Sam Raimi's directorial debut became one of the most notorious video nasties and made his name as a horror auteur. the gore and violence is so over the top that the film is sometimes referred to as a comedy. It's hard to imagine anyone chuckling at this except for misogynists applauding the amount of male vs female violence on screen.
A group of old-ish students rent a rather ramshackle log cabin for the weekend, When the cellar door flings itself open they find an occult book and a tape recording of an incantation. When they let it play, an evil force is let loose which takes posssession of the three women in the group. There's little pretence of a plot beyond that, just a relentless barrage of grisly violence , the only light relief coming from the often ropey special effects.
Ellen Sandweiss ( as Cheryl )
Sex : Cheryl is raped by a tree
Death : Decomposes when the book is destroyed
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This was Ellen's full length film debut after appearing in Raimi's short to raise funds for the project. She then disappears for 25 years before resurfacing in 2006. Her subsequent work is mainly tied to the Evil Dead franchise.
Betsy Baker ( as Linda )
Sex : No
Death : Dismembered by her boyfriend
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This was Theresa's first film role and the only one where she iused the stage name Sarah York. Her appearances in the eighties and nineties were few and far between but she has been more active since the millennium often appearing in the same projects as her co-stars here.
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