Evil Dead II

Evil Dead II
Directed bySam Raimi
Written by
  • Sam Raimi
  • Scott Spiegel
Produced byRobert Tapert
Starring
CinematographyPeter Deming
Edited byKaye Davis
Music byJoseph LoDuca
Production
company
Renaissance Pictures[1]
Distributed byRosebud Releasing Corporation[1]
Release date
  • March 13, 1987 (1987-03-13) (United States)
Running time
84 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.5 million[3]
Box office$5.9 million[4][5]

Evil Dead II is a 1987 comedy horror movie directed by Sam Raimi and the second movie of the Evil Dead franchise. It also serves as a remake of the first movie.

Plot

Ash Williams reads from the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis and summons Deadites, including one who takes over Ash's hand. He cuts it off with a chainsaw.

Cast

  • Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams
  • Sarah Berry as Annie Knowby
  • Dan Hicks as Jake
  • Kassie Wesley as Bobby Joe
  • Denise Bixler as Linda
    • Snowy Winters as Dancing demon Linda[6]
  • Richard Domeier as Professor Ed Getley
  • John Peaks as Professor Knowby
  • Lou Hancock as Henrietta Knowby
  • William Preston Robertson as the voice of the Evil Dead

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Evil Dead II (1987)". AFI. Archived from the original on January 28, 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. "EVIL DEAD II (18) (!)". British Board of Film Classification. 1987-05-22. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
  3. "The Numbers Evil Dead 2". The Numbers. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  4. "Evil Dead II (1987)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  5. "Evil Dead II (1987) - Financial Information". Archived from the original on January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
  6. Mitchell, Charles P. (2001). The Complete H. P. Lovecraft Filmography. Bibliographies and Indexes in the Performing Arts, Number 26. Greenwood Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0313316418.