Why did The Evil Dead cut this scene?
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Sam Raimi’s original Evil Dead movie from 1981 has a deleted scene that needed to be removed from the horror classic for a hilariously NSFW reason. The Evil Dead stars Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams, who travels to a cabin in the woods with his friends, discovers the Book of the Dead in the cabin’s basement, and unwittingly unleashes an army of demonic spirits.
The homemade charm of The Evil Dead has inspired a generation of filmmakers to pick up a camera and make their own horror movies. Since it was an independent production, the cast and crew of The Evil Dead weren’t regulated by any of the rules that traditional studio-mounted movies have to follow. This can be a great thing, because it allowed Raimi complete creative freedom to make the gonzo gore-fest he envisioned, but it can also be detrimental.
However, Campbell had never smoked pot before – and “the weed in Tennessee was pretty good” – so it hit him pretty hard. The actor confessed that they “did not really film the scene successfully,” so the takes from that day had to be thrown out and the scene was reshot with sober actors. Ash vs. Evil Dead would later reveal that Ash has experimented with many different drugs throughout his life, so it’s hilarious that Campbell smoked weed for the first time on the set of The Evil Dead.
There's Still Some Pot Smoke In Evil Dead's Finished Cut Although the scenes featuring a stoned Campbell were cut from the final version of The Evil Dead, some puffs of pot smoke can still be seen when the characters are listening to the tape. Ironically, these plumes of smoke ended up creating the kind of atmosphere that Raimi couldn’t afford on his shoestring budget.
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