--- title: 'The Evil Dead (1981)' type: 'film' director: 'Sam Raimi' released: '1981-01-01' runtime_minutes: 85 certification: 'NC-17' genres: - 'Drama' - 'Fantasy' - 'Horror' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-evil-dead-1981' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083907/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Evil Dead (1981) 1981 · NC-17 · 85 min · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · United States Part of: Evil Dead ## Synopsis The Evil Dead is a 1981 American independent supernatural horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi. The film stars Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, and Theresa Tilly as five college students vacationing in an isolated cabin in the woods, where they find an audio tape that, when played, releases a legion of demons and spirits. Four members of the group suffer from demonic possession, forcing the fifth member, Ash Williams (Campbell), to survive an onslaught of increasingly gory mayhem. ## Credits - **Producer:** [Rob Tapert](https://cinepixo.com/people/rob-tapert) - **Director:** [Sam Raimi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-raimi) - **Screenplay:** [Sam Raimi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-raimi) - **Original Music Composer:** [Joseph LoDuca](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-loduca) ## Cast - [Rob Tapert](https://cinepixo.com/people/rob-tapert) - [Theresa Tilly](https://cinepixo.com/people/theresa-tilly) - [Bruce Campbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-campbell) as Ash Williams - [Ellen Sandweiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-sandweiss) - [Sam Raimi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-raimi) - [Ted Raimi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-raimi) - [John Cameron](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cameron) - [Scott Spiegel](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-spiegel) - [Betsy Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/betsy-baker) - [Ivan Raimi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-raimi) - [Richard DeManincor](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-demanincor) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-evil-dead-1981 Film facts: Wikidata (Q327604); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.