The Evil Dead
When a group of Michigan State friends discovers an ancient Sumerian tome in a remote Tennessee cabin, Ash must battle the book’s malevolent forces before it claims their souls and unleashes a deadly curse on the world.
“The ultimate experience in gruelling terror.”
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In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they
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Principal cast & crew: 32
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Edna Ruth PaulShot by Tim PhiloScored by Joseph Loduca
Box Office
1981 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 85× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$29.6M
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Also known as
- Tanz der Teufelde
- Posesión infernales
- Evil Deadfr
- La Mort diaboliquefr
- La casait
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Cast & Crew
32 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Bruce Campbell
as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams
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 Guttridge
as Fake Shemp
Cheryl Klam
as Fake Shemp
Barbara Carey
as Fake Shemp
David Horton
as Fake Shemp
Wendall Thomas
as Fake Shemp
Supporting cast
16Don Long
as Fake Shemp
Stu Smith
as Fake Shemp
Kurt Rauf
as Fake Shemp
Ted Raimi
as Fake Shemp
Ivan Raimi
as Fake Shemp
Bill Vincent
as Fake Shemp
Mary Beth Tapert
as Fake Shemp
Scott Spiegel
as Fake Shemp
John Cameron
as Fake Shemp
Joanne Kruse
as Fake Shemp
Gwen Cochanski
as Fake Shemp
Debie Jarczewski
as Fake Shemp
Bob Dorian
as Person on Recorder (voice) (uncredited)
Sam Raimi
as Hitchhiking Fisherman / Evil Force (uncredited)
Tom Sullivan
as Demon Hands (uncredited)
Robert Tapert
as Local Yokel (uncredited)
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