EVIL DEAD: MOVIE INFO




	THE EVIL DEAD. A.K.A: THE BOOK OF THE DEAD (Shooting title. Also used at early screenings.) DIRECTOR: SAM RAIMI. U.S.A. 1982 RENAISSANCE PICTURES LTD. The Evil Dead is based on a Super-8 short called "Within The Woods." Director Sam Raimi used it to entice investors and get the funding needed to produce a feature length version. THE EVIL DEAD. STARRING: BRUCE CAMPBELL, ELLEN SANDWEISS HAL DELRICH, BETSY BAKER, SARAH YORK. MAKE UP EFFECTS BY TOM SULLIVAN PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECTS BY BART PIERCE PHOTOGRAPHY BY TIM PHILO MUSIC BY JOE LoDUCA PRODUCED BY ROBERT G. TAPERT WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY SAM RAIMI RENAISSANCE PICTURES LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.


TRIVIA

	The Evil Dead actually took four years to complete, from script to screen. ( For varied reasons.)
	Director Sam Raimi's brother, Theodore "Ted" Raimi, appears as Scotty's legs in one shot in the movie.
	The cabin used in the film was supposed to be haunted in real life.
	According to Sam Raimi, the cabin was struck by lightning after completion of filming, and it burnt to the ground.
	Hal Delrich, who played "Scotty," was really called Rich Demanicor. He got his "acting" name by combining the names of his buddies, Hal and Del.
	There was no cellar in the cabin where "The Evil Dead" was filmed, so they dug out a 6ft hole in the earth floor and put in half of a fake stairway and topped it off with a trap door.