Sam Raimi didn’t start out at the top directing three of the highest grossing blockbusters of all time with Spiderman. He started at the very bottom going door to door with his aspiring actor buddy Bruce Campbell, asking dentists to invest their Vegas money in a little project called “Book of the Dead.” That obscure project went on to become one of the most lauded horror films of the eighties and helped start the entire video nasty craze in England under the more well known name of “Evil Dead.”
Check out this great clip from Jonathan Ross’ Incredibly Strange Film Show as Raimi discusses the horror roots of his filmmaking career.
For more on Sam Raimi and the Evil Dead, be sure to check out Geo’s great article on Evil Dead here.
