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The Evil Dead
1981 · NR · 1h 25m
The ultimate experience in gruelling terror.
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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Based on 1 curator rating
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Jump scares
The Evil Dead has 22 jump scares. Compare counts
7.0Overall
Fear5.0
Gore6.0
Atmosphere8.0
Intensity5.4
Genres
horror
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Tone
campyfast-paced
Setting
ruralisolated-location
Audience
extreme-horrorcult-classicfoundational
Production
practical-effects
Content Warnings
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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