- “The Evil Dead” Was Based on Raimi’s Short Film “Within the Woods”
Before the whole cult following and popularity even began, here’s how things went down. Robert Tapert, Sam Raimi, and Bruce Campbell made a 30-minute Super 8 film, named Within the Woods. Raimi was 20 when he filmed The Evil Dead. In a 1982 interview with John Gallagher, he said: “We used [Within the Woods] to show the investors what kind of film they’d be buying into … They needed tangible proof that we could make a movie of professional quality.”
Producer Robert Tapert said while being a guest at The Incredibly Strange Film Show, “Sam and I first decided to do horror films after doing research on what did well in the markets … Horror is the entry level that most people use.”
