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Evil Dead II (1987) More at IMDbPro »

• All the Anchor Bay releases are uncut for gore, but the new "Book of the Dead" edition digitally erases wires in several scenes (most noticeably when Henrietta's eye pops out).
  
  
• The UK cinema version was cut by 8 secs (2 secs for video releases) to remove a shot of Ash being kicked in the head. In September 2001 the cut was waived and all later releases are fully uncut.
  
  
• The full version of the film is considered lost, but nonetheless behind-the-scenes photo and video of some scenes have been found and are included on the laserdisc and DVD editions: As Henrietta is in her rocking chair while the professor is reading the incantations, she rocks into the light, which reveals her demonic eyes. Linda's severed head throws up black bile on Ash when it's trapped in the vice (which is why black slime suddenly appears around her mouth in the final scene). A gorier version of Ash cutting off his hand (see below). During the "blood flood" the blood not only changes to black, but to red, green, and orange. After hitting the possessed Ed with the ax, the scene continues as a "half-headed" Ed runs after them and eventually is chopped to pieces. The body parts flop on the floor. A possessed Ash eating a squirrel as he runs after Annie.
  
  
• There are two versions of Ash's hand dismemberment scene. There is the common chainsaw cutting version, and the less known and more graphic version (This version was shown on HBO in the late '80s), in which he cuts it off with a hatchet. This scene was altered in theaters in an attempt to get an R-rating, which the film never received.
  
  
• The Greek rental tape is the uncut US R-rated version
  
  

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