 The Evil Dead "The Ultimate
Experience in Grueling Terror", is the first film in the cult classic
trilogy. Here's a quote of from Bruce about the film, "In the summer of
1979, Sam, Robert, and I, collected approximately $375,000 from investors
in the Detroit area and made our first feature film: "The Evil Dead." I
starred as Ash, a witless college student besieged by demons in a quaint
cabin nestled in the Tennessee woods. "The Evil Dead" was highly
successful both critically and financially and officially launched our
professional careers..." Originally entitled "Book of The Dead", the film
was shot Morristown Tennessee. The film took over three months to shoot.
Read all about the three month ordeal in Josh Becker's journal. Evil Dead
is the goriest and of the entire Evil Dead Trilogy with the many
depictions of body dismemberment curtesy of Tom Sullivan. Evil Dead was
the film that introduced the world to Sam Raimi and made Bruce Campbell a
cult hero and actor. |
