Ellen Sandweiss

Through interviews with the cast, crew, collectors, fans, freaks and geeks, Hail to the Deadites seeks to illuminate the darkest reaches of the Evil Dead franchise's undying and still-growing popularity, a popularity that has spawned four films, a TV series, comic books, figurines, and surpassed even its creator's wildest dreams. Hail to the Deadites puts the spotlight on the fans that cultivated and spread this groovy pop-culture infection!

Ali and her father cook, drink, and ignore what's going on in the next room.

うっそうとした山奥にたたずむ小屋を訪れた、ミア（ジェーン・レヴィ）をはじめとする5人の若者。小屋で「死者の書」という不気味な書物を見つけた彼らは、はからずも邪悪な死霊をよみがえらせてしまう。解き放たれた死霊はミアにとりつき、若者たちに襲い掛かる。おぞましい姿に変ぼうしたミアと戦いながら山から脱出しようとする若者たちだが、死霊の力によって行く手を阻まれてしまう。助けを呼ぶこともできぬまま、一人、また一人と、彼らは死霊にとりつかれ……。

カンザスのサーカス一座のしがない奇術師オズ。ある日彼は竜巻に巻き込まれ、不思議な魔法の国にたどり着く。そこでは邪悪な魔女の圧政に苦しむ領民たちが、いつか偉大な魔法使いのオズが現われると救世主の登場を待ち望んでいて、名前の偶然の一致から、到着したオズのことをすっかり当の救世主と思い込んでしまう。オズは美しい魔女の姉妹、エヴァノラとセオドラに言われるがまま、悪い魔女のグリンダを倒す旅に出かける。

A down and out actor plays the role of his life as he trades places with his hit man brother.

A farmer unearths an old top hat on his property and with it an ancient Indian curse that lays waste to all the farmers crops. All of the adults of the farming community are afflicted by a strange sickness that slowly dries them up until they are dust. It is only when the farmer communes with the hat does he find what it is that will save them all.

Harry Penderecki, a once heralded horror auteur, finds himself on the outside looking in at Hollywood. He hasn't had a hit film in years, and most in the industry, including his close friends, think he's washed up. Harry is given one last chance to redeem himself with what could be his best or last picture. Brutal Massacre becomes just that, as the cast and crew find themselves battling one mishap after another as Harry struggles to keep his sanity against overwhelming resistance to finish the picture and find himself at the top once again.

Interview with the female cast of The Evil Dead and lead Bruce Campbell.

Cast and crew, as well as some famous fans, recall the insanity that was the making of the ultimate experience of grueling terror that is The Evil Dead.

B Movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster in a small town in Oregon.

A young woman becomes filled with a horrible dread when she discovers that her brother may actually be something other than he appears.

A family's spine-tingling odyssey in New Jersey's legendary Pine Barrens region. After their car breaks down, they meet the bizarre Mrs. Leeds, who warns of a violent, unseen force lurking in the forbidding countryside. Soon, the family will encounter a supernatural evil older than the woods themselves.

Boxing / action movie.

The Sam Raimi Super 8 shorts.

休暇を過ごす為、アッシュは恋人シェリルと妹や友人と共に森深くたたずむ別荘にやって来る。 暖炉を囲みながら夜更けまで楽しく過ごす若者たち。退屈しのぎに別荘の地下室に入りそこで見つけた 古いテープレコーダーを再生すると、そこからはかつて別荘の住人だった学者の古文書解読の経緯を 伝える音声が流れてくる。古文書の呪文の一節を朗読するその音声は唱えてはならない古代の死霊を 呼び出す禁句であった。薄気味の悪いテープの内容にナーバスになるアッシュの妹だったが、次の瞬間 愛らしい妹は恐ろしい形相になり、宙に浮かびながら死霊を呼び覚ました全員を皆殺しにすると吐き捨て 襲いかかってくる。死霊にとりつかれた妹をいさめるにはもはや地下室に閉じ込めるしかなく、その間 アッシュはテープから流れていた死霊から逃れる方法を思い出していた。その方法とはとりつかれた者 の体をバラバラに裂くしかないというものであった・・。思い悩むアッシュ達をあざ笑うように死霊達 は仲間に次々と憑依してゆく。

The low budget film starring the young Bruce Campbell that influenced the Evil Dead films.