Fresh
Sam Raimi directed this 1983 horror feature fresh out of film school, and his anything-for-an-effect enthusiasm pays off in lots of formally inventive bits.
Pat Graham, Chicago Reader
The Evil Dead
The ultimate experience in gruelling terror.
1981 · 1h 25m · NC-17
Horror
Directed by
Sam Raimi
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Sam Raimi Director
- Bruce Campbell as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams
- Ellen Sandweiss as Cheryl
- Richard DeManincor as Scott
- Betsy Baker as Linda
- Theresa Tilly as Shelly
- Sam Raimi as Hitchhiking Fisherman
- Philip A. Gillis as Fake Shemp
- Dorothy Tapert as Fake Shemp
- Cheryl Guttridge as Fake Shemp
- Barbara Carey Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Fresh
While injecting considerable black humor, neophyte Detroit-based writer-director Sam Raimi maintains suspense and a nightmarish mood in between the showy outbursts of special effects gore and graphic violence which are staples of modern horror pictures.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Short on characterisation and plot but strong on atmospheric horror and visual churns.
Steve Grant, Time Out
Fresh
To say that the Evil Dead movies are not for everyone is an understatement. A strong stomach is required.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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