The Evil Dead (1981)
Director:
Sam Raimi
Tagline:
« They got up on the wrong side of the grave. »
Actors:
Ashley ‘Ash’ J. Williams
Cheryl
Scott
Linda
Shelly
Genre:
Horror
Rating:
(254’735 votes)
(254’735 votes)
Quotes:
[repeated line]
« Voice of Evil Force: Join us…
»
« Voice on Recorder: I believe I have made a significant find in the Kandarian ruins, a volume of ancient Sumarian burial practices and funerary incantations. It is entitled "Naturum De Montum", roughly translated: Book of the Dead. The book is bound in human flesh and inked in human blood. It deals with demons and demon resurrection and those forces which roam the forest and dark bowers of Man's domain. The first few pages warn that these enduring creatures may lie dormant but are never truly dead. They may be recalled to active life through the incantations presented in this book. It is through the recitation of these passages that the demons are given license to possess the living.
»
« Linda: [singing; possessed] We're going to get you. We're going to get you. Not another peep. Time to go to sleep.
»
Trailer:
U.S. Version
Runtime:85 minutes
Plots:
Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.
Five college students take time off to spend a peaceful vacation in a remote cabin. A book and audio tape are discovered, and its evil is found to be powerful once the incantations are read out loud. The friends find themselves helpless to stop the evil as it takes them one by one, with only one survivor left with the evil dead who desperately tries to fight to live until morning.
Ash Williams, his girlfriend Linda and three other friends head off to a cabin deep in the Tennessee woods. They rented the cabin for a song – sight unseen – and find the place to be in good shape, though they encounter strange occurrences and noises almost from the moment they arrive. In the basement, they find a strange book and tape recordings with a translation of the text. In playing the tapes they release an evil force bent on killing them. One by one, they become possessed and attack the others. in the end, only one will survive.
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