The ultimate experience in gruelling terror.
In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.
- Body horror
- Graphic violence
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Character
Intimate, bleak, unpretentious and plot-driven.
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
Who loves it, who doesn't
22 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Prestige Hunters.
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“Is this Sam Raimi's best work?”
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“Is it actually scary?”
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“Would a little humor have helped?”
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Cast
- Bruce CampbellAsh
- Ellen SandweissCheryl
- Richard DeManincorScott
- Betsy BakerLinda
- Theresa TillyShelly
- Philip A. GillisFake Shemp
- Dorothy TapertFake Shemp
- Cheryl KlamFake Shemp
- Barbara CareyFake Shemp
- David HortonFake Shemp
Crew
- Sam RaimiDirector
- Sam RaimiWriter
- Tim PhiloDirector of Photography
- Joseph LoDucaOriginal Music Composer
- Edna Ruth PaulEditor
- Robert TapertProducer
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Pairings
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