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While Evil Dead II reunited Sam, Rob and Bruce with some of their former collaborators on the original Evil Dead as well as Crimewave, the majority of the cast and crew had never worked with them before. The on-set experience must have been a happy one, however, since many of them wound up working with the boys again, often more than once.
Danny Hicks (Jake) has worked with Sam and Bruce several times, first on Maniac Cop and Darkman, but most recently on Spider Man 2 and My Name Is Bruce. His most infamous role may be as Bill in Scott Spiegel's slasher début, Intruder (aka Night Crew). Peter Deming, who has built a long, established career as a cinematographer since being hired on Evil Dead II at the eleventh hour, recently reunited with Sam to great effect on Drag Me To Hell. Much of the make-up effects crew – including the future founders of KNB (Kurtzmann-Nicotero-Berger), as well as Tony Gardner – worked on Darkman and Army Of Darkness, among others. Kaye Davis, who was the initial editor on Crimewave (before she was ejected by Embassy), later edited Lunatics and Running Time for Bruce and Josh Becker.
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Of the rest of the cast, Richard Domeier (Ed) now works as a host for the QVC US shopping channel; Kassie Wesley – now better known as Kassie DePaiva – has found great success as the star of daytime soap One Life To Live; and Lou Hancock (Henrietta) had a memorable role the following year in Steve De Jarnatt’s cult classic Miracle Mile. Denise Bixler (Linda) was briefly married to Steve Guttenberg, and currently lives in Switzerland. Sarah Berry (Annie) has just one other film role on her resume, a brief cameo in Chud II: Bud The Chud.
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Notoriously, William Preston Robertson’s name is highlighted at the end for his "Amazing Voice". Much fan speculation has gone on as to what Robertson’s contribution to the film was (with many believing he is just a pseudonym for either Sam or Ethan Coen), but as he reveals exclusively to this site, it actually turns out to be... none at all!
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Robertson: "Sam Raimi read some of my fiction lying around [Joel & Ethan Coen's] New York apartment and liked it, so hired me to write the novelization of the The Evil Dead (which was never published), then a screenplay based on a story of Sam's called Witches (which was never produced). When the boys made Raising Arizona, I agreed to more free voice work for them, but lobbied for a bigger credit: "And Featuring the Amazing Voice of William Preston Robertson." Which they found sufficiently funny to go along with. Since Evil Dead II was coming out the same month as Raising Arizona, Sam thought it would be funny to create an in-joke and also include the credit, even though I did no voice work for the movie. (I did, however, operate the tongue for the Henrietta 'Swallow Your Soul' demon, even breaking the horizontal wire; I was visiting the set to talk about Witches.)."
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Here is a transcript of the cast & crew credits shown at the end of Evil Dead II, formatted as per the original. One omission, as acknowledged in the commentary by Sam, is the script supervisor, Francoise Charlap, who left the première crying when she discovered her name had been accidentally left out of the credits. Among the film’s 'Fake Shemps' are Sam’s uncle, Sid (Solomon) Abrams, Josh Becker and Scott Spiegel, who all appear in the medieval coda. Ted Raimi, Rob and most notably Sam also played knights in the final scene, but were not credited for doing so (though one of the 'Shemps' listed is Roc Sandstorm, an occasional nom de plume of Sam's).
directed by
SAM RAIMI
produced by
ROBERT G. TAPERT
starring
BRUCE CAMPBELL
written by
SAM RAIMI
SCOTT SPIEGEL
executive producers
IRVIN SHAPIRO
ALEX DE BENEDETTI
co-producer
BRUCE CAMPBELL
music composed by
JOSEPH LO DUCA
special make up
designed and created by
MARK SHOSTROM
director of photography
PETER DEMING
director of
night exterior photography
EUGENE SHLUGLEIT
art directors
PHILLIP DUFFIN
RANDY BENNETT
edited by
KAYE DAVIS
with
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BRUCE CAMPBELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ash
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SARAH BERRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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annie
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DAN HICKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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jake
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KASSIE WESLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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bobby joe
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THEODORE RAIMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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possessed henrietta
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DENISE BIXLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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linda
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RICHARD DOMEIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ed
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JOHN PEAKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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professor knowby
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LOU HANCOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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henrietta
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stunt coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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GARY JENSEN
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stunts by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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JOHN CASINO
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SANDY GIMPEL
DEBBIE LYNN ROSS
BLANCHE SINDELAR
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horses and riders provided by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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PAM and RICKY
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additional casting by
SAMUEL WARREN and ASSOCIATES
INTERNATIONAL CASTING SERVICE
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production manager
1st assistant director
2nd assistant director
construction coordinator
set decorator
set dresser
leadman
assistant to the art director
prop master
special props
1st assistant camera
2nd assistant camera
add. assistant camera
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JOSEPH C. STILLMAN
JOSEPH WINOGRADOFF
K. SIOBHAN PHELAN
LARRY FOX
ELIZABETH MOORE
WAYNE LEONARD
JOHNNA BUTLER
ANDY BOSWELL
BLANCHE SINDELAR
TONY ELWOOD
HAMID SHAMS
BRIGETTE ALEXANDER
BRENDAN CREADLE
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2nd unit director of photography
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TIM PHILO
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sound mixer
boom
gaffer
best boy
electricians
key grip
grips
crane operator
transportation/studio manager
special effects foreman
special effects assistants
special make-up
effects unit crew
cosmetic contact lenses
mechanicals
wardrobe
assistant wardrobe
armor by
make-up
production coordinator
production secretary
production accountant
assistant accountant
location contact
set painter
carpenters
production assistants
caterer
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TOM MORRISON
JOHN WALTER
ROBERT DUFFIN
RUBIN RODRIGUEZ
CHRIS ENGLISH
MARIBEL RODRIGUEZ
LARRY STEINBERG
JOSH STEINBERG
BILLY PIERCE
ROY GITTENS
BOB BROWN
DAVID GOODMAN
VERN HYDE
SPECTACULAR EFFECTS
INTERNATIONAL INC.,
ATLANTA GEORGIA
DALE JOHNSON
DAVE THIRY
HOWARD BERGER
ROBERT KURTZMAN
GREGORY NICOTERO
MIKE TRCIC
SHANNON SHEA
AARON SIMS
BRYANT TAUSEK
LARRY ODEAN
DAVID KINDLON
VICKI GRAEF
RANDALL OUZTS
COSTUME ARMOR INC.
WENDY BELL
ELAINE DYSINGER
RUTH JESSUP
DIANE DANKWARDT
CATHY CARPENTAR
PRYOR GIBSON
WILLIAM HAMILTON
JERRY ADAMS
WAYNE GATHINS
CHARLES LEAR
SCOTT SHAMIS
REED DOWNY
MARY ANN CREAMER
KARALYN PARSONS
DAVI TROTTI
PAUL and LINDA OHMAN
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animated dance sequence
and tree branch and
rotten apple head
THE DANCE
stop motion animation
fx photography supervisor
miniature supervisor
stop motion armature
sculptor
detail and painting
tree branch and rotten
apple head foam fabrication
sculpting and detail
moulds and casting
mechanical design
"rotten apple head" designer
animator
animation photography
assistant animator
miniatures
miniature special effects
henrietta transformations
and hand animation
matte paintings
still photographer
dance choreography
animated dance choreography
danced by
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DOUG BESWICK
PRODUCTIONS INC.
DOUG BESWICK
JIM AUPPERLE
JAMES BELOHOBEK
YANCY CALZADA
STEVE WANG
MARGARET BESERRA
TERESA BURKEPT
MARK WILSON
TONY GARDNER
MICHAEL BURNETT
BRIAN PENIKAS
BILL NOTARO
GREG ONYCHUK
TOM SULLIVAN
LARRY LARSON
BRIAN RAE
BOB DYKE
MAGIC LANTERN
TOM HITCHCOCK
ILLUMINATIONS
ACME SPECIAL EFFECTS
RICK CATIZONE
ANIVISION
BOB KAYGANICH
MIKE DITZ
SUSAN LABATT
ANDREA BROWN
TAM G. WARNER
SNOWY WINTERS
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assistant editor
apprentice editor
supervising sound editor
sound recording
additional sound effects
sound effects editors
dialogue/music editorial
foley artists
assistant sound editors
sound re-recording
re-recording mixers
additional synthesized
sound effects
music conductor
music technical consultant
payroll service
cameras by
optical house
line-up
cameraman
main title animation
negative cutter
insurance
bonding company
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MICHAEL JONASCU
PAUL HARRIS
ROB ANDERSON
DOROTHY TAPERT
DAVID WEST
WEST PRODUCTIONS
DAVID YEWDALL
BRIAN WEDEWER
JOHN V. BONDS JR.
STEVE SHERANIAN
CINDY RABIDEAU
KEVIN HILL
CHRIS RABIDEAU
MIKE DICKENSON
JULIE SPEARS
THOMAS BUSH
YVONNE PREBLE
WEST PRODUCTIONS INC.
DAVE WEST C.A.S. M.P.S.E.
ANDREW SCHATZ
DREW NEWMANN
DENNIS J. TINI
SHELDON NEWMANN
BON BON
JDC AMERICA
B/G/L POST
ROCKY MOHONEY
JOE WALLIKAS
KATHY KEAN
REEL PEOPLE
GREAT NORTHERN
COMPLETION BOND
COMPANY
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special thanks to:
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Harry and Betty Huntley
Investors of Evil Dead I
North Carolina National Guard
Anson County Board of Commissioners
Anson County Board of Education
Residents of Anson County
Henry Little and Company
Grace & Wild Studios
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Pepsi Cola
B.V. Hedrick
Vernors
Harley Davidson
Travel Gallery
Rippy Oldsmobile
Lu Lu's Lingerie
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fake shemps
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SID ABRAMS
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JOSH BECKER
SCOTT SPIEGEL
MITCH CANTOR
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ROC SANDSTORM
THOMAS KIDD
JENNY GRIFFITH
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and featuring the amazing voice of
WILLIAM PRESTON ROBERTSON
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"Evil Dead II", the sequel to the ultimate experience in
gruelling terror, was filmed in Wadesboro, North Carolina
and Detroit, U.S.A.
©1987 Rosebud Releasing Corporation. All rights reserved.
The characters, events and institutions in this photoplay
are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons living or dead
or to any events or institutions is purely coincidental.
This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States
of America and other countries. Any unauthorized duplication,
distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution.
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