Follows
The Evil Dead (1981)
Followed by
Army of Darkness (1992)
Evil Dead: Hail to the King (2000) (VG)
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick (2003) (VG)
Evil Dead: Regeneration (2005) (VG)
The Evil Dead (2010)
Evil Dead IV (2011)
Remade as
The Evil Dead (2010)
Spin off
La casa 3 (1988)
Evil Dead: Hail to the King (2000) (VG)
Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick (2003) (VG)
Evil Dead: Regeneration (2005) (VG)
References
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Jungfrukällan (1960)
Psycho (1960)
- Professor Knowby's dead wife is said to be in the "fruit cellar"; already listed in the trivia section
The Haunting (1963/I)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Gui da gui (1980)
Attack of the Helping Hand! (1981)
- Ash's fights with his disembodied hand come from this film (which was made by the same people)
The Hand (1981)
Ren xia gui (1984)
Going Back (1984)
Blood Simple. (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Stryker's War (1985)
Referenced in
"Animaniacs: Video Review/When Mice Ruled the Earth (#1.47)" (????)
- Seen on video store shelf in 'Video Review'
Raising Arizona (1987)
Hiding Out (1987)
- Movie theater Patrick and his date go to are playing Evil Dead II
Opera (1987)
Kamillions (1989)
Intruder (1989)
- Blood covers the light, casting a red glow over the room.
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)
- long, animated necks elonging from body scene
Darkman (1990)
- Darkman says the line: "They took my hand!" In a very similar way that Ash says: "Give me back my hand!" It is possible that Bruce Campbell actually supplied the voice for Darkman at this point in the film.
Die lila Weihnachtsgeschichte (1991) (TV)
- a movie poster can be seen in a cinema
Kingdom of the Vampire (1991)
- Movie poster seen in bedroom.
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)
Doom (1993) (VG)
Doom II: Hell on Earth (1994) (VG)
Vampires and Other Stereotypes (1994) (V)
- several severed hand gags lifted directly
Clerks. (1994)
- Video in video rental store.
Evil Ed (1995)
Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo (1996)
Duke Nukem 3D (1996) (VG)
Happy Gilmore (1996)
"American Gothic: To Hell and Back (#1.9)" (1996)
- Children discuss Evil Dead II plot points
Blood (1997) (VG)
- One of the enemies is a dismembered hand that runs around chanting "I'll swallow your soul!"
"ReBoot: To Mend and Defend (#3.1)" (1997)
- "I'm dead before dawn! I'm dead before dawn!" - The User
The Quest for _____ (1998)
Blade (1998)
- Blade fighting with his own hand. Also Blade says "I promise you, you'll be dead by dawn." Which is the subtitle to this film and also a repeated line.
"Charmed: I've Got You Under My Skin (#1.2)" (1998)
- Inspector Darryl Morris (Dorian Gregory) asks Inspector Andy Trudeau (T.W. King) if his favorite movie is Ghostbusters. Trudeau says that it is Evil Dead II.
No Code of Conduct (1998)
- Charlie Sheen jokes "I'll swallow your soul!", which is a quote from Evil Dead 2, to his little girl.
The Mummy (1999)
"Spaced: Battles (#1.4)" (1999)
- The movie poster can be seen, Tim immitates the stance of the woman on it. Additionally, when Mike finishes constructing his paintball gun, he says "Groovy" in a manner similar to Ash.
"Spaced: Ends (#1.7)" (1999)
- The movie's poster can be seen on the wall.
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
The Men Behind the Army (1999) (V)
- Bruce Campbell says they worked with the special effects people on Evil Dead II and decided to use them again for this film.
The Dead Hate the Living! (2000)
High Fidelity (2000)
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
"Spaced: Change (#2.2)" (2001)
- The poster is visible.
"Spaced: Help (#2.4)" (2001)
- Poster seen in flat.
"Spaced: Gone (#2.5)" (2001)
- Poster seen in flat.
"Spaced: Leaves (#2.7)" (2001)
- A poster for the film can be seen on the wall of the flat.
The Mummy Returns (2001)
Stacy (2001)
- The 'Blues Campbell Right Arm' chainsaw (not really a reference to Evil Dead part 1, but part 2)
Plaga zombie: Zona mutante (2001) (V)
- When Bill sits on the toilet, he reads a comic with the movie poster of Evil Dead II as the back cover.
Discovering 'Evil Dead' (2002) (V)
Fanalysis (2002)
- Contains discussion of entire Evil Dead series
Dog Soldiers (2002)
- Copy of 'shaky cam' effect running through the woods. Also, one of the squad is named Bruce Campbell.
Spider-Man (2002)
- poster in petter room
Dead Man's Dream (2002)
Pulp Fiction: The Facts (2002) (V)
Orion's Cloud (2002)
- Much of the storyline with the mobsters trapped in the cabin being chased by zombies parallels Evil Dead & Evil Dead 2. Raimi's trademark POV shots are used distinctly in this segment as well.
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
- referenced as part of the documentary
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- Elizabeth's father fights a severed hand just like Ash in Evil Dead II.
Exhumed (2003) (V)
- one shot recreated, similar plot device involving chainsaw as weapon
Meet Bob Shaye (2004) (V)
Saw (2004)
- When Lawrence saws his foots off, it is a direct reference to when Ash saws his hand off in Evil Dead II
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin (2004) (V)
- mentionned once
The Good, the Bad & the Bloody: Inside KNB EFX (2004) (V)
- briefly mentioned
"ER: Forgive and Forget (#10.16)" (2004)
- Open reference by a character
The Hazing (2004)
- a signed Bruce Campbell photo says "Not 'groovy' "
Pizza Man vs. the Dude (2004)
- homage
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
- The fat woman arriving in the truck, looks almost exactly like the "mother-zombie" from Evil Dead 2; including the destroyed right eye.
Dead & Breakfast (2004)
- poster on the wall near the kitchen
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- The shot looking down into The Winchester's cellar is identical to a shot looking down into the fruit cellar in Evil Dead 2.
Freddy VS Ghostbusters (2004)
- In Neil's last nightmare, a ghost says to him "I'll swallow your soul!"
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- In the operating theatre, Doctor Octopus' tentacle races towards one of the doctors in an identical shot to the infamous "flying eyeball" sequence.
Angry and Moist: An Undead Chronicle (2004)
- Recreates the shot of Ash burying Linda and plunging a cross into the ground
Nightmares in Foam Rubber (2004) (V)
- mentioned once
Timesplitters: Future Perfect (2005) (VG)
- in the mansion level cutscene the "deerhunter" (while it is still wall mounted) mimics the motions of the mounted deerhead in the evil dead 2
Man with the Screaming Brain (2005)
- Bruce Campbell fighting with his own hand.
Evil Aliens (2005)
- Chainsaw on the wall and flying eyeballs
"Grim & Evil: Billy and Mandy Save Christmas (#5.7)" (2005)
- "I'll swallow your soul!" -Santa
Simon Says (2006)
- on cover of Fangoria magazine
Automaton Transfusion (2006)
- (grabs chainsaw when fighting zombies) "Ash would be so proud."
My Name Is Bruce (2007)
- The village people give Bruce a sawn off shotgun and a chainsaw after mistaking him for Ash from this movie. In Evil Dead II, Ash used a sawn off shotgun and a chainsaw as his weapons.
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
- In the scene when the house is swallowed by the sink-hole, the chiming clock is a nod to Evil Dead II
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
- Alice whistles to the zombies, like Ash does to Marietta
Banshee!!! (2008)
- line reference "dead by dawn"
The Supermarket (2009)
- Discusses fighting zombies w/ shotgun & chainsaw
Død snø (2009)
- Characters discussing it. Character uses chainsaw to amputate infected arm remarkably similarly to Ash cutting off his possessed hand.
Featured in
The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier (2000) (V)
Mule Skinner Blues (2001)
- "Evil Dead II" is shown behind the main subject as he speaks about his love for horror movies. Credited in end credits as well.
Masters of Horror (2002) (TV)
- clips from this movie are shown
"Best! Movies! Ever!: Fights (#1.6)" (2007)
- clips are featured to illustrate the best movie fight scenes
"TCM Underground: Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (#1.65)" (2009)
- This film is featured in this episode.
Spoofs
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Psycho (1960)
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Furankenshutain tai chitei kaijû Baragon (1965)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Bullitt (1968)
The Exorcist (1973)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Profondo rosso (1975)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Shining (1980)
Altered States (1980)
Poltergeist (1982)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
Aliens (1986)
Spoofed in
Unmasked Part 25 (1988)
Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) (TV)
Army of Darkness (1992)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Toy Story (1995)
Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo (1996)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Liar Liar (1997)
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) (V)
Idle Hands (1999)
"Spaced: Art (#1.3)" (1999)
- The agressive zoom in on a grandfather clock.
"Spaced: Battles (#1.4)" (1999)
- Daisy sees ghostly faces which are made to look exactly like the ghostly face that appears in this film, they also act the same, speak the same and serve a similar purpose.
Hulk (2003)
Man with the Screaming Brain (2005)
- Bruce Campbell fights his own hand.
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