10 Woefully Troubled Film Shoots That Derailed Major Movies
7. The Evil Dead Was Low-Budget Terror
The Evil Dead film spawned a fairly lucrative horror franchise and helped send director Sam Raimi on a career path towards big blockbuster success and huge fan appreciation. By the sounds of it, though, Raimi and his cast wouldnt have felt too chirpy on set of the movie. The Tennessee cabin where the interiors were filmed had to be purged of cow manure before shooting could begin, and the crew had to dig a trench to create the illusion of a basement on set. Thats not to mention that Ellen Sandweiss had to film barefoot outside for an entire night, damaging her feet significantly in the process. Cinematographer Tim Philo departed the production, leaving Sam Raimi to do his job as well as directing and helping to blood up star Bruce Campbell. Raimi described this difficult experience in The Evil Dead Companion book... It was like fifteen degrees in this place, and there was no heat, Raimi recalled, before explaining that the only thing we had was the coffee maker, full of coffee, not water. So I had to pour hot coffee over my hands to get the blood off them, and to warm them up enough to be able to load the 16mm cameras. It was a very hard, physically difficult experience. But still it made for a brilliant film.
