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the evil dead (1981)

the evil dead
The Evil Dead
R
Horror

Release Date
September 10, 1981
Director
Sam Raimi
Cast
Bruce Campbell , Ellen Sandweiss , Richard DeManincor , Betsy Baker , Theresa Tilly , Philip A. Gillis
Runtime
85
Main Genre
Horror
Writers
Sam Raimi
Tagline
Can they be stopped?

Summary

The story of five college-age friends who travel to a cabin in rural Tennessee where the stumble upon the Book of the Dead, an ancient tome bound in human flesh and inked in blood. After unwittingly awakening the unspeakable terror told of in the book, each of the friends is transformed into the evil dead, one by one, except for Ash (Bruce Campbell). So, Ash is left with no other way to survive than to dismember the living corpses of his sister, girlfriend, and two of his friends.

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