The Evil Dead

The Evil Dead

classified 18

part of Restored & Rediscovered

Film

Please note: This was screened in July 2025

Director
Sam Raimi
Cast
Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly
Details
85 mins, 1981, USA
Primary language
English

Holidaying in the Tennessee woods, teenagers unwittingly unleash evil spirits... Sam Raimi’s uproarious debut was the very first title acquired by Scala boss Stephen Woolley’s new company Palace Pictures. It would become a hugely influential film. But its release fell foul of the so-called ‘Video Nasty’ farrago, which threatened home-entertainment distributors with historic legislation that was designed to curb obscenity.


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