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:
More info:
Sam Raimi |
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 |
Sam Raimi | |||
Scott Spiegel |
Peter Deming |
Joseph LoDuca | |||
Camille Saint-Saëns | (from "Danse Macabre, Op. 40") |
Kaye Davis |
Bruce Campbell (I) | (co-producer) | ||
Alex De Benedetti | (executive) | ||
Irvin Shapiro | (executive) | ||
Robert G. Tapert |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Mark Bryan Wilson | .... | foam fabrication: tree branch and rotten apple head | |
Joseph Winogradoff | .... | first assistant director | |
David Lewis Yewdall | .... | additional sound effects |