Evil Dead (1981 franchise) - Revision history

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 * Artifact:  [[Kandarian Dagger]]
 * Location:  [[Kandar]] or [[Ca'n Dar]]
-* [[Eligos]], a "weak" named demon mentioned in the ''Necromicon Ex-Mortis''
+* Entity:  [[Eligos]], a "weak" named demon mentioned in the ''Necromicon Ex-Mortis''

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 * Country/Language:  USA, English
 * Genres/Technical:  Horror, Fantasy, with occasional slap-stick and black comedy
-* Starring: Bruce Campbell (et.al.); 2013 Remake/Reboot has a completely different cast; 2015 series stars Bruce Campbell, Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo, with Jill Marie Jones and Lucy Lawless
+* Starring: [[Bruce Campbell]] (et.al.); 2013 Remake/Reboot has a completely different cast; 2015 series stars [[Bruce Campbell]], Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo, with Jill Marie Jones and Lucy Lawless; [[Ted Raimi]]
-* Director:  Sam Raimi; 2013 Remake/Reboot directed by Fede Alvarez
+* Director:  [[Sam Raimi]]; 2013 Remake/Reboot directed by Fede Alvarez
-* Producer:  Robert Tapert (et.al.); 2013 Remake/Reboot produced by Bruce Campbell, Robert Tapert, and Sam Raimi
+* Producer:  [[Robert Tapert]] (et.al.); 2013 Remake/Reboot produced by [[Bruce Campbell]], [[Robert Tapert]], and [[Sam Raimi]]
-* Writer:  Sam Raimi (et.al.); 2013 Remake/Reboot written by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues
+* Writer:  [[Sam Raimi]] (et.al.); 2013 Remake/Reboot written by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues
 * Production Co:  Renaissance Pictures, New Line Cinema, Universal (Army of Darkness); Remake/Reboot by Ghost House Pictures, FilmDistrict, TriStar
 * View "Within the Woods' at:  ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WjQTMvyJWw link])

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 <!-- Short, Spoiler-Free Summary; tag-line or elevator pitch. -->
-Evil Dead is an American horror film franchise created by Sam Raimi consisting of four feature films and a television series. The films revolve around the ''[[Necronomicon#Necronomicon Ex-Mortis|Necronomicon Ex-Mortis]]'', an ancient Sumerian or Kandarian text which wreaks havoc upon a group of cabin inhabitants in a wooded area in Michigan. The protagonist, Ashley J. "Ash" Williams (Bruce Campbell) is the only character to appear in every installment of the original trilogy (Linda, Ash's girlfriend makes an appearance in all 3 films, but her only appearance in Army of Darkness is during the prologue), and returns to the role in the 2015 television series ''Ash vs. Evil Dead''.
+Evil Dead is an American horror film franchise created by Sam Raimi consisting of four feature films and a television series. The films revolve around the ''[[Necronomicon Ex-Mortis]]'', an ancient Sumerian or Kandarian text which wreaks havoc upon a group of cabin inhabitants in a wooded area in Michigan. The protagonist, Ashley J. "Ash" Williams (Bruce Campbell) is the only character to appear in every installment of the original trilogy (Linda, Ash's girlfriend makes an appearance in all 3 films, but her only appearance in Army of Darkness is during the prologue), and returns to the role in the 2015 television series ''Ash vs. Evil Dead''.
 ==Details==
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 * Many of the props from the original films were carefully reconstructed or reused for later sequels in the franchise, and often appear in the background of the television series.
 * Legal disputes over the rights to later films forced production for the television series to carefully write around the events from ''Army of Darkness'' and the reboot.
-* The ''[[Necronomicon#Necronomicon Ex-Mortis|Necronomicon Ex-Mortis]]'' was meant to appear in the original short film, but had to be omitted; it would re-appear in all the other film and television entries in the Franchise.
+* The ''[[Necronomicon Ex-Mortis]]'' was meant to appear in the original short film, but had to be omitted; it would re-appear in all the other film and television entries in the Franchise.
 * The phrase "Klaatu Barada Nikto" is a reference to ''The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)''.
 * The short film "Within the Woods" can be considered a rough draft for ''The Evil Dead'', and ''The Evil Dead II'' might be considered a remake of ''The Evil Dead''.
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 ==Associated Mythos Elements==
-* Tome:  ''[[Necronomicon#Necronomicon Ex-Mortis|Necronomicon Ex-Mortis]]''
+* Tome:  ''[[Necronomicon Ex-Mortis]]''
 * Race: [[Kandarian Demon]]s
 * Race: [[Deadite]]s

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 * Cult: [[The Dark Ones (cult)]]
 * Artifact:  [[Kandarian Dagger]]
-* Location:  [[Kandar]]
+* Location:  [[Kandar]] or [[Ca'n Dar]]
 * [[Eligos]], a "weak" named demon mentioned in the ''Necromicon Ex-Mortis''

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 ** ''Evil Dead 2: Dark Ones Rising (2016 comic), a three-issue mini-series from Space Goat Productions
 * Related films:
-* ''My Name is Bruce (2008 film)'', starring Bruce Campbell as himself, forced to fight demons in a town full of people who believe he is Ash from the film series
+** ''My Name is Bruce (2008 film)'', starring Bruce Campbell as himself, forced to fight demons in a town full of people who believe he is Ash from the film series
+** ''[[Equinox (1970 film)]]'' (another independent fantasy/horror film that is similar in many ways to ''The Evil Dead'')

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 <!--E.G., "Rated: R (Violence, Nudity, Language....)" -->
 * Rated:  the franchise is generally rated R (Violence, and occasional Brief Nudity and Adult Content)
 ===Tentacle Ratings===
 A rough [[Tentacle Ratings|measure]] of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
-* S____ (One Tentacle:  Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
+* Ss___ (One and a Half Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian)
-* SS___ (Two Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; could be a very loose adaptation)
-* SSS__ (Three Tentacles: Lovecraftian)
+This franchise does a little Lovecraftian name-dropping (such as for the tome ''Necronomicon''), there are some obscure cross-overs in some comics to Lovecraft's [[Herbert West]] character, and the themes of Ash's hopeless struggle against the Weird horror of the Evil Dead, complete with downer endings, are close in spirit to Lovecraft's horror.
 ''Note:  This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.''
 ===Reviews===
-<!--A list of reviews for the work, along with the review's rating (for example, "4/5 Stars") -->
+<!--A list of reviews for the work, along with the review's rating (for example, "4/5 Stars") * Author_andor_Location, ([URL link]) - RATING -->
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 ==Synopsis==

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	The ''Evil Dead'' franchise consists of the following films and television show:		The ''Evil Dead'' franchise consists of the following films and television show: