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Deadites

FilmOtherDemons or evil spirits1968 to 1999

Deadites are the demon-possessed bodies of the Evil Dead films, stopped only by dismembering the host. They sit at the edge of the zombie category, since a demon rather than death itself drives them. The first film's gore made it a censorship landmark, and its success launched a franchise.12

Battle it
First appeared
1981
Released 1981
Source work
The Evil Dead (1981)
Sam Raimi
Age rating
NC-17 (US re-rating; originally X); 18 (UK, uncut, 2000)
Made in
USA
What causes it
Demons or evil spirits
A demonic entity is woken when incantations from the Naturom Demonto are played from a tape.
How you become one
The entity possesses the living and reanimates the dead.
Intelligence
Clever
Weak spots
  • dismembering the host
  • burning the book

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today1981

Released 1981

field notes

What the sources say

1

They are possessed bodies rather than risen corpses; the Wikipedia article refers to them once as zombies12

2

They speak, taunt and show knowledge the host could not have12

3

The name Deadite was first used in Evil Dead II (1987)12

4

Tom Sullivan made the prosthetics and stop-motion effects12

5

Labelled a video nasty in Britain; passed uncut only in 200012

6

Cost about 375,000 dollars and grossed about 29 million12

Sources

  1. The Evil Dead - Wikipedia
  2. The Evil Dead - Rotten Tomatoes

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