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The Evil Dead was the first major film directed by Sam Raimi, when he was barely out of his teens. Sam went on to become well known for the Evil Dead trilogy, as well as his Darkman films, and most recently the Xena and Hercules TV shows and films. In 1998, he went beyond the horror film genre as director of A Simple Plan, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Bridget Fonda, as well as For Love of the Game (1999), starring Kevin Costner and Kelly Preston, and of course the highly successful Spiderman films.
The star of ED (as its fans call it), Bruce Campbell, was a Detroit area high school chum of Raimi's. He went on to fame not only as "Ash," the hero of the three Evil Dead films, but also as a "B" movie actor (he's written a book on that subject, If Chins Could Kill) and TV star, most notably in the short-lived but entertaining Adventures of Briscoe County Jr.. Some others who went on to make their marks in the business included assistant film editor Joel Coen, of the famed Coen brothers; executive producer Rob Tapert, executive producer of the Xena and Hercules TV shows and husband of star Lucy Lawless; actor Ted Raimi, brother of Sam, who has appeared in three dozen films since Evil Dead; sound and lighting technician Josh Becker, now a director and screenwriter; and special effects makeup artist Tom Sullivan. If you'd like more information about ED, look for Bill Warren's Evil Dead Companion at Amazon.com.