The Evil Dead

The Evil Dead (1981)

Evil Dead is a low budget horror movie directed by Sam Raimi. Evil Dead quickly became a cult hit and helped launch the careers of Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. Evil Dead spawned two sequels: Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness.

The following weapons were used in the film The Evil Dead:

New England Firearms Pardner

An New England Firearms Pardner Single Shot Breach loading Shotgun is used by Ash (Bruce Campbell) in the movie. The New England Firearms Pardner are a very common, cheap single-shot shotgun. It is apparently a 20 gauge, as the shells used in the movie are yellow.

Scott holding the shotgun.

Ash aims the shotgun at the window. Note: Bruce Campbell used live ammunition to shot through the window

Ash loads the shotgun

First person perspective of Ash shooting aiming the shotgun.

Trivia: The affordable single barrel shotgun was purchased by Bruce Campbell at a Kmart for its specific use in the film. Since the budget was extremely low, and where they where filming was secluded in the woods, live ammunition was used for a couple of scenes. Scene such as when Ash shoots the window, and also a dummy filled with blood was shot. Most of theses scenes are filmed at low angles so the camera would not be hit. At other points Bruce Campbell simply mime fires the shotgun. At the end of production, star Bruce Campbell and Producer Robert Tapert bought about a hundred shells and shot up every prop used in the cabin. The resulting ruble was then lit into a huge barn fire by director Sam Raimi.

Bruce Campbell shooting the real ammunition through a real glass window.

The dummy before

The dummy after