Event
The Evil Dead (1981)
Part of our “RAW Terror” programming for Thursday, October 16, during Creative Cocktail Hour…
“Sam Raimi’s 1981 breakout feature remains profoundly unsettling due to the gonzo vigour with which he attacks his subject.” – The Times (UK)
“It’s a great audience participation show.” – The New York Times
“The Evil Dead still feels like the punchiest horror flick this side of a Dario Argento gialli.” – Slant Magazine
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.
