What follows
is a list of some production trivia plus facts known about the film/production
itself. List is not exhaustive and will be modified constantly.
Budget:
$3.75m
Production
Company:
DDLC
- Owned by Dino DeLaurentiis
Distributor:
Rosebud
International (US)
- Was a dummy distributor so film could be distributed uncertified.
Raimi filmed the company's logo movie and used the fly sound
effect from the first movie to run over the top
Start
of principal photography:
10
May 1986
Filming
Location:
Wilmington
and Wadesborough, North Carolina
Duration:
85mins
UNCUT - Colour
Year:
1987
Total
US Cinematic Gross:
$5.93m
Shooting/post-production
notes:
- Pre-production
began in April 1986
-
During this time crew members stayed in the same house used by Steven
Spielberg to film 'The Colour
Purple'
- The reconstructed exterior of the cabin was only a short drive
from this house.
- The deadite that Henrietta transforms into was know as the 'Pee-Wee
Head' after 'Large Marge's' transforamtion in the film 'Pee-Wees
Big Adventure'
-
Watch out for Freddy Krueger's glove
hanging above the workshed door when Ash burst through the door
with Lindas head ( 'Craven Connection'
left hand menu)
- Used
an old abandoned school in Wilmington for the interior shots.
- After shooting was finished Raimi moved back to Detroit for three months of post-production work.
- Pick-up shots and minature work were filmed at Gary Jones' Acme Effects and Tom Hitchcock's Illuminations
Effects.
-
Screenplay was subtitled 'A Scream Play'
-
Both Universal
Studios and 20th Century
Fox passed on
the screenplay.
- Raimi and Spiegel advertised the screenplay in a full page spread
in 'Variety'.
