The Evil Dead (franchise)
The Evil Dead is an American horror film franchise created by Sam Raimi consisting of four feature films. The films revolve around the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, an ancient Sumerian text which wreaks havoc upon a group of cabin inhabitants in a wooded area in Tennessee. The protagonist, Ashley J. "Ash" Williams (Bruce Campbell) is the only character to appear in every installment of the original trilogy. The original trilogy includes The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987), and Army of Darkness (1992), all written and directed by Raimi, produced by Robert G. Tapert, and starring Campbell. The franchise has since expanded into other formats such as video games and comic books, and a musical opened in Toronto in 2003 containing material from all three films.
The franchise was resurrected in 2013 with Evil Dead, both a reboot and as a loose continuation of the series directed by Fede Alvarez and produced by Raimi, Campbell and Tapert. Raimi stated that three other installments of the franchise are considered: a direct sequel to the original trilogy currently entitled Army of Darkness 2 directed by himself and starring Campbell, a sequel to the 2013 reboot entitled Evil Dead 2 and directed once again by Alvarez, and a seventh and final film which would merge the narratives of both chronologies.
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