Evil Dead II (1987)

The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits holds up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.

Director:

Sam Raimi

Writers:

Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel

Stars:

Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bruce Campbell	...	Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams
Sarah Berry	...	Annie Knowby
Dan Hicks	...	Jake
Kassie Wesley DePaiva	...	Bobby Joe (as Kassie Wesley)
Ted Raimi	...	Possessed Henrietta (as Theodore Raimi)
Denise Bixler	...	Linda
Richard Domeier	...	Ed Getley
John Peakes	...	Professor Raymond Knowby
Lou Hancock	...	Henrietta Knowby
Snowy Winters	...	Dancer
Sid Abrams	...	Fake Shemp
Josh Becker	...	Fake Shemp
Scott Spiegel	...	Fake Shemp
Thomas Kidd	...	Fake Shemp
Mitch Cantor	...	Fake Shemp

Storyline

A young man, named Ash, takes his girlfriend Linda to a secluded cabin in the woods where he plays back a professor's tape recorded recitation of passages from the Book of the Dead. The spell calls up an evil force from the woods which turns Linda into a monstrous Deadite, and threatens to do the same to Ash. When the professor's daughter and her entourage show up at the cabin, the night turns into a non-stop, grotesquely comic battle with chainsaw and shotgun on one side, demon horde and flying eyeball on the other.

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Plot Keywords:

cabin | woods | demon | cabin in the woods | book of the dead | 

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Taglines:

Kiss Your Nerves Good-Bye!

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

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Certificate:

X

Details

Official Sites:

Deadites Online - Official Fan site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 March 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn

Filming Locations:

De Laurentiis Studios, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,600,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$5,923,044 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG), Renaissance Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min 70 min (video)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The recap of The Evil Deadincludes a shot where the "evil force" runs through the cabin and rams into Ash. When this shot was filmed, Bruce Campbell suffered a broken jaw when Sam Raimi (who was operating the camera) crashed into him with a bicycle. Or so people were led to believe. This was a story concocted by Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell as a gag to see how many people would believe it actually happened.

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Goofs

The green slime on the wall and on the others disappears.

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Quotes

Ed Getley: We are the things that were and shall be again! Ahahahaha! Spirits of the book! We want what is yours! LIFE! Dead by dawn! Dead by dawn!
Possessed Henrietta: Dead by dawn! Dead by dawn!

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Crazy Credits

The sequel to the ultimate experience in grueling horror

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Connections

Referenced in Duke Nukem 3D (1996)

User Reviews

An electrifying roller coaster ride of a movie!

This film, is without a shadow of a doubt, one of finest, most imaginative comedy horror films ever made. Raimi, has put all the aspects of the film together in masterful fashion. The camera work and sound effects are pulsating, and the timing is perfection. And in Bruce Campbell, the film as a lead actor who gives an exceptional performance. Campbell plays "Ash", an everyday, supermarket attendant who suddenly finds himself thrown into the unusual situation of having to defend himself against, zombies, evil spirits and even his own possessed hand, just in order to survive the night. I laughed, I gasped, and I gripped the arm of my chair throughout! If you like your comedies, black and hilarious, and your horror, gory and sensational, then look no further. Raimi has created the definitive comedy horror! Fantastic!