Evil Dead
Evil Dead | |
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Created by | Sam Raimi |
Original work | Within the Woods (1978) |
Owner | Renaissance Pictures |
Years | 1978–present |
Print publications | |
Comics | List of comics |
Graphic novel(s) | Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness (2007) Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash (2007) Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors (2009) |
Films and television | |
Film(s) |
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Short film(s) | Within the Woods (1978) |
Television series | Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–18) |
Theatrical presentations | |
Musical(s) | Evil Dead The Musical |
Games | |
Video game(s) | List of video games |
Evil Dead is an American comedy horror franchise created by Sam Raimi consisting of five feature films and a television series. The series originally revolves around the grimoire the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, an ancient Sumerian text that wreaks havoc upon a group of cabin inhabitants in a wooded area in Tennessee.
The protagonist,
The film franchise was resurrected in 2013 with Evil Dead, both a reboot and a loose continuation of the series directed by Fede Álvarez, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rodo Sayagues. It was produced by Raimi, Campbell and Tapert, featuring a new protagonist in Mia Allen (Jane Levy). A television series, Ash vs. Evil Dead, premiered on cable network Starz in 2015, lasted for three seasons, and ended in 2018, with Campbell announcing an animated revival to be in active development in July 2022.[1] It starred Bruce Campbell as Ash and was executive produced by Campbell, Raimi and Tapert.[2][3] A fifth film in the franchise, titled Evil Dead Rise, was theatrically released on April 21, 2023, with Lee Cronin serving as writer and director, Alyssa Sutherland and Lily Sullivan starring as sisters Ellie and Beth Bixler, Tapert serving as a producer, and Raimi and Campbell both acting as executive producers.[4][5][6][7]
Each film of the franchise has received generally positive reviews from critics, with the original trilogy developing a cult following, and has grossed a collective $300 million worldwide.
Films
Film | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) |
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The Evil Dead | October 15, 1981 | Sam Raimi | Sam Raimi | Robert Tapert
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Evil Dead II | March 13, 1987 | Sam Raimi & Scott Spiegel | ||
Army of Darkness | February 19, 1993 | Sam Raimi & Ivan Raimi | ||
Evil Dead | April 5, 2013 | Fede Álvarez | Fede Álvarez & Rodo Sayagues | Robert Tapert and Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell |
Evil Dead Rise | April 21, 2023 | Lee Cronin | Robert Tapert | |
Untitled film | TBA | Sébastien Vaniček | Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert |
The Evil Dead (1981)
Filmed in 1979 and released in 1981, this is the first film in the series. It introduces the series' protagonist Ash, the Book of the Dead, and the Deadites.
Evil Dead II (1987)
Released in 1987, this film is a sequel to the original, continuing where the last film ended (a recap of the previous film is shown in the beginning). This entry shows the horrors of Ash's continuing battle with the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis and the Deadites. It also introduces elements of slapstick humor that came to define the series.
Army of Darkness (1992)
Filmed in 1991 and released in spring of 1993 in the United States, this is the third film in the franchise (and the last featuring Ash Williams taking a lead role so far), taking Ash back in time to England in 1300 AD. The movie has horror attributes, but is based mainly on slapstick and action.
Evil Dead (2013)
Evil Dead is the title of a film that serves as a soft reboot and a continuation of the Evil Dead franchise. Unlike the first three films, this one does not feature the character of Ash Williams in a major role (Ash only appears briefly in a post-credits scene) and instead follows a new protagonist named Mia Allen. The film is considered a continuation of the franchise, and plans to feature both Ash and Mia in future installments have been discussed.
Evil Dead Rise (2023)
In October 2019, Raimi announced at the
Future
In March 2023, Sam Raimi expressed interest in developing multiple sequels with
By April of the same year, writer/director Lee Cronin stated that he has ideas for a series of future Evil Dead installments serving as direct sequels to Evil Dead Rise, that he hopes to see realized.[17] That same month, Campbell announced that Sam and Ivan Raimi were co-writing a bible to outline the future of the franchise; stating that films that follow will adhere to the overall outline, with current plans including releasing a new film in the franchise "every couple" years, as opposed to the most recent activity of once every decade.[18]
Untitled sixth film
In February 2024, it was announced that a spin-off film is currently in development. Sébastien Vaniček will serve as director from a script he co-wrote with Florent Bernard.[19] Selected by Raimi to helm the new installment in the series, the film's plot is currently under wraps. Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert will serve as producers, with Ghost House Pictures producing the project.[20][21]
Television
Series | Seasons | Episodes | Originally aired | Network | Showrunners | ||
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Ash vs Evil Dead | 3 | 30 | October 31, 2015 – April 29, 2018 | Starz | Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi & Tom Spezialy |
Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–2018)
The series stars Bruce Campbell reprising his role as an older Ash Williams with a supporting cast that includes Dana DeLorenzo, Ray Santiago, Lucy Lawless and Jill Marie Jones. The series is executive produced by Campbell, Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert.[22] It premiered on Starz on October 31, 2015.
Ash vs Evil Dead proved to be a critically well-received show, earning a 98% from Rotten Tomatoes. Four days before its premiere, the show was picked up for a second ten-episode season.[23] The series lasted for three seasons (30 episodes) before it was canceled by Starz in April 2018.
Future
Following the cancellation of Ash vs Evil Dead, Bruce Campbell announced he was officially retired from portraying the character of Ash, although he would continue to voice the character in animation. Subsequently, on July 25, 2022, Campbell announced that an animated revival of Ash vs Evil Dead was in active development, with Campbell returning as the voice of Ash.[24]
Short film
Film | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) |
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Within the Woods | October 30, 1978 | Sam Raimi | Sam Raimi, Rip Tapert & Bruce Campbell
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Within the Woods (1978)
A prototype short film, Within the Woods, was produced by Raimi on a micro-budget to market his concept and acquire funding from producers and studios for a feature-length film. The short was a meager success. Despite this, the release proceeded to spawn the entire franchise.
Development
In January 1978,
This would later lead to research of low-budget horror films at the local drive-in theater. The many films that they watched were the "two films for two dollars," allowing them the chance to document the behavior of what would become their target audience. Campbell said: "The message was very clear: Keep the pace fast and furious, and once the horror starts, never let up. 'The gorier the merrier' became our prime directive." The films they watched included Massacre at Central High and Revenge of the Cheerleaders. The idea to do a "prototype" was commissioned, to prove not only to themselves, but also to potential investors, that they were capable of doing a full-length horror film. The same year, at Michigan State, Raimi had been studying H. P. Lovecraft and was most impressed with Necronomicon, or simply The Book of the Dead. From these rough concepts, he concocted a short story where a group of four friends unwittingly dig up an Indian burial ground and unleash horrific spirits and demons.[27] In the spring of 1978, filming of Within the Woods started over a three-day weekend, on a budget of $1,600.[28]
Within the Woods, as well as serving as a prototype, had impressed the filmmakers. For a marketing strategy, a screening was arranged at their former high school, with a positive response.[29]
Financing
Filming was first commissioned for the summer of 1979 in Michigan. In order to organize the budget,
Most importantly, Grainger provided the name of a distributor in
Main cast and characters
List indicator(s)
- This table only shows characters that have appeared in three or more films in the series.
- A dark gray cell indicates that the character was not in the film or that the character's presence in the film has yet to be announced.
- A P indicates the actor portrayed the possessed version of the character.
- An A indicates an appearance through archival footage or stills.
- A C indicates a cameo role.
- An M indicates the actor was part of the main cast for the season.
- An R indicates the actor was part of the recurring cast for the season.
- An G indicates the actor was part of the guest cast for the season.
- An
indicates a role shared with another actor.- A U indicates an uncredited role.
- A V indicates a voice-only role.
Character | Film | Television | Video games | |||||||||
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The Evil Dead | Evil Dead II | Army of Darkness | Evil Dead | Evil Dead Rise | Ash vs. Evil Dead | Hail to the King | A Fistful of Boomstick | Regeneration | The Game | |||
1981 | 1987 | 1992 | 2013 | 2023 | 2015–2018 | 2000 | 2003 | 2005 | 2022 | |||
Protagonists | ||||||||||||
Ashley Joanna "Ash" Williams | Bruce Campbell | Bruce CampbellUC | Bruce CampbellUCV | Bruce CampbellM | Bruce CampbellV | |||||||
Mia Allen | Jane Levy | Julie NathansonV | ||||||||||
David Allen | Shiloh Fernandez | Shiloh FernandezV | ||||||||||
Bethany "Beth" Bixler | Lily Sullivan[32] | |||||||||||
Kassie "Kass" Bixler | Nell Fisher | |||||||||||
Pablo Simon Bolivar | Ray SantiagoM | Ray SantiagoV | ||||||||||
Kelly Maxwell | Dana DeLorenzoM | Dana DeLorenzoV | ||||||||||
Deadites | ||||||||||||
The Evil Dead(ites) | Sam RaimiV | William Preston RobertsonV | Ted RaimiV | Rupert DegasV | Alyssa SutherlandV | VariousV | Debi Mae WestV | VariousV | ||||
Linda | Betsy Baker | Denise Bixler Snowy WintersPS |
Bridget Fonda | Rebekkah Farrell | Betsy BakerV | |||||||
Cheryl Williams | Ellen Sandweiss | Ellen SandweissUCVA | Ellen Sandweiss | Ellen SandweissV | ||||||||
Scott "Scotty" (The Evil Dead) | Richard DeManincor
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Richard DeManincorV | ||||||||||
Bad/Evil Ash | Bruce Campbell | Bruce Campbell | Bruce CampbellV | |||||||||
Henrietta Knowby | Lou Hancock Ted RaimiPS |
Alison Quigan Ted RaimiPS |
Fred TatascioreV | |||||||||
Professor Ed Getley | Richard Domeier | Jon BaileyV
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The Mini-Ashes | Bruce Campbell Bruce Thomas Deke Anderson Jerry Rector |
Bruce CampbellV | ||||||||||
Deadite Captain | Bill Moseley | |||||||||||
Possessed Witch | Patricia Tallman | |||||||||||
Vivian Johnson | Siân Davis | Siân DavisG | ||||||||||
Abomination Mia | Randal Wilson | |||||||||||
Eric | Lou Taylor Pucci | |||||||||||
Olivia | Jessica Lucas | |||||||||||
Natalie | Elizabeth Blackmore | |||||||||||
The Marauder | Ellie | Alyssa Sutherland[33] | ||||||||||
Bridget | Gabrielle Echols | |||||||||||
Danny | Morgan Davies | |||||||||||
Jessica | Anna-Maree Thomas | |||||||||||
Amanda Fisher | Jill Marie JonesM | Kimberly BrooksV | ||||||||||
Little Lori | Bridget HoffmannV | Krizia BajosV | ||||||||||
Heather | Samara WeavingG | |||||||||||
Chet Kaminski | Ted RaimiM | |||||||||||
Sheriff Thomas Emery | Stephen LovattR | |||||||||||
Father Allard | Steve BrodieV | |||||||||||
Trisha Pettywood The Deadite Queen |
Philece SamplerV | Debi Mae WestV | ||||||||||
The Rail Boss | Fred TatascioreV | |||||||||||
Recurring characters | ||||||||||||
Professor Raymond Knowby | Bob DorianV | John Peaks | Bob DorianUCVA | Nicholas Hope | Chris WilcoxV | Jim WardV | Jim PirriV | |||||
Shelly | Theresa Tilly | Theresa Tilly[1] | ||||||||||
Annie Knowby | Sarah Berry | Lani MinellaV | Cissy JonesV | |||||||||
Lord Arthur | Marcus Gilbert | Piotr MichaelV | ||||||||||
Duke Henry the Red | Richard Grove | Dave B. MitchellV | ||||||||||
Jenny | Angela Featherstone | Erin AsheV | ||||||||||
Amanda Fisher | Jill Marie JonesM | Kimberly BrooksV | ||||||||||
Baal | Joel TobeckR | Piotr MichaelV | ||||||||||
Tanya | Sara WestR | Theresa Tilly[2] | ||||||||||
Brock Williams | Lee MajorsR | Lee MajorsV | ||||||||||
Eligos | Ben FranshamR Jared TurnerV |
Kellen GoffV | ||||||||||
Ruby, the Dark One | Lucy LawlessM | Lucy LawlessV | ||||||||||
El Brujo | Hemky MaderaR | |||||||||||
Other characters | ||||||||||||
Jake (Evil Dead 2) | Dan Hicks | |||||||||||
Bobby Joe | Kassie DePaiva | |||||||||||
Sheila | Embeth Davidtz | |||||||||||
Wiseman | Ian Abercrombie | |||||||||||
Harold | Jim McLarty | |||||||||||
Billy Bob | Jack Walley | |||||||||||
Caleb | Richard Crouchley | |||||||||||
Teresa | Mirabai Pease | |||||||||||
Gabriel | Jayden Daniels | |||||||||||
Jake (Evil Dead Rise) | Billy Reynolds-McCarthy | |||||||||||
Scott (Evil Dead Rise) | Tai Wano | |||||||||||
Linda B. Emery | Michelle HurdM | |||||||||||
Lacey Emery | Pepi SonugaR | |||||||||||
Brandy Barr | Arielle Carver-O'NeillM | |||||||||||
Dalton | Lindsay FarrisM | |||||||||||
Abdul Alzeez | Ron JonesV | |||||||||||
Professor Alex Eldridge | William HootkinsV | |||||||||||
Nathaniel Payne | Andre SogliuzzoV
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Captain Williams | Patrick FraleyV
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Sam | Ted RaimiV | |||||||||||
Dr. Reinhard | Jim WardV | |||||||||||
Sally Bowline | Nika FuttermanV | |||||||||||
Sparky | Chris EdgerlyV |
Additional crew and production details
Role | ||||||
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The Evil Dead | Evil Dead II | Army of Darkness | Evil Dead | Ash vs. Evil Dead | Evil Dead Rise | |
Composer | Joseph LoDuca | Joseph LoDuca Danny Elfman (themes) |
Roque Baños | Joseph LoDuca | Stephen McKeon | |
Cinematographer | Tim Philo | Peter Deming | Bill Pope | Aaron Morton | Dave Garbett John Cavill |
Dave Garbett |
Editor | Edna Ruth Paul | Kaye Davis | Bob Murawski R.O.C. Sandstorm |
Bryan Shaw | Bob Murawski | Bryan Shaw |
Production companies | Renaissance Pictures | Renaissance Pictures Rosebud Releasing |
Renaissance Pictures Dino De Laurentiis Communications |
FilmDistrict Ghost House Pictures TriStar Pictures |
Renaissance Pictures Starz Originals |
Ghost House Pictures New Line Cinema |
Distributing companies | New Line Cinema | Embassy Communications De Laurentiis Entertainment Group |
Universal Studios | Sony Pictures Releasing
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Anchor Bay Entertainment | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Running time | 85 minutes | 84 minutes | 81 minutes | 92 minutes | 25–37 minutes | 97 minutes |
Reception
Box office performance
Film | Box office revenue | Budget | Reference | ||
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United States | International | Worldwide | |||
The Evil Dead | $2,400,000 | $27,495,379 | $29,895,379 | $375,000 | [34][35] |
Evil Dead II | $5,923,044 | $5,890 | $5,928,934 | $3.5 million | [36][37] |
Army of Darkness | $11,502,976 | $10,002,949 | $21,505,925 | $11 million | [38][39] |
Evil Dead | $54,239,856 | $43,303,096 | $97,542,952 | $17 million | [40][41] |
Evil Dead Rise | $67,219,338 | $78,800,000 | $146,019,338 | $19 million | [42][43] |
Total | $141,285,214 | $159,111,935 | $300,392,823 | $50.88 million | [44][45] |
Critical and public response
Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
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The Evil Dead | 86% (83 reviews)[46] | 71/100 (11 reviews)[47] | — |
Evil Dead II | 88% (83 reviews)[48] | 72/100 (18 reviews)[49] | — |
Army of Darkness | 68% (87 reviews)[50] | 59/100 (32 reviews)[51] | — |
Evil Dead | 63% (206 reviews)[52] | 57/100 (38 reviews)[53] | C+ |
Ash vs. Evil Dead, season one | 98% (52 reviews)[54] | 76/100 (32 reviews)[55] | — |
Ash vs. Evil Dead, season two | 100% (17 reviews)[56] | 82/100 (5 reviews)[57] | — |
Ash vs. Evil Dead, season three | 100% (15 reviews)[58] | 80/100 (2 reviews)[59] | — |
Evil Dead Rise | 84% (232 reviews)[60] | 69/100 (37 reviews)[61] | B |
Other media
Video games
There have been multiple Evil Dead video games:
- The Evil Dead (1984) for Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum
- Evil Dead: Hail to the King (2000) for PlayStation, Dreamcast and PC
- Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick (2003) for PlayStation 2 and Xbox
- Evil Dead Pinball (2003) for mobile[62]
- Evil Dead: Regeneration (2005) for PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC
- Army of Darkness: Defense (2011) for iOS and Android
- Evil Dead: The Game (2011) for iOS
- Evil Dead: Endless Nightmare (2016) for iOS and Android
- Evil Dead: Virtual Nightmare (2018) for Oculus Go[63]
Ash Williams also appears as a playable character, along with Kelly and Pablo from the Ash vs. Evil Dead television series, in Deploy and Destroy, a competitive multiplayer FPS available for iOS and Android, and also as a non-playable character in Telltale Games' game Poker Night 2. He also appears as a playable character in the asymmetrical horror game Dead by Daylight and as a outfit in Fortnite Battle Royale.
Comic books
Dark Horse Comics
In 1992,
In 2008, Dark Horse revisited the franchise with a four issue adaptation of The Evil Dead written by Mark Verheiden and once again illustrated by John Bolton.
Dynamite Entertainment
In 2004,
Space Goat Productions
In 2015, Space Goat Productions acquired the license to publish titles based on Evil Dead 2.[67] The company has released, or was planning on releasing, the following titles:
- Evil Dead 2: Beyond Dead By Dawn, a three-issue mini-series which debuted in June 2015[68]
- Evil Dead 2: Tales of the Ex-Mortis, a three-issue anthology which debuted in August 2015.[69]
- Evil Dead 2: Cradle of the Damned, a three-issue mini-series which debuted in January 2016[70]
- A series of Evil Dead 2: Revenge of ... one-shots, which began with Hitler in March 2016 and will be followed by Dracula, the Martians, Jack the Ripper and Krampus
- Evil Dead 2: Dark Ones Rising, a three-issue mini-series which debuted in August 2016[71]
- Evil Dead 2: The official board game, a board game made about the film.
The official board game was funded through Kickstarter in 2018, but Space Goat Productions never produced the game, nor refunded money to the investors. They ceased all communications with customers and investors that year and refused to discuss the game with media.[72]
Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash
In the documentary The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead, Rob Tapert states that New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures wanted to do Ash vs. Freddy vs. Jason: "We thought about it for one second but we knew we would have totally trashed the franchise in doing that, in that there would be no reason to reunite Bruce and Sam for Evil Dead 4 whatever that would be nor would there be any reason to go back and reinvent the original Evil Dead with a hot new filmmaker". Two comic book series were produced based on this concept, titled Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash and Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors.
Musical
The production team of
In 2017, the English comedian Rob Kemp created and performed the stage show The Elvis Dead, a retelling of Evil Dead II in the style of Elvis Presley.
Legacy
In
Evil Dead influenced numerous directors, such as
The Evil Dead films and the character of Ash influenced 1990s
Bruce Campbell directed and starred in a film titled My Name Is Bruce.[82] It does not continue the story of Army of Darkness but is a fictionalized portrayal of Bruce living his everyday life, in which he is erroneously believed to be as heroic as the Ash character and is hired to fight an ancient spirit. The film was released to a limited number of theaters on October 26, 2008, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 10, 2009. A 2021 episode of Creepshow, "Public Television of the Dead", serves as a crossover with the franchise, featuring Ted Raimi (portraying himself, who previously portrayed the Deadite Henrietta Knowby and Chet Kaminski in Evil Dead II and Ash vs. Evil Dead respectively) as he accidentally uses the Necronomicon to summon Deadites at a television station.[83]
Lawsuits
Awards Pictures, a company that attempted to begin a new line of movies in the series in 2004, announced plans in May 2012 to film an Evil Dead 4, one that has nothing to do with the original films. Sam Raimi sued Awards Pictures in an attempt to stop them from making the film, because he planned to someday film one himself.[citation needed] In August 2012, U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer entered a default judgment that "permanently enjoined" Awards Pictures from using the names Evil Dead, Evil Dead: Genesis of the Necronomicon, Evil Dead: Genesis of the Necronomicon: Part 2 or Evil Dead: Consequences "as or as part of the title of a motion picture, television program, video game, play, book or any other form of entertainment provided or to be provided through any media."[84]
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