Evil Ed (1995)

A mild-mannered film editor is assigned to cut a series of infamous slasher films and is driven murderously insane by the miles of extremely violent footage he edits.

Director:

Anders Jacobsson

Writers:

Anders Jacobsson (screenplay), Göran Lundström (screenplay)

Stars:

Johan Rudebeck, Per Löfberg, Olof Rhodin

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Johan Rudebeck	...	Edward "Eddie" Tor Swenson
Per Löfberg	...	Nick
Olof Rhodin	...	Sam Campbell
Camela Leierth	...	Mel
Gert Fylking	...	SWAT team lieutenant
Cecilia Ljung	...	Barbara
Michael Kallaanvaara	...	Tom McClane
Hans Wilhelmsson	...	Weld / Patient / Lunatic
Anders Ek	...	Janitor
Memory Garp	...	Office clerk
Christer Fant	...	Man in movie 'Tillbaka till Årjäng'
Odile Nunes	...	Woman in movie 'Tillbaka till Årjäng'
Ulf Landergren	...	Head of culture film department
Jenny Forslund	...	Editor, culture film department
Therese Malmer	...	Girl at Splatter & Gore Department / Sexy Patient

Storyline

Eddie Tor Swenson is a mild-mannered film editor with a wife, child, and a comfortable job editing art and drama films for a major studio. Following the suicide of their editor, heartless studio exec Sam Campbell transfers Ed to his department, the Splatter & Gore Department, to finish what the original editor was doing: editing the highly profitable but extremely violent Loose Limbs series of slashers. Sam allows Ed the use of his secluded country cottage so Ed can go about his work undisturbed, or so he thinks. The seclusion and the constant exposure to the violent nature and content of the films he's editing start to drive Ed insane. What begins as hallucinations leads to Ed's darker, murderous side emerging, and it puts the lives of everyone around him in danger: whether it be the film-buff studio warehouse man, or even Ed's family...

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Plot Keywords:

gore | insanity | censorship | injection | needle | 

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Taglines:

When his mind blows, anything goes.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sadistic violence and gore, language and some sexuality in a horror comedy

Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

English Swedish

Release Date:

2 May 1997 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Evil Ed Special EDition

Filming Locations:

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Box Office

Budget:

SEK 250,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Action Film AB, Evil Ed Productions, Smart Egg Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min 99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Ed throws the head of the crackhead out of the window, it bounces off the hood of a car. The man driving the car is Director Anders Jacobsson.

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Goofs

The movie takes its place in USA. But you can see the text "Sjuktransport" at the back of the ambulance when Ed is taken to the hospital.

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Quotes

Sam Campbell: And remember like we say here at the Splatter & Gore department..."You keep them heads rolling", hear...

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Crazy Credits

The characters and events in this motion picture are fictional, any similarity to actual persons living, dead, undead, living dead, re-animated or ressurrected is purely coincidel.

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Alternate Versions

The old german version was rated "not under 18" and had several cuts for violence (about 6 minutes). The new release is "not rated" and is full-uncut, even longer then the US un-rated version.

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Connections

Features The Resurrection of Michael Myers Part 2 (1989)

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Soundtracks

Night Train
Performed by Earl Bostic
Courtesy of Charly R&B Masters 1957

User Reviews

Never Seen A Movie Like That Before

Evil Ed is a Swedish film about a man named Ed (of course)and his collapse into total madness after editing a series of B horror films known as "The Loose Limbs" series. Ed becomes so mad that he thinks he's seeing demons and monsters but in reality they are people he knows and people that are close to him, such as his wife and daughter.

I first saw this movie back in 1998 and was baffled by what I had seen. To this day, this movie I consider to be one of the darkest comedies out there. As the movie is almost slapstick funny with its gore scenes there are still a few creepy moments.

This is a cool flick but don't expect anything marvelous. It's simply just a fun movie that is good to show some of your friends for some laughs. 8/10 stars