I live In Morristown, TN

Rating: 10/10 (3 March 2005)

I live in Morristown, TN. This movie is awesome!!! Maybe I can fill some of you in on a few things..One of the local backers of this film was assistant producer Gary Holt. He and his family own a location called Renaissance Farm. It was a horse training farm. A Big red barn in the far western part of Hamblen County, Morristown, TN. Later on it was a flea market, for awhile. Now it is some other business. Note at the starting of the movie, on the screen, Renaissance Pictures. The local locations of the film are in Morristown and surrounding areas. At the first of the movie, when the yellow Oldsmobile is traveling down the gravel road, and met head on with the red truck, notice the concrete bridge in the background.. that bridge is non other than Old Highway 25 E in Grainger county. The Highway, 25E is now being widened into a 4 lane highway, they have been working on this road project for years and still are today. It is right on the border of Claiborne County, near Tazewell, TN. The dirt and gravel road sits directly on the other side of the Clinch River.... To access this gravel road, go straight across the bridge, take a right turn and go under the bridge and that will take you right down on the gravel road and on down to the river... Also, filmed in Grainger county, the scene directly after this one.... Where the car horn is being blown and you see the 2 men walking (fisherman I think). Look directly in the background and you will see the opening that was cut into Clinch Mountain for the HWY 25E widening project back in the middle to late 1970's. That part of the mountain is visible in 2 scenes. The road that the 2 men are walking on is the OLD HIGHWAY that was a 2 lane, winding road. As this movie was filmed a long time ago..... the trees have all grown up in that area now and you cannot see the top of the mountain from that area anymore. That road they are walking appears to be at the starting of what is left of the old road that runs near the Poor Valley area. If you are going to go north on HWY 25E from Bean Station and Morristown and upon the mountain, that road will be the first road on the left as you are starting to go up the mountain. The actual cabin where the movie was filmed is (was) located in west Hamblen County, Morristown, TN in the same general area as Panther Creek State Park area...just a bit of the way up from the park.....I have never been to the house....but I have heard about it.....It is not visible from any road. It sit (s) far back up in the woods. Some people make the mistake and get it mixed up with another old "haunted house", The Murrell Melville Home, that is in the area and sits near the road... THE EVIL DEAD CABIN DOES NOT, DID NOT SIT NEAR ANY ROAD. The entrance is in an unmarked driveway that enters a field. The cabin sat way back in the backcountry almost in the woods. This is plainly visible in the film. I will not give directions to the cabin or cabin site... they are posted on other Evil Dead websites, they are not 100% accurate though. Anyway, the reason I know all of the above information is that I am a lifetime resident of Morristown, TN and I remember this film being made. Mr. Holt is well known in this area. Anyway, that is my 2 cents worth.... I hope you enjoyed reading it....EVIL DEAD LOVER