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The Evil Dead (1981)
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- How long is The Evil Dead (1981)?
- The Evil Dead (1981) is 1 hr 25 min long.
- Who directed The Evil Dead (1981)?
- Sam Raimi
- Who is Ashly 'Ash' J. Williams in The Evil Dead (1981)?
- Bruce Campbell plays Ashly 'Ash' J. Williams in the film.
- What is The Evil Dead (1981) about?
- Ashley "Ash" Williams (Bruce Campbell), his girlfriend and three pals hike into the woods to a cabin for a fun night away. There they find an old book, the Necronomicon, whose text reawakens the dead when it's read aloud. The friends inadvertently release a flood of evil and must fight for their lives or become one of the evil dead. Ash watches his friends become possessed, and must make a difficult decision before daybreak to save his own life in this, the first of Sam Raimi's trilogy.