DIRECTOR: SAM RAIMI, U.S.A. 1982 The Evil Dead is based on a Super-8 short called "Within The Woods." Director Sam Raimi used it to entice investors and get the funding needed to produce a feature length version.   STARRING: BRUCE CAMPBELL, ELLEN SANDWEISS, RICH DEMANICOR( as HAL DELRICH), BETSY BAKER, THERESA TILLY(as SARAH YORK) MAKE UP EFFECTS BY TOM SULLIVAN PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECTS BY BART PIERCE PHOTOGRAPHY BY TIM PHILO MUSIC BY JOE LoDUCA PRODUCED BY ROBERT G. TAPERT WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY SAM RAIMI TRIVIA: The original title of the movie was "Book Of The Dead". The Evil Dead actually took four years to complete, from script to screen. Director Sam Raimi's brother, Theodore "Ted" Raimi, appears as Scotty's legs in one shot. There was no cellar in the cabin where "The Evil Dead" was filmed, so they dug out a 6ft hole in the earth floor and put in half of a fake stairway, topping it off with a trap door. The cabin used in the film was supposed to be haunted in real life. The cabin burned down in the Spring of 1982.