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Evil Dead

2013 ·1h 31m · ★ 6.6 (4,951)

Mia, a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David, his girlfriend, Natalie and their friends Olivia and Eric to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.

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Director

Fede Álvarez Fede Álvarez
3 horror films in catalog
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Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
100
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
50
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
100
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
100
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
36
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
100
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
67
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
57
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
100
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Lovecraftian

Tone

Whimsical

Content Warnings

Sexual ViolenceTaboo ContentBody HorrorEye TraumaDehumanizationTorture
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TMDB Keywords

aftercreditsstingerbook of the deaddemonduringcreditsstingerevil resurrectionevil spiritnecronomiconremakesupernatural powersurvival horror

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