A real deadite appears and Ash shoots it, with the knights then hailing him as a hero. At the end of the movie, the incantation ends up opening a whirling temporal vortex which takes the demon, Ash’s car, and Ash himself back to the year 1300 A.D., where he’s mistaken for a deadite by a group of knights. It’s in Evil Dead 2 where Ash gets his signature weapon: a chainsaw attached to his right arm, as he has to sever his hand after it becomes possessed by the evil force.
Campbell added that people thought Ash returned to the cabin with different people, but he’s not that dumb.
The reason for the retcon at the beginning of the movie was explained by Campbell in a clip from the special features of Evil Dead 2 (via Den of Geek), where he revealed that Raimi didn’t own the rights to his own movie, so they had to shoot a recap with different actors, which ended up becoming a different story. Ash is forced to decapitate her and buries her in the forest – after that, the “sequel” part of the movie begins, following Ash’s battle against the evil force.
Just like in the first movie, they come across with the tape and book, unleashing an evil force that possesses Linda and turns her into a “deadite”. Instead of Ash and friends arriving at the cabin, it’s just Ash and his girlfriend Linda, who go on a romantic trip. Related: Evil Dead's Necronomicon Ex-Mortis ExplainedĮvil Dead 2 opens with a “recap” of the events of Evil Dead, but with some big differences. Evil Dead 2 was praised by critics, mostly for its sense of humor and Campbell’s performance, and while it has become a favorite among horror fans and has built a cult following, a big question remains: why did it retcon the original movie? Six years later came the sequel, appropriately titled Evil Dead II (also known as Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn), in which the audience reunited with Ash right after the events of the first film – but the movie made some big changes to it, while also continuing Ash’s story. The movie followed five college students vacationing in an isolated cabin where they find an audiotape and a book which release a legion of demons and spirits, possessing all of them but one: Ash Williams (Campbell), the sole survivor of the chaos. EVIL DEAD 2 features 180 gram colored vinyl, heavyweight old-style tip on jackets, 11” x 11” printed inserts, and all new artwork by Justin Erickson of Phantom City Creative.Evil Dead II is the movie that established Ash Williams as the unlikely hero of the franchise, and it also retconned the first movie while also serving as a sequel – but why did it change the events of The Evil Dead? Back in 1981, Sam Raimi introduced the audience to a dangerous book and its effects on humans in The Evil Dead, a supernatural horror film starring Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, and Theresa Tilly. Evil Dead) is the sophisticated follow up to the first film’s outstanding soundtrack, engrossing the listener in classic orchestral horror, electronic cues, and haunting lullaby compositions.Īvailable again for the first time in 30 years, Waxwork Records is proud to present the deluxe, re-mastered-for-vinyl 30th Anniversary edition of the soundtrack to one of the most beloved films in the history of horror cinema. The music by composer Joseph Loduca ( The Evil Dead, Army Of Darkness, Ash Vs. EVIL DEAD 2 remains the outstanding follow up to 1981’s THE EVIL DEAD, picking up where the first film leaves off, with even more blood, possession, dismemberments, deadites, and with generous elements of slapstick comedy. Waxwork Records is thrilled to announce the 30th Anniversary soundtrack release of the 1987 horror cult-classic, EVIL DEAD 2.ĭirected by Sam Raimi and featuring Bruce Campbell reprising his role as Ash Williams, EVIL DEAD 2 is known not only as the quintessential entry of the EVIL DEAD TRILOGY, but also of 1980’s cult-classic horror cinema as a whole.