The Evil Dead

The Evil Dead is a 1981 American independent supernatural horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi (in his feature directorial debut) and the first installment in the Evil Dead franchise. The film stars Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker and Theresa Tilly as college students vacationing in an isolated cabin in the woods, where they find an audio tape that, when played, releases a legion of demonic entities. Most of the group suffer from demonic possession, forcing its sole survivor, Ash Williams (Campbell), to survive an onslaught of increasingly gory mayhem. Raimi, Campbell, producer Robert G. Tapert and their friends produced the 1979 short film Within the Woods as a proof of concept to build the interest of potential investors, whic