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The Evil Dead (1981)  link to The Evil Dead on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 246

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IMDb Rating:
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7.6/10 (144806 votes)

Country: USA, 85 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Director(s): Sam Raimi

Cast: Bruce Campbell (as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams), Ellen Sandweiss (as Cheryl), Betsy Baker (as Linda), Theresa Tilly (as Shelly), Ted Raimi (as Fake Shemp)

Medium: VHS tape,

Storyline: Five college students take time off to spend a peaceful vacation in a remote cabin. A book and audio tape is discovered, and its evil is found to be powerful once the incantations are read out loud. The friends find themselves helpless to stop the evil as it takes them one by one, with only one survivor left with the evil dead and desperately tries to fight to live until morning.

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3