Also Known As:

Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn (1987)
Evil Dead II, the Sequel to the Ultimate Experience in Grueling Terror (1987) (end title)


The Story:

A sequel/remake of the film The Evil Dead. A young man named Ash takes his girlfriend Linda to a secluded cabin, and plays back a professor's tape recorded recitation of passages from the Book of the Dead. The spell calls up an evil force from the woods which turns Linda into a monstrous Deadite, and threatens to do the same to Ash. When the professor's daughter and her entourage show up at the cabin, the night turns into a non-stop, grotesquely comic battle with chainsaw and shotgun on one side, demon horde and flying eyeball on the other.

My views:

Kind of strange how this movie tells the story from Evil Dead part 1 but in a slightly different way. So kind of a remake instead of a sequel.

It still is a pretty good movie, plenty of gore, and the scene of Ash's hand being posessed and turning against him is really hilarious. Personally i have kind of a strange feeling when watching this one because of the unexplained sort-of-remake, because Evil Dead 1 was pretty good and i don't think it is right of the makers to ignore the events of part 1.

But besides from that it is entertaining for horror-fans everywhere.

Interesting Facts:

Sequels:

Army of Darkness.

More info:



Directed by
Sam Raimi  


Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Bruce Campbell (I) .... Ash (Ashley J. Williams)
Sarah Berry (I) .... Annie Knowby
Dan Hicks .... Jake
Kassie DePaiva .... Bobby Joe (as Kassie Wesley)
Ted Raimi .... Possessed Henrietta
Denise Bixler .... Linda
Richard Domeier .... Ed Getley
John Peaks .... Professor Raymond Knowby
Lou Hancock .... Henrietta Knowby
Snowy Winters .... Dancer (Dance sequence)
Sid Abrams .... Fake Shemp
Josh Becker .... Fake Shemp
Scott Spiegel .... Fake Shemp
Mitch Cantor .... Fake Shemp
Thomas Kidd .... Fake Shemp
Jenny Griffith .... Fake Shemp
William Preston Robertson .... The Hand/The Dark Spirit/The Deer Head/The Enchanted Objects (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Sam Raimi .... Knight


Written by
Sam Raimi  
Scott Spiegel  


Cinematography by
Peter Deming  


Music by
Joseph LoDuca  
Camille Saint-Saëns   (from "Danse Macabre, Op. 40")


Film Editing by
Kaye Davis  


Produced by
Bruce Campbell (I)   (co-producer)
Alex De Benedetti   (executive)
Irvin Shapiro   (executive)
Robert G. Tapert  


Other crew
Jerry Adams .... carpenter
Brigitte Alexander .... second assistant camera
Rob Anderson (I) .... apprentice editor
Jim Aupperle .... effects photography supervisor
Wendy Bell .... make-up artist
James Belohobek .... miniature supervisor
Randy Bennett .... art director
Howard Berger .... special make-up effects unit crew
Margaret Beserra .... detail and painting
Doug Beswick .... stop motion animation
Pam Billingsley .... horse and riders provided by
Ricky Billingsley .... horse and riders provided by
John Voss Bonds Jr. .... sound effects editor
Andy Boswell (II) .... assistant to art director
Andrea Brown (II) .... dance choreography
Teresa Burkept .... foam fabrication: tree branch and rotten apple head
Michael Burnett .... sculpting and detail
Thomas Bush .... foley artist
Johnna Butler .... leadman
Yancy Calzada .... stop motion armature
Cathy Carpentar .... assistant accountant
John Casino .... stunts
Rick Catizone .... henrietta transformation and hand animation
Brendan Creadle .... additional assistant camera
Mary Ann Creamer .... production assistant
Diane Dankwardt .... production accountant
Mike Ditz .... still photographer
Reed Downy .... carpenter
Philip Duffin .... art director
Robert Duffin .... gaffer
Robert Dyke .... miniatures (as Bob Dyke)
Elaine Dysinger .... production co-ordinator
Tony Ellwood .... special props
Chris English .... electrician
Larry Fox .... construction co-ordinator
Tony Gardner (II) .... sculpting and detail
Wayne Gathins .... carpenter
Pryor Gibson .... location contact
Sandy Gimpel .... stunts
Roy Gittens .... grip
David H. Goodman .... transportation/studio manager
Vicki Graef .... wardrober
William Hamilton (V) .... set painter
Paul Harris (III) .... assistant editor
B.V. Hedrick .... special thanks
David L. Hewitt .... special effects
Kevin Hill .... sound effects editor
Betty Huntly .... special thanks
Harry Huntly .... special thanks
Vern Hyde .... special effects foreman
Ben Jensen .... stunts
Gary Jensen .... stunt co-ordinator
Ruth Jessup .... production secretary
Dale Johnson .... special effects assistant
Michael Jonascu .... assistant editor
Bob Kayganich .... matte painter
Kathy Kean .... main title animator
David Kindlon .... mechanicals
Robert Kurtzman .... special make-up effects unit crew
Susan Labatt .... dance choreography
Larry Larson .... animation photography
Charles Lear .... carpenter
Wayne Leonard .... set dresser
Joseph LoDuca .... music conductor
Rocky Mahoney .... line-up
Elizabeth Moore (II) .... set decorator
Tom Morrison .... sound mixer
Drew Newmann .... additional synthesized sound effects
Sheldon Newmann .... music technical consultant
Gregory Nicotero .... special make-up effects unit crew
Bill Notaro .... mechanical design
Larry Odean .... cosmetic contact lenses
Linda Ohman .... caterer
Paul Ohman .... caterer
Greg Onychuk .... designer: rotten apple head
Randall Ouzts .... assistant wardrobe
Karalyn Parsons .... production assistant
Brian Penikas .... molds and casting
K. Siobhan Phelan .... second assistant director
Tim Philo .... director of photography: second unit
Billy Pierce .... grip
Yvonne Preble .... foley artist
Chris Rabideau .... dialog editor
music editor
Cindy Rabideau .... sound effects editor
Brian Rae .... assistant animator
Maribel Rodriguez .... electrician
Debbie Lynn Ross .... stunts
Andrew Schatz .... re-recording mixer
Scott Shamis .... carpenter
Hamid Shams .... first assistant camera
Shannon Shea (II) .... special make-up effects unit crew
Steve Sheranian .... sound effects editor
Eugene D. Shlugleit .... director of night exterior photography
Mark Shostrom .... special make-up design and creation
Aaron Sims .... special make-up effects unit crew
Blanche Sindelar .... stunts
property master
Josh Steinberg .... grip
Larry Steinberg .... key grip
Joseph C. Stillman .... production manager
Tom Sullivan .... animator
Dorothy Tapert .... apprentice editor
Bryant Tausek .... special make-up effects unit crew
Dave Thiry .... special effects assistant
Dennis J. Tini .... associate conductor
Mike Trcic .... special make-up effects unit crew
Davi Trotti .... production assistant
Joseph Wallikas .... cameraman
John Walter (I) .... boom
Steve Wang .... sculptor
Tom G. Warner .... animated dance choreography
Samuel Warren .... additional casting
Brian E. Wedewer .... sound effects editor
Dave West (I) .... re-recording mixer
David John West .... supervising sound editor
re-recording mixer
Mark Bryan Wilson .... foam fabrication: tree branch and rotten apple head
Joseph Winogradoff .... first assistant director
David Lewis Yewdall .... additional sound effects