The Evil Dead at 45: Its low-budget Michigan beginnings

ATRightMovies marked The Evil Dead’s 45th anniversary on October 15, 2026, describing it as a low-budget film made by Michigan friends that became a horror cult classic and launched director Sam Raimi’s career. The thread traces Raimi’s work with Bruce Campbell to Super 8 comedy shorts and says Raimi began developing a horror movie idea by 1978.