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Overall8.3
Fear3.0
Atmos8.0
Gore6.9
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The Evil Dead
1981 · Not rated · 1h 25m
Curator Score7.5/ 10
The ultimate experience in gruelling terror.
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- In theaters
- October 15, 1981
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7.5
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Fear5.0
Gore8.0
Atmosphere8.0
Intensity5.4
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In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.
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Genres
horror
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Domestic violenceSexual violenceBody fluidsEye trauma
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Details
Budget$375,000
Box office$2.4M
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Starring
Bruce Campbell as Ash · Ellen Sandweiss as Cheryl · Richard DeManincor as Scott · Betsy Baker as Linda · Theresa Tilly as Shelly · Philip A. Gillis as Fake Shemp · Dorothy Tapert as Fake Shemp · Cheryl Klam as Fake Shemp
Production
Renaissance Pictures
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