On January 23, 1980, filming was finished and almost every crew member left the set to return home, with Campbell staying with Raimi.
The Evil Dead (originally released as Book of the Dead) is a 1981 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi, produced by Robert Tapert and executive produced by Raimi, Tapert, and Bruce Campbell, who also starred alongside Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManicor, Betsy Baker and Theresa Tilly.
The completed film attracted the interest of producer Irvin Shapiro, who helped screen the film at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.
Shapiro also advised distributing the film worldwide to garner a larger income, though it required a further financial investment by Raimi, who managed to scrape together what little money he had. Shapiro was a founder of the Cannes Film Festival, and allowed Raimi to screen the film at the 1982 festival out of competition.
Woolley was impressed by Raimi, whom he called "charming", and was an admirer of the film, which led to his taking more risks with the film's promotion than he normally would have. Fangoria started covering the film in late 1982, writing several articles about the film's long production history.
In 1982, the cabin was burned down by drunken trespassers.
The film was and is still banned either theatrically or on video in some countries. ===Home media release=== The first VHS release of The Evil Dead was by Thorn EMI in 1983, and Thorn's successor company HBO/Cannon Video later repackaged the film.
A video game adaptation of the same name was for the Commodore 64 in 1984, as was a trilogy of survival horror games in the 1990s and early 2000s: Hail to the King, A Fistful of Boomstick and Regeneration.
Fortunately, Raimi had the studio support to make a sequel to The Evil Dead, which he initially decided to make out of desperation. ===Sequels=== Evil Dead II was filmed and released in 1987, and was also a box-office success.
In 1988, D'Amato produced two films labeled as sequels to Evil Dead II, Umberto Lenzi's Ghosthouse (La Casa 3), and Witchery (La Casa 4), starring Linda Blair and David Hasselhoff.
Former HBO Video's partner Congress Video, a company notable for public domain films, issued its version in 1989. In its first week of video release, the film made £100,000 in the UK.
Raimi said in 1990 that the film "did very well overseas and did very poorly domestically" and that its investors earned a return of "about five times their initial investment." ===Rating=== The film's release was met with controversy.
His 1990 superhero film Darkman was another box-office success, which led to an increased budget for Army of Darkness.
In 1990, D'Amato produced his final La Casa film, Beyond Darkness (La Casa 5).
A video game adaptation of the same name was for the Commodore 64 in 1984, as was a trilogy of survival horror games in the 1990s and early 2000s: Hail to the King, A Fistful of Boomstick and Regeneration.
A second sequel was released in 1993, Army of Darkness.
Its impressive European performance was chalked up to its heavy promotion there and the more open-minded nature of European audiences. The resurgence of The Evil Dead in the home-video market came through two companies that restored the film from its negatives and issued special editions in 1998: Anchor Bay Entertainment on VHS, and Elite Entertainment on laserdisc.
A video game adaptation of the same name was for the Commodore 64 in 1984, as was a trilogy of survival horror games in the 1990s and early 2000s: Hail to the King, A Fistful of Boomstick and Regeneration.
The musical has run on and off since its inception in 2003. A remake of the film was released in 2013, directed by Fede Álvarez and produced by Raimi and Campbell.
In January 2008, Dark Horse Comics began releasing a four-part monthly comic book mini-series, written by Mark Verheiden and drawn by John Bolton, based on The Evil Dead.
Raimi returned to the horror-comedy genre in 2009 with Drag Me to Hell. Critics have often compared Campbell's later performances to his role in Evil Dead, which has been called his defining role.
The film's high-definition debut was in a 2010 Blu-ray. Lionsgate Films released a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray edition of The Evil Dead on October 9, 2018. ==Reception== ===Early reception=== Upon its release, contemporary critical opinion was largely positive.
The musical has run on and off since its inception in 2003. A remake of the film was released in 2013, directed by Fede Álvarez and produced by Raimi and Campbell.
Evil Dead was released in 2015 and ended in 2018, it serves as a sequel to the original trilogy.
Campbell does make a brief, uncredited cameo appearance at the end of the film in a short post-credits scene. In 2015, an ongoing television continuation of the films called Ash vs Evil Dead premiered on the Starz Network.
The film's high-definition debut was in a 2010 Blu-ray. Lionsgate Films released a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray edition of The Evil Dead on October 9, 2018. ==Reception== ===Early reception=== Upon its release, contemporary critical opinion was largely positive.
Evil Dead was released in 2015 and ended in 2018, it serves as a sequel to the original trilogy.
Although the cabin is now gone, the chimney remains, which many people now take stones from when they trespass onto the location. In 2020, a video game adaptation called The Game was announced.
A fourth sequel called Evil Dead Rise starts filming in 2021, possibly be released in 2022.
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