Evil Dead - The Necronomicon Cut
Updated: 9th January 2025
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Faneditor: Baliscon 
Fanedit Type: FanMix
Fanedit Release Date: 25th May 2023
Fanedit Runtime: 3h:24m:0s
Time Cut: 1h:0m:0s
Time Added: 0h:0m:0s
Franchise: Evil Dead
Genre: Grindhouse • Horror
Original Title: The Evil Dead (1981)
Evil Dead II (1987) Army of Darkness (1992)
Original Release Date: 15th August 1981
Original Runtime: 4h:13m:0s
Certificate: 18
Source: Digital
Resolution: 1080p
Sound Mix: Stereo
Language: English
Subtitles: No
Fanedit Type: FanMix
Fanedit Release Date: 25th May 2023
Fanedit Runtime: 3h:24m:0s
Time Cut: 1h:0m:0s
Time Added: 0h:0m:0s
Franchise: Evil Dead
Genre: Grindhouse • Horror
Original Title: The Evil Dead (1981)
Evil Dead II (1987) Army of Darkness (1992) Original Release Date: 15th August 1981
Original Runtime: 4h:13m:0s
Original Links:
Certificate: 18
Source: Digital
Resolution: 1080p
Sound Mix: Stereo
Language: English
Subtitles: No
Synopsis:
Ashley "Ash" Williams, his girlfriend and three pals hike into the woods to a cabin for a fun night away. There they find an old book, the Necronomicon, whose text reawakens the dead when it's read aloud. The friends inadvertently release a flood of evil and must fight for their lives or become one of the evil dead. Ash watches his friends become possessed, and must make a difficult decision before daybreak to save his own life in this, the first of Sam Raimi's trilogy.
Ashley "Ash" Williams, his girlfriend and three pals hike into the woods to a cabin for a fun night away. There they find an old book, the Necronomicon, whose text reawakens the dead when it's read aloud. The friends inadvertently release a flood of evil and must fight for their lives or become one of the evil dead. Ash watches his friends become possessed, and must make a difficult decision before daybreak to save his own life in this, the first of Sam Raimi's trilogy.
Intentions:
I decided to try my hand at my own edit since these movies are some of my all time favorites and they are more engrained in my brain than any other horror films. My goal is to create a seamless experience transitioning directly from one film to the next. I've cut an hour in total, shaving off lingering scenes and some sequences that distract from overall tonal quality. I also tried my hand at adjusting color and contrast, especially with the stop-motion sequences from Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness to better fit the surrounding footage.
I decided to try my hand at my own edit since these movies are some of my all time favorites and they are more engrained in my brain than any other horror films. My goal is to create a seamless experience transitioning directly from one film to the next. I've cut an hour in total, shaving off lingering scenes and some sequences that distract from overall tonal quality. I also tried my hand at adjusting color and contrast, especially with the stop-motion sequences from Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness to better fit the surrounding footage.
Change List:
I made somewhere in the ballpark of 200 cuts, trimming moments that caused the experience to drag. These include numerous moments of meandering around cabins or the forest, segments of indulgent repetition from action sequences that kept them from being visceral, minor lines and moments that break overall tone, and some re-arranging of scenes to promote continuity. These include the flashback of Dr. Knowby and his family being placed within the first film when Ash and his friends first play the tape of him reading from The Necronomicon, along with the exclusion of a cut revealing Linda's non-possessed face during the work shed scene in Evil Dead 2. I justify her inclusion otherwise since the possessed faces of the original actors in the first film shifted often due to changing makeups and Fake Shemps replacing the original actors throughout filming.
I made somewhere in the ballpark of 200 cuts, trimming moments that caused the experience to drag. These include numerous moments of meandering around cabins or the forest, segments of indulgent repetition from action sequences that kept them from being visceral, minor lines and moments that break overall tone, and some re-arranging of scenes to promote continuity. These include the flashback of Dr. Knowby and his family being placed within the first film when Ash and his friends first play the tape of him reading from The Necronomicon, along with the exclusion of a cut revealing Linda's non-possessed face during the work shed scene in Evil Dead 2. I justify her inclusion otherwise since the possessed faces of the original actors in the first film shifted often due to changing makeups and Fake Shemps replacing the original actors throughout filming.
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