They eventually learn that the only way to kill the entity is to dismember a possessed host. Upon Ash (Bruce Campbell) playing the tape that contained incantations from the book, the friends are beset by evil demons that possess one of them, turning them into an undead “deadite”.
During their playful and drug fueled exploration of the cabin, they stumble upon an ancient Samarian tome that is a translation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead and a curious recording. It tells the story of five Michigan State students vacationing to a remote cabin in the Tennessee country. The grueling and plucky production resulted in a unique and shocking film that has since become a cult icon in the horror community. The film is so gory that it was unrated, and banned in many countries upon its release. The Coen brothers used the shaky-cam technique in Blood Simple after Ethan Coen was inspired as an assistant editor for The Evil Dead. This technique was used for the POV shots of the demons running through the woods, along with the final shot that was accomplished with a tripod mounted to a motorcycle driven by Raimi. One of the most influential techniques was the “shaky-cam” which was accomplished by mounting the camera to a 2×4 and having two operators at each end to roughly simulate a steady-cam. The low budget production was creative in its use of makeshift camera riggings such as the “vas-o-cam” which slid the camera down wooden ramps. The makeup and effects were accomplished by Tom Sullivan completely without CGI, relying on foam latex, corn syrup blood, and stop motion photography. As it turned out, Michigan has an unusually tame winter, and Tennessee had one of the coldest winters in 1979. The ironic part is that Raimi and crew decided to shoot in Tennessee instead of their home state of Michigan to avoid extreme conditions in the winter. The conditions were so cold that Campbell said that after drying a blood soaked shirt outside, it cracked in half when he tried to put it on again. While filming, the cast and crew of 13 actually slept in the cabin.
Campbell described being doused with fake blood so much that he could only ride in the back of a truck to get home. The cabin had no running water, and actors would go days without showering. The production was shot on location in an actual cabin in the remote woods of Morristown Tennessee. It was a grueling experience for all involved. Initial photography was shot over the course of 12 weeks from the end of 1979 to the beginning of 1980.
Sam Raimi Talking about the budget of The Evil Dead Production
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