Being friends with Sam and Ted Raimi, Bruce Campbell was chosen for the role of Ash Williams, which has since become the most famous role of his career.Īsh returned in 1987 for Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn, the sequel Army of Darkness in 1992, as well as the TV show Ash vs. The film was released in 1981 and is notorious for its excess gore, all done with practical effects. The 1980s had some highly-praised horror films, one of which was Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead.
