The Evil Dead (franchise)
| Evil Dead | |
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| Directed by |
Sam Raimi Fede Alvarez |
| Produced by |
Robert Tapert Sam Raimi Dino De Laurentiis Bruce Campbell |
| Written by | Sam Raimi Scott Spiegel Ivan Raimi Fede Alvarez Rodo Sayagues |
| Starring | Bruce Campbell |
| Music by | Joseph LoDuca |
| Cinematography | Tim Philo Peter Deming Bill Pope Aaron Morton |
| Edited by | Edna Euth Paul Kaye Davis Bob Murawski Sam Raimi (as R.O.C. Sandstorm) Bryan Shaw |
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Production
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| Distributed by |
New Line Cinema (The Evil Dead) De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (Evil Dead II) Universal Studios (Army of Darkness) TriStar Pictures (Evil Dead) |
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Release date
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1981 – present |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $31.9 million (all four films) |
| Box office | $154.2 million (all four films) |
Evil Dead is an American horror film franchise created by Sam Raimi consisting of four feature films and a television series. The series revolves around the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, an ancient Sumerian text which wreaks havoc upon a group of cabin inhabitants in a wooded area in Tennessee.
The protagonist, Ashley J. "Ash" Williams (Bruce Campbell) is the only character to appear in every installment of the original trilogy (Linda, Ash's girlfriend makes an appearance in all 3 films, but her only appearance in Army of Darkness is during the prologue). The original trilogy includes The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987), and Army of Darkness (1992), all written and directed by Raimi, produced by Robert G. Tapert, and starring Campbell. The franchise has since expanded into other formats, including video games, comic books, a musical, and a television series.
The franchise was resurrected in 2013 with Evil Dead, both a reboot and a loose continuation of the series directed by Fede Alvarez and produced by Raimi, Campbell and Tapert. Before the television series was announced it had been rumored that there was to be at least three other installments of the franchise: a sequel to the 2013 reboot titled Evil Dead 2, a direct sequel to the original trilogy starring Campbell and directed by Sam Raimi, and finally a seventh film which would merge the narratives of both film series.
In July 2014, Bruce Campbell stated it was likely that the planned sequel would instead be a TV series with him as the star.Starz officially announced on November 10, 2014 that a ten-episode series titled Ash vs Evil Dead would premiere on their cable network in 2015. The series stars Bruce Campbell as Ash and is executive produced by Campbell, Sam Raimi, and Rob Tapert. Since the show was announced to the public, there has been no news of further films in the franchise.
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