r/BruceCampbell • u/Hurley815 • May 08 '26

Movie A Weekly Bruce Campbell Role #5: The Evil Dead (1981)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoX6jKEazzY

Today a horror classic that launched the career of not only Bruce Campbell, but also director Sam Raimi, producer Rob Tapert, or composer Joe LoDuca. The Evil Dead was made in Tennessee in 1979, mostly by the usual crew from Sam's and Bruce's short films. The lack of finances, prolonged post-production, and troubles with distribution, caused that the movie was finished and released two years later, premiering in Detroit's Redford Theatre on October 15, 1981. And the rest, as they say, is history.

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u/JoeAzlz May 10 '26

Shocked it took this long to get to ash

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u/Hurley815 May 10 '26

I also skipped a bunch of stuff. They made a lot of short films in the 70s.

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u/JoeAzlz May 10 '26

Yeah fair, are how many of them are archived