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Evil Dead II (1987)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1987
Running Times: 72 mins (Sweden)
80 mins (Germany) 81 mins (Australia)
85 mins (USA)
Format: Technicolor
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound:
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Renaissance Pictures
Executive Producers: Alex De Benedetti, Irvin Shapiro
Producer: Robert G. Tapert
Co-Producer: Bruce Campbell
Production Manager: Joseph C. Stillman
Production Co-Ordinator: Elaine Dysinger
SCRIPT
Script: Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel
DIRECTION
Director: Sam Raimi
1st Assistant Director: Joseph Winogradoff
2nd Assistant Director: K. Siobhan Phelan
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Peter Deming
2nd Unit Director Of Photography: Tim Philo
Night Exterior Director of Photography: Eugene Shlugleit
Camera Operator: Joe Wallikas
1st Assistant Camera: Hamid Shams
2nd Assistant Camera: Brigette Alexander
Additional Assistant Camera: Brendan Creadle
Crane Operator: Bob Brown
Electricians: Chris English, Maribel Rodriguez
Gaffer: Robert Duffin
Key Grip: Larry Steinberg
Grips: Billy Pierce, Josh Steinberg, Roy Gittens
Best Boy: Rubin Rodrigues
Stills: Mike Ditz
Camera Systems: JDC America
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Kaye Davis
Assistant Editors: Michael Jonascu, Paul Harris
Apprentice Editors: Dorothy Tapert, Rob Anderson
Negative Cutting: Reel People Inc
MUSIC
Music: Joseph LoDuca; Camille Saint-Saëns (from Danse
Macabre, Op.40 - uncredited)
Conductors: Dennis J. Tini, Joseph Loduca
Music Editor: Chris Rabideau
Music Technical Consultant: Sheldon Newmann
SOUND
Sound Recording: West Productions Inc
Sound Mixer: Tom Morrison
Re-Recording: West Productions Inc
Re-Recording Mixers: Andrew Schatz, David West
Sound Effects Editors: John V. Bonds Jr, Kevin Hill,
Cindy Rabideau, Steve Sheranian, Brian Wedewer
Additional Sound Effects: David Yewdall
Additional Synthesised Sound Effects: Drew Newmann
Assistant Sound Editors: Thomas Bush, Yvonne Preble
Foley Artists: Mike Dickeson, Julie Spears
Dialogue Editor: Chris Rabideau
Boom Operator: John Walter
MAKE UP AND
COSTUMES
Make Up: Wendy Bell
Wardrobe: Vicki Graef
Assistant Wardrobe: Randall Ouzts
Armour: Costume Armor Inc
SPECIAL MAKE UP
EFFECTS
Special Make Up Designer: Mark Shostrom
Special Make Up Effects: Howard Berger, Robert Kurtzman,
Gregory Nicotero, Shannon Shea, Aaron Sims, Bryant
Tausek, Mike Trcic
Cosmetic Contact Lenses: Larry Odean
Henrietta Transformation And Hand Animation: Rick
Catizone, Anivision
Rotten Apple Head Designer: Greg Onychuk
Sculptor: Steve Wang
Sculpting And Detail: Michael Burnett, Tony Gardner
Molds And Casting: Brian Penikas
Tree Branch And Rotten Apple Head Foam Fabricators: Mark
Wilson, Teresa Burkept
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Acme Special Effects
Animator: Tom Sullivan
Animated Dance Sequence / Tree Branch / Rotten Apple
Head: Doug Beswick Productions Inc
Stop Motion Animation: Doug Beswick
Assistant Animator: Brian Rae
Effects Photography Supervisor: Jim Aupperle
Animation Photography: Larry Larson
Special Effects Cinematography: Daniel S. Noga
Effects Camera: Bruce Schermer
Special Effects Foreman: Vern Hyde
Special Effects Assistants: Dale Johnson, Dave Thiry
Miniature Supervisor: James Belohovek
Miniatures: Illuminations; Magic Lantern Inc; Bob Dyke,
Tom Hitchcock
Matte Painter: Bob Kayganich
Line Up: Rocky Mahoney
Visual Effects Production Assistant: Vicki L. Engel
(uncredited)
Detail And Painting: Margaret Beserra
Main Title Animator: Katherine Kean
Mechanical Designer: Bill Notaro
Mechanicals: David Kindlon
Stop Motion Armature: Yancy Calzada
Optical House: BIGIL Post
DESIGN AND SET
CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Philip Duffin
Art Directors: Randy Bennett, Philip Duffin
Assistant to Art Director: Andy Boswell
Set Decorator: Elizabeth Moore
Set Dresser: Wayne Leonard
Property Master: Blanche Sindelar
Special Props: Tony Elwood
Construction Co-Ordinator: Larry Fox
Carpenters: Jerry Adams, Reed Downy, Wayne Gathins,
Charles Lear, Scott Shamis
Set Painter: William Hamilton
Lead Man: Johnna Butler
MISCELLANEOUS
Payroll Services: Bon Bon
Production Accountant: Diane Dankwardt
Assistant Accountant: Cathy Carpentar
Dance Choreography: Andrea Brown, Susan Labatt
Animated Dance Choreographer: Tam G. Warner
Caterers: Linda Ohman, Paul Ohman
Transportation Studio Manager: David Goodman
Horse And Riders Provided By: Pam Billingsley, Ricky
Billingsley
Production Secretary: Ruth Jessup
Production Assistants: Davi Trotti, Karalyn Parsons, Mary
Ann Creamer
Insurance: Great Northern
Completion Bond: The Completion Bond Company Inc
LOCATIONS
Locations: Detroit, Michigan, USA; Wadesboro, North
Carolina, USA; Wilmsboro, North Carolina, USA
Location Contact: Pryor Gibson
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special Thanks: B.V. Hedrick; Betty Huntly; Harry Huntly;
Henry Little
STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Gary Jensen
Stunts: John Casino, Sandra Lee Gimpel, Ben Jensen,
Debbie Lynn Ross, Blanche Sindelar
CASTING
Additional Casting: Samuel Warren
CAST
Bruce Campbell (Ash)
Sarah Berry (Annie Knowby)
Dan Hicks (Jake)
Kassie Wesley (Bobbie Joe)
Theodore Raimi (possessed Henrietta)
Denise Bixler (Linda)
Richard Domeier (Ed Getley)
John Peaks (Professor Raymond Knowby)
Lou Hancock (Henrietta Knowby)
Snowy Winters (dancer)
Sid Abrams, Josh Becker, Scott Spiegel, Thomas Kidd,
Mitch Cantor, Jenny Griffith, Roc Sandstorm (real name:
Bruce Campbell) (fake Shemps)
William Preston Robertson (voices of the hand / the dark
spirit / the deer head / the enchanted bbjects)
Sam Raimi (knight - uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
Having survived the initial onslaught of the evil dead, Ash is joined
by another group of characters who also fall foul of the marauding spirits.
Ash is able to open a time-space portal to get rid of them - but can
he close it before it sucks him through?
CAPSULE REVIEW
A change of pace for the Evil Dead series which saw
comedy playing a much more central role than the horror. The opening
scenes are impressive, with Raimi's camera more restless than ever,
and the climax is good though a lot of the stuff in between is hard
to get through. The comedy is mostly of the Three Stooges / slapstick
variety - those who like that sort of thing will love it. The rest of
us will be pining for the raw ferocity of the original.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Video Distributor: 4 Front Video (0789473)
DVD Distributor: BMG Music Programming (74321671609);
Momentum
Pictures (MP115D)
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Rosebud Releasing Corporation
Video Distributor: Vestron Video International
Laserdisc Distributor: Elite (EE3845); Image (IDVL5212)
DVD Distributor: Anchor Bay (DV10504; DV11189 - Limited
Edition; DV 11188 - Special Edition) CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Australia
Rating: R
Finland
Rating: banned
France
Rating: -12
Sweden
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: 18
Cut by 8 seconds in 1987 for theatrical release - the offending scene
is of someone being kicked in the head. A further 2 seconds were cut
by the BBFC later in the year for the video release.
USA
Rating: R
West Germany
Rating: 18
AWARDS
1988
Fantasporto
Best Film (Sam Raimi) - nominated
TIMELINE
1987
March
13: USA - theatrical release
May
22: UK - rated 18 by the BBFC (for theatrical
distribution - cut by 8 seconds)
June
26: UK - theatrical release
July
8: France - theatrical release
August
13: UK - rated 18 by the BBFC (for video distribution -
cut by 2 seconds)
1988
February
Day Unknown: Portugal (shown at the Fantasporto Film
Festival)
1989
February
5: Sweden - theatrical release
1996
February
21: Japan - laserdisc release
1998
January
27: USA - laserdisc release (Elite (EE3845))
September
7: UK - television broadcast (on the Sci-Fi Channel)
October
6: USA - DVD release (Anchor Bay (DV10504))
1999
January
6: UK - rated 18 by the BBFC (for video distribution)
February
20: UK - television broadcast (on Channel Four)
June
28: UK - DVD release (BMG Music Programming (74321671609))
2000
August
11: UK - rated 18 by the BBFC (for video distribution)
29: USA - DVD release (Anchor Bay (DV 11189 - Limited
Edition); (DV 11188 - Special Edition))
September
11: UK - video release (4 Front Video (0789473))
2001
March
10: UK - television broadcast (on BBC2)
POSTER TAGS
Kiss Your Nerves Good-Bye!
2 Terrifying. 2 Frightening. 2 Much!
The Comedy / Horror of the Decayed
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn
- UK title
Tanz der Teufel 2 - Jetzt Wird Noch Mehr Getanzt
LINKS
SEQUEL TO
The Evil Dead (1982)
SEQUELS
Army of Darkness
(1993)
Evil Dead: Hail to the King (2000)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
The Making
of Evil Dead II: or, The Gore the Merrier (2000)
SEE ALSO
Aliens (1986)
Altered States (1980)
Blood Simple (1984)
Book of
Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
The Brave Little Toaster (1987)
Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)
The Dead Hate the Living (1999)
Dr Strangelove or: How
I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dr Terror's
House of Horrors (1965)
Evil Ed (1997)
The Exorcist (1973)
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)
Furankenshutain tai chitei kaijû Baragon (1965)
The Hand (1981)
The Haunting (1963)
Idle Hands (1999)
Jason and
the Argonauts (1963)
Jason Goes to Hell:
The Final Friday (1993)
Jungfrukällan (1960)
Kamillions (1989)
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
The Mummy (1999)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Poltergeist (1982)
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
Psycho (1960)
Raising Arizona (1987)
The Shining (1980)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Stryker's War (1985)
The Texas Chain
Saw Massacre (1974)
Toy Story (1995)
Within the Woods (1978)
The Wizard of Oz
(1939)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Melody Maker 27 June 1987
p.32 (UK)
review
Video Watchdog 46
pp.37-39 (USA)
article KEYWORDS comedy, horror, decapitations, chainsaws, stop motion animation, zombies,
disembodied hands, the necronomicon, archaeologists, sieges, monsters,
demons, time travel, sequels, shotguns
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