Evil Dead II (1987)

Director:

Sam Raimi

Writers:

Sam Raimi (written by)
Scott Spiegel (written by)

Release Date:

13 March 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Kiss Your Nerves Good-Bye!

Plot:

The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits holds up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.

Plot Keywords:

Cabin | Evil Dead | Demon | Book | Book Of The Dead

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Bruce Campbell	...	Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams
Sarah Berry	...	Annie Knowby
Dan Hicks	...	Jake
Kassie Wesley DePaiva	...	Bobbie Joe (as Kassie Wesley)
Ted Raimi	...	Possessed Henrietta (as Theodore Raimi)
Denise Bixler	...	Linda
Richard Domeier	...	Ed Getley
John Peakes	...	Professor Raymond Knowby
Lou Hancock	...	Henrietta Knowby
Snowy Winters	...	Dancer (dance sequence)
Sid Abrams	...	Fake Shemp
Josh Becker	...	Fake Shemp
Scott Spiegel	...	Fake Shemp
Thomas Kidd	...	Fake Shemp
Mitch Cantor	...	Fake Shemp

Also Known As:

Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn
A Morte Chega de Madrugada (Portugal) [pt]
Dood vóór de dageraad (Netherlands) [nl]
Evil Dead 2 (France) [fr]
Evil dead 2 - Mort à l'aube (Canada: French title) (video title) [fr]
L'opéra de la terreur 2 (Canada: French title) [fr]
La casa 2 (Italy) [it]
Martwe zlo (Poland) [pl]
Nekros tin avgi (Greece) (video title) [el]
Oi diamones estisan horo (Greece) [el]
Tanz der Teufel 2 - Jetzt wird noch mehr getanzt (West Germany) [de]
Tanz der Teufel 2 - Tod bei Morgengrauen (West Germany) [de]
Tanz der Teufel II (West Germany) [de]
Terroríficamente muertos (Spain) [es]
Uma Noite Alucinante (Brazil) [pt]
Uma Noite Alucinante 2 (Brazil) (video title) [pt]
Vahset (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

Runtime:

84 min | Sweden:70 min (video version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-18 (2002) | West Germany:18 (video rating) (cut) | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (re-rating) | Argentina:16 | USA:R (edited UMD version) | Portugal:M/18 | Netherlands:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) (Re-rated 2007) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Italy:VM18 (video rating) | UK:15 (2008) (re-rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2008) | Germany:16 (cut DVD version) | Sweden:18 (DVD rating) | Italy:T | Chile:18 | Australia:R | Canada:R | Denmark:15 (DVD rating) | France:-12 | Hong Kong:III | Iceland:(Banned) | Ireland:18 | Japan:R-15 | Singapore:R21 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 (cut) | UK:18 | USA:R (edited for re-rating) | USA:Unrated | USA:X (original rating) | Norway:18 (video) (2002) | Norway:(Banned) (original rating) (1986-2003) (cinema release)

Filming Locations:

De Laurentiis Studios, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Company:

De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)

Trivia:

The references to A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) were the conclusion to an unspoken battle of "can-you-top-this" between Sam Raimi and Wes Craven. In Bill Warren's book The Evil Dead Companion, it says that Raimi took the torn Jaws (1975) poster in Craven's The Hills Have Eyes (1977) to mean that Craven was saying that his movie was even scarier than Jaws. Raimi included a torn Hills poster in The Evil Dead (1981) to send the same message. Craven responded by including a scene of Nancy watching The Evil Dead in Nightmare. Raimi responded to that with a scene of a destroyed Nightmare poster in Evil Dead II.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Annie is trying to pull Jake out of the cellar door, she is sprayed with blood and her shirt and shorts soaked in the front. When she turns around, she's almost completely clean.

Quotes:

[Ash grabs a chainsaw]
Ash: That's right... who's laughing now... who's laughing *now*?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Supermarket (2009)

The Best Movie Ever Made...

... in the evil dead series. From the very beginning I couldn't stop smiling... every time I saw Bruce Campbell i laughed and every time there was a fight I chuckled. It is an extremely fun movie with a no mercy attitude. Sam Raimi perfects his shaky cam shots and first persons and makes for the most enjoyable experience in a long time. The plot is sturdy (identical to Evil Dead) and the technology is painful (purposefully). The movie moves leisurely from event to event. The supporting cast are stupid and bring more trouble to the film (a much needed element) and the best part is, the carnage starts 5 minutes into the movie. A no-think great movie, possibly the best movie the horror genre has turned out in the last 20 years.