Evil Dead 2 (1987)

As I was driving through Anson County, NC last weekend, I couldn’t help but think of Evil Dead 2. After all, that’s where it was filmed. The Color Purple was also filmed in Wadesboro and nearby Lilesville. Obviously these films are slightly different but still cool for a small town like Wadesboro, NC (census of 2010, there were 5,780 people). The main set for Evil Dead 2 was built inside the gymnasium at JR Faison Junior High School.

Evil Dead 2 was written and directed by Sam Raimi. It was also written by Scott Spiegel. It stars…you guessed it, Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley DePaiva, Ted Raimi, Denise Bixler and Scott Spiegel as one of the “fake Shemps.” For those of you who may not be familiar with this term, be ready for a slight tangent.

Fake Shemp? How about a trailer?…Click Continue Reading!

In 1955 Shemp Howard, from The Three Stooges, died suddenly of a heart attack. When he passed away, the remaining Stooges needed to finish 4 short films. Because of budget cuts they were forced to use of stock footage from completed shorts they already had finished. When they did shoot new footage they needed someone to be a “fake Shemp.” So they would get a body double to stand in and they would film them from behind. We’ve used this technique at Mutantville as well. I’ve been a fake Shemp on more than one occassion myself. Although my hands have been used in a few movies so that helps my credits as a hand model!

We now rejoin our Evil Dead 2 discussion, already in progress. So you may be asking, “What is the movie about?” It’s about a guy named Ash (played by Bruce Campbell) that takes his girlfriend Linda to a secluded cabin. He plays this tape recorded message from a professor reciting a passage from the Book of the Dead. This calls up an evil force which turns Linda into a monstrous Deadite and tries to do the same to Ash. Others come to help. What will happen next?

Below is the movie trailer, clips, reviews, etc… to get you in the mood to watch Evil Dead 2. We have links to this from another page. Click the link to watch Evil Dead 2 from our Scarey Movie Saturday post!

Evil Dead 2 : Dead by Dawn Original Theatrical Trailer

1987 Classic Evil Dead Trailer

Evil Dead 2 – Groovy

the coolest scene from any movie ever.

Evil Dead 2 (Blu-ray) : DVD Talk Review of the Blu-ray

The Movie: When Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell made indy horror history with the relentless low budget The Evil Dead, you knew it was only a matter of time before a sequel was to be churned out and in.

EVIL DEAD 2 (Blu-Ray) | Death Ensemble

So after about 10 years of being totally over EVIL DEAD 2, I decided to give the new EVIL DEAD 2– 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray from Lionsgate a spin. The first pleasant surprise with this edition is the newly minted …

Evil Dead 2: Ash vs Henrietta

This is personally my favorite scene in the movie Wow, this is another video i didn’t think would get 100 views, thanks for watching, and tell me if i should upload more clips

This Is Horror – Interview with Sam Raimi

In this 1989 interview for the syndicated horror documentary series Stephen King’s This Is Horror, Sam talks about his attitude towards horror films and his friendship with Wes Craven.

Bruce Campbell interview Pt. 1 by Scene-Stealers.com

Eric from Scene-Stealers interviews B-movie king Bruce Campbell– uncensored! originally found on www.scene-stealers.com

Bruce Campbell: Interviewed by Craig Ferguson

Bruce Campbell on the Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

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