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Within The Woods was shown theatrically in a cinema for a time on along with The Rocky Horror Picture Show, where was this?
The Punch and Judy theater, East end of Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
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Within The Woods & The Evil Dead both share a specific recognizable shooting location (shown on screen in both), what is that location, and where is it?
The Cellar of the Rob Tapert Family Farmhouse outside of Marshall, Michigan.
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Sam, Bruce & Rob decided shoot a short test picture to see if they could shoot Evil Dead on 8mm film and blow it up to 35mm for theatrical release. What was this test film called?
Terror at Lulu's.
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Ashly Williams 'Ash' was so named because that's all that would be left by the dawn of that night of horror. Cheryl, Ash's tag-along sister, was also named in relation to her characters role in the film, why was she called this?
The character of Cheryl in The Evil Dead is named after Cheryl Guttridge who starred in the Super 8 films Clockwork , Cleveland Smith: Bounty Hunter and was also a Fake Shemp on The Evil Dead. Sam was dating her best friend, and as she put it; "Her mom wasn't comfortable with her going out alone with him - so I tagged along on their dates. It wasn't a coincidence that the character of Cheryl in the The Evil Dead was the third wheel – the only one without a date and the first one to turn into a zombie".
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The opening sequence of The Evil Dead gliding over the swamp was shot on land in Hartland, Michigan. Exterior shots of a different 16mm feature film were shot using that same location, what was it called?
Thou Shall Not Kill... Except.
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In the first few minutes of The Evil Dead Scotty & Shelly sing a few lines of a song together, what was the name of the band who originally performed it?
Baby Moses and the Thrillers
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During shooting of The Evil Dead, the cast & crew had a thanksgiving meal, at who's house was this?
Gary Holt's mother in law's.
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In The Evil Dead, the rooms in the cabin laid out exactly as shown in the film couldn't work in reality, why is this?
There is no place for the bathroom to be, as the side door from Scott & Shelly's room would lead out into the hallway which runs the length of the cabin from the back door to the large main room.
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In The Evil Dead featurette 'Book Of The Dead - The Lost Pages' on the Anchor Bay Ultimate Edition DVD, you see some raw footage showing all the pages of the book. Stuck in over two pages there is a latex cast of a hand. Who's hand was it?
Sam Raimi's hand.
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In the cellar sequence in which Ash retrieves the shotgun shells, blood pours out of the pipes, walls, sockets, and even a lightbulb. This is a direct homage to what?
The Three Stooges short called A Plumbing We Will Go.
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This is part of a quote by Bart Pierce; "...Saran wrap to cover a styrofoam cup, with fishing line attached to a construction staple, using a rubber band and string..." What does it describe?
Homemade Blood Bags, in a quote taken from Cinefantastique - Volume 23 Number 1 (August 1992).
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The Evil Dead features a magnifying glass necklace which Ash gives to Linda as a gift. What was the name of the store where the production bought this necklace, and what was it's function to be in the original shooting script?
The necklace was bought in a Jewelery store in Grand Rapids, Michigan, called Corey's Jewel Box. Originally the necklace was supposed to be used in a different scenario: The dawn light would come in through a cabin window, shine through the magnifying glass and on to the Book of the Dead. Ash was to have seen this and realized that the Book needed to be destroyed on the fire.
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Although shot, the cockroaches in the meltdown sequence were omitted from the final edit of The Evil Dead as too extreme, but where did the production get the cockroaches?
From a professor ad the Michigan State University, Science Lab.
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The 'force' chase ending to The Evil Dead isn't covered in the shooting script, and was thought up on set. Who's idea was it?
Josh Becker.
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Late in 1980, a four minute trailer was edited from the rough cut of the then titled Book Of The Dead, in order to raise more funding. Who provided the voice over?
John Cameron.
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A specific font was used for The Evil Dead's main title along with the original Book of the Dead title (both before the text distortion effect was added), and some of the early promotional materials. That same font was also used in the theatrical trailer for the 2001 film Jeepers Creepers. What is the name of the font?
Caslon Antique, created by Alan Carr.
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Theresa Seyferth AKA Sarah York, had a quick one-shot cameo appearance in one Super-8 short film, which was it?
Torro, Torro, Torro!, she can be seen during the pie fight scene near the end.
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Used In The Evil Dead & Evil Dead II, The cabin's clock was shown on screen in another feature film made between the two, What was it called?
Thou Shall Not Kill... Except, on the wall in Stryker's cabin.
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The reel to real tape recorder used in The Evil Dead & Evil Dead II was a Panasonic Solid State RQ-706S. To whom did it originally belong?
Charles Newton Campbell, Bruce Campbell’s father.
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A number of props from The Evil Dead are currently housed in Tom Sullivan's traveling Evil Dead museum, but the original Kandarian Dagger isn't among them. Where is it?
Once shooting on The Evil Dead was completed, Sam took possession of the dagger and it remained with him until 1986 when he brought it with him to Wadesboro for use on Evil Dead II. Tom recycled it and reconstructed it to make the dagger used in Evil Dead II which he has now in his museum.
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