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Directed by | Fede Alvarez |
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The Evil Dead by Sam Raimi |
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Music by | Roque Baños |
Cinematography | Aaron Morton |
Edited by | Bryan Shaw |
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Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $17 million |
Box office | $97.5 million |
Evil Dead is a 2013 American supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Fede Alvarez in his directorial debut, produced by Bruce Campbell, Robert Tapert and Sam Raimi, and co-written by Rodo Sayagues. Evil Dead was shot in New Zealand outside of Auckland, with filming lasting a month. It is the fourth installment in the Evil Dead franchise. The film serves as a soft reboot of the original 1981 film and as a continuation to the original 80s/90s trilogy.
The film had its world premiere at the South by Southwest festival on March 8, 2013. On March 9, 2013, it was announced that the film will have a sequel, followed by a crossover with the original trilogy. Evil Dead was announced on July 15, 2013 to be adapted into a live experience as the first maze announced for Universal Studios Hollywood's and the second maze for Universal Orlando Resort's annual Halloween Horror Nights 2013 event. The film was loosely followed by a Starz exclusive television show, Ash vs Evil Dead.
In the woods, several men capture a frightened girl and tie her up in a cellar. It is then revealed that she is possessed, and her father immolates and shoots her in the head.
Some time later, David and his girlfriend Natalie arrive at a cabin in the woods, where the pair meet up with his younger sister Mia and his friends Eric and Olivia. The group plans to stay in the cabin while Mia overcomes her addiction to heroin. It is later revealed that David moved to a city years before, leaving Mia to care for their dying mother. The group discover the cellar, littered with rotting animal corpses, a shotgun, and a book called the Naturom Demonto.