Works in the Evil Dead franchise with their own pages:
- California Doubling:
- Army of Darkness takes place in medieval England, but it's pretty obviously filmed in Bronson Canyon and Vasquez Rocks in California. Bruce Campbell has a lot of fun ribbing Sam Raimi about it in their DVD commentary.
- Notably averted in the first two movies, which really were filmed in the Appalachian forest, specifically Tennessee for the first film and North Carolina for the second (much to the chagrin of the Michigan-based cast and crew, especially during the first film).
- Ever since the 2013 reboot, each franchise entry has been filmed in New Zealand, where producer Rob Tapert lives.
- Channel Hop: All of them were produced by Rob Tapert's Renaissance Pictures, but the distributor has changed with each and every film:
- The original film was released theatrically by New Line Cinema and on home video by Thorn EMI simultaneously in the US, and by numerous other distributors internationally (notably Palace Video in the UK, where it ended up as a notorious "Video Nasty"). In the US, the film has since been released on home video by HBO/Cannon Video (VHS), Congress Video (VHS), Elite Entertainment (Laserdisc), and for over 20 years by Anchor Bay (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray). Lionsgate inherited the US rights after folding AB into their company, and they released the film on 4K UHD in 2018. Their rights expired in 2023, and the film reverted to Sony, who has distributed overseas since 2009.
- Evil Dead 2 was produced by Dino De Laurentiis, and released independently by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group under the name Rosebud Releasing for legal reasons. The film was denied an R rating by the MPAA, and this was the only way the film could go out unrated. The film is now in StudioCanal's catalog internationally, and has been released on home video in the US by Vestron Video (VHS), Elite Entertainment (Laserdisc), Anchor Bay (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray), and Lionsgate (Blu-ray, 4K UHD).
- Army of Darkness was released by Universal domestically and MGM overseas (with different cuts). On home video, the film has also been licensed to Anchor Bay (VHS, DVD) and Shout Factory's Scream Factory branch (Blu-ray, 4K UHD).
- The reboot was Sony's TriStar Pictures in most territories and StudioCanal in France and the UK. It has also been licensed by Scream Factory for a 4K UHD.
- Ash vs. Evil Dead was made directly by Starz, who was purchased by Lionsgate during production. On Blu-ray, the first two seasons originally went out under Anchor Bay (they were owned by Starz) and Season 3 was under Lionsgate. The series could not legally reference events from Army of Darkness in its first season, but were able to some in the second season after reaching an agreement with Universal.
- Evil Dead Rise is once again back with New Line, with Warner Bros. distributing in the US (the film was originally supposed to go straight to HBO Max). The film was released by StudioCanal in the UK.
- Completely Different Title
- Japanese:
- The Evil Dead / 2 / 2013-> 死霊のはらわた (Ghost Intestines)
- Army of Darkness -> キャプテン・スーパーマーケット (Captain Supermarket)
- In Italy, along with Censored Title, it became just La Casa (The House) to widen its appeal…
- Dolled-Up Installment\The Mockbuster: ...leading to three In Name Only sequels, released as Ghosthouse, Witchery and Beyond Darkness overseas. In a bit of hilarious coincidence, two sequels to House became La Casa installments, House II: The Second Story as La Casa 6, and not-much-sequel The Horror Show as La Casa 7.
- Japanese:
- The Other Darrin:
- Linda is played by a different actress in every appearance: Betsy Baker in the original film, Denise Bixler for Evil Dead 2's opening flashback (and her corpse's talking head), Bridget Fonda for Army of Darkness's opening flashback, and Rebekkah Farrell for her corpse's talking head in Ash vs. Evil Dead. Finally averted in Evil Dead: The Game, where Baker returns after over 40 years to provide the voice.
- Poker Night 2 is the first time Ash isn't played by Bruce Campbell (he's voiced by Danny Webber).
- Ash never had the same voice in European French dubs in-between installments. In chronological order: Frédéric Girard (1981), Philippe Bellay (1987), Patrick Floersheim (1992) and Thierry Mercier (Ash vs. Evil Dead).
- Real-Life Relative: Ted Raimi, natch, who appears in every movie in different roles. Ivan Raimi is also credited as Fake Shemp in the first and third movies (the latter of which he co-wrote).
- Referenced by...: In the hospital scene of Spider-Man 2, the lunging POV shot from the sensors on the tentacles is reminiscent of the POV of the "Evil" in Evil Dead. A side view of one of the tentacles zooming toward a screaming woman also mimics the "flying eye" gag in Evil Dead 2. The doctor grabbing a chainsaw-esque surgical tool in particular feels like a nod to the chainsaw-handed Ash Williams.
- Similarly Named Works: The song "Evil Dead" by Death Metal band Death.
- Star-Making Role: Bruce Campbell is most definitely annoyed by the amount of people who ask him about Evil Dead IV.
- What Could Have Been: Ash was planned to appear as a Guest Fighter in Mortal Kombat 11, but the plan fell through. No exact reason had ever been given, though the most popular and consistent seems to be legal issues that have plagued the Evil Dead series in the past.
