Evil Dead is an American supernatural horror film franchise created by Sam Raimi consisting of four feature films and a television series. The series revolves around the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, an ancient Sumerian text which wreaks havoc upon a group of cabin inhabitants in a wooded area in Tennessee.

WHY IS THE EVIL DEAD important?

The Evil Dead is one of the most important films in horror history. It successfully captures the fear of isolation, demonic threats, Lovecraftian themes and symbols, and created an entire sub-genre as a result. While Raimi's film is not the first to feature a cabin in the woods, it did popularize it.

Is The Evil Dead 2013 Scary?

The consensus states: "It may lack the absurd humor that underlined the original, but the new-look Evil Dead compensates with brutal terror, gory scares, and gleefully bloody violence." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100 based on 38 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".