Evil Dead

Evil Dead is a multimedia comedy-horror franchise created by American filmmaker Sam Raimi. Launched with the 1981 low-budget horror film The Evil Dead, it has since expanded into five feature films, a live-action television series, numerous computer games, several comic book tie-ins/franchise crossovers, and an off-Broadway musical. As of May 2024, two more spin-off films and an animated series are also in development Evil Dead at Wikipedia.
World-renowned horror writer Stephen King has been at least partially credited with the series' initial success; after attending a screening of The Evil Dead at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, the rave review he wrote garnered sufficient industry attention to interest larger distributors The Evil Dead Promotion and Distribution Rights at Wikipedia. 
==Premise==
The original trilogy (The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, and Army of Darkness), the live action series, and the majority of the computer games and comic books follow the escapades of former sales clerk Ashley Joanne "Ash" Williams (played by Bruce Campbell) as he battles the forces of the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, a demon-possessed book bound in human skin. Since his initial battles with the "Deadites" - mutated undead humans created and conjured by the book - in the Tennessee backwoods, Ash's adventures have taken him across space and time in an effort to free the world from the demon's curse.
==The Necronomicon Ex-Mortis==
The Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, the focal point for the antagonistic forces ranged against Ash and his allies, was first imagined by Sam Raimi while studying at Michigan State University The Evil Dead Background and Writing at Wikipedia. Its physical design was realised by special effects artist Tom Sullivan Necronomicon Ex-Mortis at the Evil Dead wiki, who has also provided artwork for several of Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game supplements.
==Entries==
===Films===
*Within the Woods (1978, short concept film)
*The Evil Dead (1981)
*Evil Dead II (1987)
*Army of Darkness (1992)
*Evil Dead (2013)
*Evil Dead Rise (2023)
===Television Series===
*Ash vs Evil Dead (2015-2018)
===Computer Games===
*The Evil Dead (1984)
*Evil Dead: Hail to the King (2000)
*Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick (2003)
*Evil Dead Pinball (2003)
*Evil Dead: Regeneration (2005)
*Army of Darkness: Defense (2011)
*Evil Dead: The Game (2011)
*Evil Dead: Endless Nightmare (2016)
*Evil Dead: Virtual Nightmare (2018)
*Evil Dead: The Game (2022)
===Comic Books===
==External Links==
*Evil Dead at Wikipedia
*The Evil Dead Fandom wiki
==References==
Category:Story Cycles
Category:Expanded Mythos Film & Television