: It inspired a massive franchise, including a third film ( Army of Darkness ), a 2013 remake, a television series ( Ash vs Evil Dead ), and the more recent Evil Dead Rise .

: The film is famous for its wild, surreal sequences, including Ash battling his own possessed hand and his girlfriend Linda’s decapitated head.

: Because Raimi lost the rights to use footage from the first movie, the first 10 minutes essentially retell the original story with a smaller cast.

The film occupies a strange space in cinema history, serving as both a sequel and a partial remake of the original 1981 film.