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Evil Dead II

7.5

Released March 13, 1987Runtime 1h 24min

Kiss your nerves goodbye!

Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.

Genres

Horror

Comedy

Fantasy

Production Companies

Rosebud Releasing Corporation

Renaissance Pictures

The De Laurentiis Company

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $3,500,000
Revenue: $10,900,000
Profit/Loss: $7,400,000

Stream

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Cast

Bruce CampbellAsh

Sarah BerryAnnie

Dan HicksJake

Kassie DePaivaBobby Joe

Ted RaimiPossessed Henrietta

Denise BixlerLinda

Richard DomeierEd

John PeakesProfessor Knowby

Lou HancockHenrietta

Snowy WintersDancer

Sol AbramsFake Shemp

Josh BeckerFake Shemp

Sam RaimiFake Shemp / Medieval Soldier / Possessed Rocking Chair

Scott SpiegelFake Shemp

Thomas KiddFake Shemp

Mitch CantorFake Shemp

Jenny GriffithFake Shemp

William Preston RobertsonThe Hand / The Dark Spirit / The Deer Head / The Enchanted Objects (voice)

Tony ElwoodLuggage Monkey (uncredited)

David GoodmanAirport Worker (uncredited)

Gary JonesThe Hand (uncredited)

Greg NicoteroThe Hand / Evil Ed's Hand / Henrietta's Long Neck Pee-Wee Head (uncredited)

Tom SullivanBaggage Handler (uncredited)

Robert TapertAirport Worker (uncredited)

John W. WalterThe Hand / Evil Ed's Hand (uncredited)

Crew

Sam RaimiDirector

Sam RaimiScreenplay

Scott SpiegelScreenplay

Alex De BenedettiExecutive Producer

Irvin ShapiroExecutive Producer

Robert TapertProducer

Joseph LoDucaOriginal Music Composer

Peter DemingDirector of Photography

Kaye DavisEditor

Randy BennettArt Direction

Philip DuffinArt Direction

Elizabeth MooreSet Decoration

Wendy BellMakeup Artist

Greg NicoteroMakeup Effects

Robert KurtzmanMakeup Effects

Howard BergerMakeup Effects

Shannon SheaMakeup Effects

Aaron SimsMakeup Effects

Bryant TausekMakeup Effects

Mike TrcicMakeup Artist

Mark ShostromMakeup Effects

John CasinoStunts

Sandra Lee GimpelStunts

Debbie Lynn RossStunts

Blanche SindelarStunts

Gary JensenStunt Coordinator

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Reviews

The Flaming Groovy! Yes indeed, Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell are back to shake some action with this remake of their own The Evil Dead (1981), only this time with more money and more overt humour. A quick prologue sets things up nicely, then BAM! Ash (Campbell) and his squeeze are in the cabin o...

RELEASED IN 1987 and written & directed by Sam Raimi, “The Evil Dead” chronicles events when two Michigan State students (Bruce Campbell & Denise Bixler) travel to a remote cabin in western Tennessee for spring break wherein they discover a copy of the Book of the Dead and an audiotape whose incant...

by tmdb40011370

Not really much of a fan of slasher/gore films, but friends suggested I give this a try purely because the film does not try to take itself too seriously, and despite the fact there is lots of gore here, none of it looked particularly realistic and only adds to the extremely black humour of the who...

The Evil Dead II takes everything fans loved from the original and ramps it up to one thousand, but is that such a good thing? The direction from Raimi is very present once again with fantastically creative shots and quick zooms that are such a staple of his. The story is way more fleshed out here,...

by Filipe Manuel Neto

**I don't understand the hype.** When watching this film, I got the serious impression that “Army of Darkness” ended up being a kind of sequel or spin-off to this work, considering the themes involved and the persistence of the main actor, Bruce Campbell. Both films have similarities, and it's h...