
"Rampant inventiveness and manic energy have ensured that it will endure as a cult classic."
— Joshua Klein, A.V. Club
September 16 Brookline, MA COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE
September 22 – 24 Pueblo, CO MESA DRIVE IN
September 29 (35mm) Salt Lake City, UT BROADWAY CENTRE CINEMAS
September 29 – October 5 Denton, TX ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA
September 29 – October 5 Woodbury, MN ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA
October 6 Grand Rapids, MI WEALTHY THEATRE
October 13 Orefield, PA SHANKWEILER'S DRIVE-IN
October 13 – 19 Richardson, TX ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA
October 17 Beaumont, TX JEFFERSON THEATRE
October 13 Normal, IL NORMAL THEATER
October 20 – 26 Eau Claire, WI MICON CINEMAS OAKWOOD
October 21 Richmond, VA BYRD THEATRE
October 21 La Crosse, WI RIVOLI THEATRE
October 21 & 26 Las Vegas, NV THE BEVERLY THEATER
October 27 Pittsburg, KS COLONIAL FOX THEATRE
October 27 – November 2 Atlanta, GA TARA THEATRE
October 28 Murphysboro, IL HISTORIC LIBERTY THEATER
October 29 Milwaukee, WI AVALON THEATER
October 30 – 31 (35mm) Cambridge, MA BRATTLE THEATER
October 31 Ithaca, NY CORNELL CINEMA
October 31 Burlington, VT MAIN STREET LANDING
"Rampant inventiveness and manic energy have ensured that it will endure as a cult classic."
— Joshua Klein, A.V. Club
USA, 1987
Director: Sam Raimi
Producer: Rob Tapert
Cast: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks
Screenwriter: Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel
Cinematography: Peter Deming
Music: Joseph LoDuca
Genre: Horror
Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Language: English
Running Time: 84 minutes
Synopsis:
After playing a recording of the Book of the Dead found in a seemingly abandoned cabin in the woods and unleashing an evil force that possesses his girlfriend, Ash (Bruce Campbell) is forced into a macabre battle for his life. When four strangers appear in the midst of his mad scramble for survival, more and more possessions and gory deaths pile up.
"A ghoulish splatter comedy that uses wildly excessive gore to provoke the kind of shock that lies between a laugh
and a scream."
— Dave Kehr
"Just when things start getting too grisly, Raimi rushes in with a hilarious, sendup joke to remind us that all this blood and guts is meant in spooky
Grand Guignol fun."
— Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
"A flashy good-natured display of special effects and scare tactics so extreme they can only be taken for laughs."
— Variety