Naturom Demonto: The Evil Dead Compendium

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Naturom Demonto- The Evil Dead Compendium
Faneditor Name:
Fanedit Type:
Original Release Date:
2005
Original Running Time:
297
Fanedit Release Date:
Fanedit Running Time:
249
Time Cut:
40
Time Added:
18
Subtitles Available?
Available in HD?
Brief Synopsis:
This is a collection docs, one for each film, edited together from various sources.
These make the perfect companion to the Evil Dead [raymix] Series.
Intention:
I wanted to make documentaries that work as a companions to my Evil Dead [raymix] series.
Other Sources:
SOURCES USED:
Main-
-One By One We Will Take You-The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead (Anchor Bay DVD, 2007)
-Swallowed Souls- The Making of Evil Dead II (Lionsgate bluray, 2018)
-Medieval Times- The Making of Army of Darkness (Shout! Factory bluray, 2022)
-Evil Dead Production Featurettes (Shout! Factory 4K, 2022)
-Raising a New Evil Dead- Making Evil Dead Rise (Warner Bros. YouTube, 2023)
Additional-
-The Evil Dead (Lionsgate bluray, 2018)
-The Ladies of The Evil Dead (Anchor Bay DVD, 2007)
-Attack of the Helping Hand (Fan Restoration, 1979)
-Conan O'Brien Interview with Bruce Campbell (CONAN, 2016)
-The Evil Dead Soundtrack (Varèse Sarabande Records, 1993)
-I'm Your Boogieman (K.C. & The Sunshine Band, 1976)
-Gore the Merrier- The Making of Evil Dead II (Anchor Bay DVD, 2000)
-Greg Nicotero's ED2 BTS Footage (Anchor Bay DVD, 2000)
-Evil Dead II (Lionsgate bluray, 2018)
-Evil Dead II Soundtrack (That's Entertainment Records, 1987)
-AoD On-Set BTS Footage (Shout! Factory bluray, 2022)
-Army of Darkness (Theatrical Cut) (Shout! Factory bluray, 2022)
-Army of Darkness Soundtrack (Varèse Sarabande Records, 1992)
-Evil Dead (Unrated Version) (Shout! Factory 4K, 2022)
-Evil Dead Soundtrack (La-La Land Records, 2013)
-EDR Bloopers & Behind the Scenes footage (@RealAlyssaS Twitter & StreamWars YouTube, 2023)
-A Message from Bruce Campbell (Warner Bros. YouTube.com, 2023)
-Evil Dead Rise (Warner Bros. bluray, 2023)
-Evil Dead Rise Soundtrack (Varèse Sarabande Records, 2023)
Release Information:
Digital
Editing Details:
I primarily stuck to a simple documentarian style.
Cuts and Additions:
CHANGES:
I've made so many alterations & additions that it would be a nightmare to list every change.
This list only covers a fraction of the changes. Mostly just things I remembered to note.

MAKING THE EVIL DEAD-
OVERALL CHANGES-
-upscaled the DVD sources from 404p to 1080p.
-recreated all titles, names, captions & credits for consistency.
PRODUCTION CREDITS-
-added the fanedit.org logo.
-added my fanedit production logo.
-re-created the Anchor Bay Presents card in the usual [raymix] font.
OPENING-
-cut Eli Roth throwing shade at other horror films.
-cut Edgar Wright's comments about Sam torturing Bruce.
TITLE CARD-
-added a remixed cue from the track Attack of the Vines.
-new title & title card. (One By One We Will Take You- Making The Evil Dead)
-added an audio outtake of Ellen Sandweiss running out of laughter.
BACK IN THE LATE 70's-
-added an image of young Rob, Sam & Bruce.
-longer beat before Rob Tapert begins the story.
-cut Tom Sullivan mentioning the money for the auditorium going to student activities.
-added film reel sound effects during the talk of Sam showing his Super8 movies.
-added a clip from ATTACK OF THE HELPING HAND as Tom Sullivan talks about it.
-fixed Rob stuttering on the word "America."
-added I'm Your Boogieman as Joe Bob talks about horror in the 70's.
SAM RAIMI
-cut David Goodman telling a tale of torturing baby Sam.
-added a clip of Ellen Sandweiss & Bruce Campbell talking about making short films.
-smoothed Rob Tapert stumbling over some words.
CASTING-
-cut Ellen Sandweiss giving out Theresa Tilly's real name.
-smoothed an odd cut before talking about Rich Demanincor.
BRUCE CAMPBELL-
-cut Ellen talking about women & men having crushes on Bruce.
PRODUCTION-
-added a cue from the track Skin over the title card.
-smoothed David Goodman stumbling over some words about the window.
-cut some of David Goodman talking about hunters walking up onto the property.
-cut Theresa mentioning being in the Bible Belt.
-cut Josh Becker talking about the budget.
-smoothed Greg Nicotero stumbling over some words.
-added a clip of Bruce Campbell being interviewed by Conan O'Brien.
--added FX, a TV for the clip to play on & cabin interior background.
-added a clip of Ellen & Bruce talking about the long shoot.
-added a picture of Ellen in full make-up & wearing her glasses.
-added clips of Theresa, Ellen, Bruce & Betsy talking about injuries.
-added a shot of the crew using the fogger as Bruce talks about it.
-added an outtake of Ellen running through the woods & falling.
-added Bruce telling a story about an infection on his leg.
-cut some of Josh Becker talking about the script.
-added a clip of Bruce talking about budget & shooting schedule.
-cut Greg Nicotero throwing shade at the low budget effects.
-cut Eli Roth talking about his own movies.
-cut some comments about censorship attitudes in the late 70's.
-cut some of Betsy explaining what the beams were supposed to be used for.
-cut Rob recounting some unsavory comments from Sam.
-smoothed Rob stumbling over some words about the contact lenses.
-cut Ellen talking about her doubts about the effects.
-cut Theresa talking about the reputation these kinds of films had at the time.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS-
-added a cue from the track Panic to the title card.
-smoothed Rob stumbling over some words about the theater.
-added clips of Theresa, Ellen, Bruce & Betsy talking about the premiere.
A SECOND LIFE-
-added a Horror sticker to the video tape on the title card.
-added a shot of the poster with the Stephen King quote as Greg talks about it.
-smoothed Edgar Wrights' comment about gore being censored in films.
-cut Edgar Wright throwing shade at other "Video Nasties."
-cut Eli Roth's theory of why EVIL DEAD 2 was made to be more funny.
-cut Eli Roth joking that he's "gone to jail for other things."
FAVORITE SCENES-
-added a shot of the set as Theresa talks about the crew falling asleep.
-added a film reel sound effect.
-cut the discussion of the tree attack scene.
-smoothed Greg Nicotero stumbling over some words.
-added a 2nd look at the stop-motion art on Linda's leg.
INFLUENCE-
-cut Rob saying he doesn't think the film was influential an any particular filmmakers.
-cut Eli Roth talking about his own films.
LEGACY-
-added a cue from the track Kandarian Dagger over the title card.
-cut Betsy talking about re-uniting with Ellen & Theresa.
-cut Ellen talking about adjusting her attitude towards the film.
-smoothed Rob stumbling over some words.
-cut Tom saying he'd love to see Sam come back to do "Evil Dead 4."
END CREDITS-
-completely re-made the end credits in the style of the new titles.
-added The Charleston from the end of THE EVIL DEAD.
-cut the intercutting interview segments.
POST-CREDITS-
-added a clip of David Goodman talking about being fired by Sam Raimi.
-added my production logo to the end.

MAKING EVIL DEAD II-
OVERALL CHANGES-
-upscaled the DVD sources from 480p to 1080p.
-recreated all titles, names, captions & credits for consistency.

PRODUCTION CREDITS-
-added the fanedit.org logo.
-added my fanedit production logo.
-added a Lionsgate Films Presents card.
OPENING-
-added footage from EVIL DEAD II.
-added footage of Sam Raimi.
-added a cue from the track Behemoth.
-freeze on the final frame of Sam.
TITLE CARD-
-added "Warning" cards, based on The Gore the Merrier.
-added sound effects to the "Warning" cards.
-freeze-frame on a BTS shot.
-new title. (Things That Were & Shall Be Again- Making Evil Dead II Dead By Dawn)
-added audio from EVIL DEAD II as the title is revealed.
-added footage from EVIL DEAD II behind the title.
-added a cue from the track Behemoth.
ANCIENT HISTORY-
-added an Ancient History title card.
-cut Josh Becker talking about the production of CRIME WAVE.
-extended the picture of young Rob, Sam & Bruce.
-cut Scott Spiegel talking about production problems on CRIME WAVE.
-smoothed Josh Becker stumbling over some words.
-cut Josh mentioning that Sam didn't really want to do EVIL DEAD II.
-cut Josh Becker talking about his unused EVIL DEAD II script.
-cut David Goodman talking about Stephen King.
-extended the picture of Dino De Laurentiis.
-added an I.D. card for Dino.
-cut Bruce talking about having talks with other studios.
PRE-PRODUCTION-
-added a Pre-Production title card.
-smoothed Scott stumbling over some words.
-cut some of Scott talking about ATTACK OF THE HELPING HAND.
-cut some of Bruce talking abort how easily distracted Sam & Scott could be.
-cut some of the dilemma about the flashback to the first film.
-fixed a few frames where there's no background behind Scott Spiegel.
-cut some of Scott Spiegel talking about wanting to take the story out of the cabin.
THE CAST-
-added a The Cast title card.
-cut Greg Nicotero theorizing that Bruce stole Sam's highschool girlfriend.
-cut Sarah & Bruce talking about having their young kids on set.
-added an additional shot of Bruce's stunt double, John Casino.
-re-arranged some of Sarah Berry's comments for clarity.
-extended a shot of Richard, Kassie & Sarah.
SAM RAIMI-
-moved this section from much later.
-added a Sam Raimi title card.
-cut some of Kassie talking about Sam.
-cut some of Shannon talking about Sam's love of the Three Stooges.
-cut some of David Goodman talking about Sam & Bruce.
-added a section about Sam firing most of the original crew.
-added a clip of Sam & Greg goofing around.
-added a cue from the track Dancing Game.
SPECIAL EFFECTS-
-added a Special Effects title card.
-cut Howard Berger talking about racial segregation in the south.
-added footage of Mark applying plaster to Ted's head.
-cut Shannon Shea talking about some effects errors.
-added a section about filming Ash spinning through the trees.
-added a section about filming the eyeball flyball.
-added a section about filming Bobby Joe being attacked by the trees.
-added a section of Denise Bixler getting her make-up removed.
-added an arrow pointing out the hair band on the Linda head.
-extended the shot of the Linda head with the hair band.
-added a shot of the Linda dummy doing push-ups.
-added a shot of Denise Bixler being coated in plaster.
-cut some of the effects crew playing around.
RE-ANIMATED-
-moved this section from later.
-cut talk about the book burning in the first film.
-cut some of Rick Catizone's comments for clarity.
METHOD TO MADNESS-
-this section has been dismembered & strewn across various other chapters.
EDITING-
-cut the bit about Rosebud Releasing.
RELEASE-
-cut Kaye Davis, Shannon Shea & Jim Belohovek misunderstanding the movie's tone.
LEGACY-
-cut Howard Berger complaining about modern movies.
END CREDITS-
-completely re-made the end credits in the style of the other new titles.
POST-CREDITS-
-added an outtake of Bruce with the fake Linda arms.
-added my production logo.

MAKING ARMY OF DARKNESS-
OVERALL CHANGES-
-recreated all titles, names, captions & credits for consistency.

PRODUCTION CREDITS-
-added the fanedit.org logo.
-added my fanedit production logo.
-added a Shout! Factory Presents card.
OPENING-
-cut the opening credits.
-cut the title card.
TITLE CARD-
-added a shot of the three books from ARMY OF DARKNESS.
-new title & title card. (The Medieval Dead- Making Evil Dead III- Army of Darkness)
-added sound effects.
HISTORY-
-smoothed Bruce stumbling over some words about EVIL DEAD II doing well overseas.
-smoothed Bruce stumbling over some words about the timing of ARMY OF DARKNESS.
-added a photo of Dino De Laurentiis.
-added an i.d. card for Dino De Laurentiis.
CAST-
-cut Bruce Campbell stumbling over some words about being an odd hero for a large budget.
-added different footage of Ash from ARMY OF DARKNESS.
-cut Bruce Campbell talking about learning how to properly ride a horse years later.
-smoothed Richard Grove talking about competition with Marcus Gilbert.
-cut Tim Quill talking about being willing to shave.
-added an i.d. card for Ian Abercrombie.
-cut some of Bruce Campbell talking about Ian Abercombie's formal acting.
-cut some of Bruce Campbell talking about Dino not wanting to cast Embeth Davitz.
-cut some of Tim Gardner theorizing about Embeth Davitz doubting her career choice.
-cut Tim Quill talking about Ted Raimi's characters.
-cut Bill Moseley talking about not knowing what a "Scorpion Vow" is.
-freeze-frame on Bridget Fonda.
-added an i.d. card for Bridget Fonda.
EFFECTS-
-cut some of Bruce talking about watching movies at school.
PROPS-
-smoothed Anthony Tremblay stumbling over some words about the book of the dead.
-freeze-frame on a shot of the book of the dead.
-cut Anthony Tremblay talking about the stolen book prop.
-cut some of Gary Jones talking about the attacking book.
PRODUCTION-
-cut the bit about Tippi Hederon's big cat compound.
-smoothed some bits of Bruce talking about the background extras.
-cut Bruce talking about the extended version of the windmill scene.
-added additional footage of the windmill from ARMY OF DARKNESS.
-cut William Mesa talking about production on DARKMAN.
-cut Bruce talking about some of Sam's bad ideas.
-tight montage of Bruce listing the appearances of Sam's car in his films.
-cut Bruce & Ted defending the original ending & being salty about the new one.
POST-CREDITS-
-added an outtake of Bruce being silly.
-added my production logo.

RE-MAKING EVIL DEAD-
PRODUCTION CREDITS-
-added the fanedit.org logo.
-added my fanedit production logo.
-added an EPK Crew/Sony Pictures Presents card.
CREATING THE REBOOT-
-new title & title card. (Maybe We've All Gone Crazy- Re-Making Evil Dead)
-added footage from EVIL DEAD. (David saying the title & Mia at the burning cabin)
-cut Rob saying Sam wanted someone who could out-do the original.
-cut Bruce calling Mia the New Ash.
-extended a shot of Mia looking out of the cellar.
-cut Jane Levy confusing Linda & Shelly's names from the original Evil Dead.
DIRECTING & ACTING-
-cut an outtake with Jane Levy
JANE'S DIARY-
-cut Jane Levy talking about the look of Evil Mia.
-cut Jane showing some plaster casts of the cast.
-cut some of Jane waiting under the Jeep.
POST-CREDITS-
-added a clip of Bruce Campbell warning against finding books in old cabins.
-added sounds from the original Evil Dead.
-added my production logo.

MAKING EVIL DEAD RISE-
PRODUCTION CREDITS-
-added the fanedit.org logo.
-added my fanedit production logo.
-added a cue from the track Evil Dead Rise.
-added a Warner Bros. Pictures Presents card.
TITLE CARD-
-new title & title card. (Horror in the Heights- Making Evil Dead Rise)
-added a shot of the high rise building.
THE SET-
-added Lee Cronin's personal footage of the set being built.
ELLIE-
-added footage of wire-work rehearsal.
EFFECTS-
-added a time-lapse of Mirabai Pease getting her scalp appliance applied.
-added Alyssa Sutherland getting a head wound applied.
-added a shot of fake guts.
END-
-added a montage of the cast dancing on set.
POST-CREDITS-
-added Bruce Campbell assuring you he's involved.
-added my production logo.

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