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6.7/10   958 votes
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Director:
Sam Raimi
Writer:
Sam Raimi (writer)
Release Date:
12 October 2003 (Argentina) more
Genre:
Horror | Short more
Plot:
A group of friends spend a weekend at a remote cabin, and one of them accidentally desecrates an Indian burial ground... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Great little horror film by a pre-Evil Dead Sam Raimi. more

Cast

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Bruce Campbell ... Bruce

Ellen Sandweiss ... Ellen

Scott Spiegel ... Scotty
Mary Valenti ... Shelly
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Additional Details

Runtime:
32 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Filming Locations:
Marshall, Michigan, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Was slated to be released in April of 2002 as a special feature on Anchor Bay's "Book of the Dead" DVD release of The Evil Dead (1981), but it was withheld at the last minute due to problems with royalties for the music used in the short. This problem has prevented it from being given a release in any format. more
Quotes:
Bruce: You're only cursed by the evil spirits if you violate the graves of the dead. We're just gonna be eating hotdogs. more
Movie Connections:
Version of The Evil Dead (1981) more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Great little horror film by a pre-Evil Dead Sam Raimi., 12 April 2002
Author: dogg01

Bruce Campbell and Ellen Sandweiss go out for a picnic while Scott Spiegel and Mary Valenti play Monopoly. Ellen is told by Bruce about the whole place being an indian burial ground, before falling asleep. She wakes up to find Bruce missing, and then there's a whole lot of running, stabbing, and POV shots. Sam Raimi made this film for $1,600 on Super-8 over one weekend. This film is a real treat for Evil Dead fans, because, despite lacking Campbell's Ashness (where he was a wimp in Evil Dead, and progressed into an asshole in Army of Darkness), it contains many scenes that would later be seen in Evil Deads 1 and 2, and Sam Raimi's Evil POV shots. It is also atmospheric and quite scary, something that seems almost impossible given the budget. Evil Dead fans will love this, and it is worth searching the net for bootleg copies of the film (as Anchor bay were unable to provide the film on the new Limited Edition Evil Dead DVD), for anyone else, this film would only appeal to aspiring filmakers.

6/10 Anyone with a casual interest in film

8/10 Evil Dead fans like myself

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