Apparently, Sam Raimi really likes torturing his actors: in any scene in his films that involves items being thrown, he's the one throwing them. However, his fetish went one step further in the original Evil Dead, where he almost killed his best friend and leading actor, Bruce Campbell. The scene in question is near the end of the classic horror film, where the evil unseen force hurtles towards future-legend Ashley J Williams, causing him to scream. The shot was filmed by having Sam Raimi ride a motorbike one handed whilst holding the camera. To anyone not in this situation, it sounds like a terrible idea, and,you have to suspect that if they'd actually sat down to think about it, they probably wouldn't have done it. But Raimi and Campbell were not in the business of doing things by half, and went on with the planned shot full steam ahead. Coming as a surprise to nobody, Raimi rammed full-on into Campbell, throwing him to the floor and causing the genuine scream you see in the film. A few inches either way and Campbell's skull could've been crushed under the wheel. I like to think his chin saved him.
