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The Evil Dead

Cabin, Demonic, Woods • 1981 • 1 hr 25 min NC-17

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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Director Sam Raimi

Writer Sam Raimi

Cast Bruce Campbell Ellen Sandweiss Richard DeManincor

ReleasedApril 15, 1983

Ratings 7.3 (257.839k) 🍅 85% TMDB 73%

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