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Quick Info

Rating

7.3/10

Release1981

Runtime1h 25m

StatusReleased

Budget$350,000

Revenue$29,612,367

Production

Renaissance Pictures

Movie

The Evil Dead

1981

1h 25m

7.3

Horror

Synopsis

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.

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