The Evil Dead1981
Overall7.5
Fear5.0
Atmos8.0
Gore6.0
Possession
Evil Dead
2013 · R · 1h 31m
Curator Score8.0/ 10
The most terrifying film you will ever experience.
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- In theaters
- April 5, 2013
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Curator Certificate
8.0
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Passed by two curators
Fear6.0
Gore8.5
Atmosphere8.0
Intensity7.8
Strongest on gore and atmosphere.
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Mia, a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David, his girlfriend, Natalie and their friends Olivia and Eric to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.
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Genres
horrorthriller
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Self harmAnimal deathPet deathSexual violenceBody fluids
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Budget$17M
Box office$99M
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Starring
Jane Levy as Mia Allen · Shiloh Fernandez as David Allen · Lou Taylor Pucci as Eric · Jessica Lucas as Olivia · Elizabeth Blackmore as Natalie · Phoenix Connolly as Teenager · Jim McLarty as Harold · Sian Davis as Old Woman
Production
FilmDistrict, Ghost House Pictures, TriStar Pictures
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