Within the Woods

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Within the Woods is a 1978 low-budget horror short film by Sam Raimi that served as the prototype for his later feature The Evil Dead.

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Within the Woods canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
horror film
independent film
short film
budget 1600 US dollars
cinematographyBy Tim Philo
circulation bootleg copies
containsTheme demonic possession
isolation
supernatural revenge
countryOfOrigin United States
director Sam Raimi
distributionStatus not officially released on home video
editedBy Sam Raimi
filmingFormat Super 8 mm film
filmingLocation Marshall, Michigan
Michigan
genre horror
supernatural horror
hasCastMember Bruce Campbell
Ellen Sandweiss
Mary Valenti
Scott Spiegel
hasCharacter Bruce
Ellen
Scotty
Shelly
hasCultFollowing true
initialExhibitionVenue midnight movie screenings
inspiredWork The Evil Dead
inUniverseElement Indian burial ground
musicBy Super 8 stock music
notableFor being a proof-of-concept film used to raise financing for The Evil Dead
early collaboration between Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell
originalLanguage English
partOfFranchise The Evil Dead franchise
plotSummary A young man is possessed by evil spirits after disturbing an Indian burial ground and terrorizes his friends in a cabin.
producer Sam Raimi
productionCompany Renaissance Pictures
releaseYear 1978
runtimeMinutes 32
screenedWith The Rocky Horror Picture Show
servedAsPrototypeFor The Evil Dead
setting remote cabin in the woods
visualStyle low-budget DIY aesthetic
writer Sam Raimi

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The Evil Dead basedOn Within the Woods
The Evil Dead franchise hasPart Within the Woods
The Evil Dead franchise basedOn Within the Woods