Movie
The Evil Dead
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1981-10-15
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Genres
- Horror
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Renaissance Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Bruce Campbell as Ash
- Ellen Sandweiss as Cheryl
- Richard DeManincor as Scott
- Betsy Baker as Linda
- Theresa Tilly as Shelly
- Philip A. Gillis as Fake Shemp
- Dorothy Tapert as Fake Shemp
- Cheryl Klam as Fake Shemp
- Barbara Carey as Fake Shemp
- David Horton as Fake Shemp
- Wendall Thomas as Fake Shemp
- Don Long as Fake Shemp
Crew
- Sam Raimi - Director
- Sam Raimi - Writer
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