Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Bruce Campbell | ... | Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams | |
Ellen Sandweiss | ... | Cheryl | |
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Richard DeManincor | ... | Scott (as Hal Delrich) |
Betsy Baker | ... | Linda | |
Theresa Tilly | ... | Shelly (as Sarah York) | |
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Philip A. Gillis | ... | Fake Shemp (as Phil Gillis) |
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Dorothy Tapert | ... | Fake Shemp |
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Cheryl Guttridge | ... | Fake Shemp |
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Barbara Carey | ... | Fake Shemp |
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David Horton | ... | Fake Shemp |
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Wendall Thomas | ... | Fake Shemp |
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Don Long | ... | Fake Shemp |
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Stu Smith | ... | Fake Shemp |
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Kurt Rauf | ... | Fake Shemp |
Ted Raimi | ... | Fake Shemp |
Five college students take time off to spend a peaceful vacation in a remote cabin. A book and audio tape is discovered, and its evil is found to be powerful once the incantations are read out loud. The friends find themselves helpless to stop the evil as it takes them one by one, with only one survivor left with the evil dead and desperately tries to fight to live until morning. Written by Miss Murder
I grew up watching the BRILLIANT evil dead trilogy & love all 3 movies, my favourite was probably Army of Darkness but now i would say NOTHING beats the terrifying & gruesome 1981 original Horror MASTERPIECE!!! The original is pure Horror & is a gritty low-budget gross demonic possession flick before it went all comical, Ash was more of a terrified coward here but he was more real & full of fear like anyone would be!!! The setting is scary as hell & the atmosphere is full of dread & it's all very well made on that tiny budget. A true scary old school Horror classic that used to terrifying me as a kid & still today it's scary as well as being crazy disgusting fun. Evil Dead (1981) really is a true Horror movie with amazing monster fx done with a tiny budget so this really is a Horror CLASSIC & the brilliant director Sam Raimi's MASTERPIECE