make an entire round trip. One of Campbell's old girlfriends named Andrea allowed them to stay at her apartment. Andrea's cat fell asleep on Raimi's face without even disturbing him; Raimi, who is allergic to cats, had his eyes swollen shut. There have been multiple Evil Dead video games : Ash Williams also appears as
12376-517: Was a friend of Tapert and owner of a series of movie theaters, was the first primary investor. He stated: "Fellas, no matter what, just keep the blood running." As a tribute to him, there's a scene in the finished film where an old film projector whirs to life and "projects" blood running down the screen. Most importantly, Grainger provided the name of a distributor in New York City whom they could approach for possible distribution. The company
12495-419: Was canceled by Starz in April 2018. Following the cancellation of Ash vs Evil Dead , Bruce Campbell announced he was officially retired from portraying the character of Ash, although he would continue to voice the character in animation. Subsequently, on July 25, 2022, Campbell announced that an animated revival of Ash vs Evil Dead was in active development, with Campbell returning as the voice of Ash. In
12614-461: Was chosen as a director with a script he wrote. Raimi chose the filmmaker from a list of potential directors to continue the franchise. Officially titled Evil Dead Rise , the project was announced to be developed by New Line Cinema and released on HBO Max . Principal photography commenced on June 6, 2021, in New Zealand . In May 2021, Alyssa Sutherland and Lily Sullivan had been cast in
12733-420: Was defeated, she returned to normal. Sheila was portrayed by Embeth Davidtz In the original draft of the script, Ash saves her life early on, and they become close much faster than the final cut of the film. However she does not survive the final battle. The Blacksmith has no given name in the film, but appears in several key scenes, notably assisting Ash in the creation of both his prosthetic metal hand and
12852-399: Was executive produced by Campbell, Raimi and Tapert. A fifth film in the franchise, titled Evil Dead Rise , was theatrically released on April 21, 2023, with Lee Cronin serving as writer and director, Alyssa Sutherland and Lily Sullivan starring as sisters Ellie and Beth Bixler, Tapert serving as a producer, and Raimi and Campbell both acting as executive producers. Each film of
12971-453: Was in the first film. In the TV series , Linda's head makes an appearance in the episode Ashes to Ashes. Linda is the only character to appear (or even be mentioned) in all three films and also the only character who did not originally appear in Within the Woods . She is played by four different actresses, In the first film, she is played by Betsy Baker , in the second by Denise Bixler, in
13090-401: Was most impressed with Necronomicon , or simply The Book of the Dead . From these rough concepts, he concocted a short story where a group of four friends unwittingly dig up an Indian burial ground and unleash horrific spirits and demons. In the spring of 1978, filming of Within the Woods started over a three-day weekend, on a budget of $ 1,600. Within the Woods , as well as serving as
13209-490: Was officially announced in July 2011, with Ghost House Pictures producing it, Diablo Cody in the process of revising the script, and Fede Álvarez chosen as the director. Much of the cast joined from January to February 2012. Principal photography took place in March 2012 and wrapped in May in New Zealand outside of Auckland , lasting about a month. Evil Dead had its premiere at South by Southwest on March 8, 2013, and
13328-473: Was officially announced that July. Actor Shiloh Fernandez was cast in the lead male role of David. Initially, Lily Collins was scheduled to play the lead female role of Mia, but dropped out in January 2012, with Jane Levy replacing her the next month. Lou Taylor Pucci , Elizabeth Blackmore , and Jessica Lucas later joined the cast. In November 2018, Álvarez confirmed the film's relationship to
13447-411: Was played by Kassie Wesley . Ed is Annie's coworker and apparent boyfriend, he travels with her to the cabin to proceed with their research of the book of the dead. Soon after they arrive at the cabin, Ed becomes possessed by the Evil and attacks Bobby Joe, ripping off a piece of her hair out with his teeth. Ed then throws an attacking Jake into a lightbulb as Annie looks on in shock. Ash kills Ed with
13566-477: Was portrayed in nearly every Evil Dead incarnation by cult actor Bruce Campbell , with the only exceptions being the Poker Night 2 video game (where he was voiced by Danny Webber), and in the musical adaptation , in which he has been played by multiple people. Linda is Ash's girlfriend throughout the series. She is very much in love with Ash and keeps a necklace he gave her close to her at all times. In
13685-406: Was released by La-La Land Records in a 40-minute digital form and a 70-minute physical release, on April 9, 2013. Evil Dead was released on DVD and Blu-ray, on July 16, 2013. The Blu-ray exclusives include commentary from three of the cast, and screenwriters Fede Álvarez and Rodo Sayagues and five featurettes, while the regular DVD includes only three of the featurettes. Shout! Factory released
13804-420: Was released in the United States on April 5, by Sony Pictures Releasing . The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $ 97 million worldwide against a production budget of $ 17 million. A fifth installment, titled Evil Dead Rise , was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on April 21, 2023. A girl is tied up in the cellar of a remote cabin, where an old woman is reciting incantations from
13923-783: Was released under the title La Casa ( "The House" ) and Evil Dead II became La Casa II . These were followed by three unrelated movies: Umberto Lenzi 's La Casa 3 (a.k.a. Ghosthouse ) (1988), Fabrizio Laurenti's La Casa 4 (a.k.a. Witchery ) (1988) and Claudio Fragasso 's La Casa 5 (a.k.a. Beyond Darkness ) (1990). This is similar to what has happened in George A. Romero 's Living Dead series starting with Zombi 2 . House II: The Second Story (1987) and The Horror Show (1989) were retitled La Casa 6 and La Casa 7 , respectively, in their Italian releases. Evil Dead influenced numerous directors, such as Peter Jackson and Edgar Wright , and inspired films such as Shaun of
14042-499: Was seen in the Ash vs. Evil Dead episode "The Dark One". Bobby Joe is Jake's girlfriend. She meets up with Annie and company while they're attempting to find a way to the cabin. Along with Jake, she helps Annie and co. get to the cabin via a back trail. Once at the cabin she is mistakenly shot at through the cabin's door by a frightened Ash. After recovering, she spends most of the time complaining and screaming until being frightened by Ash's possessed severed hand and running outside
14161-552: Was very clear: Keep the pace fast and furious, and once the horror starts, never let up. 'The gorier the merrier' became our prime directive." The films they watched included Massacre at Central High and Revenge of the Cheerleaders . The idea to do a "prototype" was commissioned, to prove not only to themselves, but also to potential investors, that they were capable of doing a full-length horror film. The same year, at Michigan State, Raimi had been studying H. P. Lovecraft and
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