25 Greatest Easter Eggs From The Last 20 Years Of Horror

11. Drag Me To Hell

Sam Raimi€™s flicks might now have bigger budgets and oft-times include a Marvel superhero, but he hasn€™t forgotten his roots. In fact, there€™s two cameos in every one of his features that pay homage to his first lo-fi horror outing, The Evil Dead. One for Dead stalwart Bruce Campbell - who pretty much does more self-referential work than he does actual work - and the other for his car, a 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88.

While it€™s a nice touch, he steps it up for Drag Me To Hell, linking the reality of cursed bank loan officer Christine and the world of Ash and co. During a single line of dialogue uttered by her boyfriend Clay, he suggests they take a trip to his parents€™ cabin. Surrounded by trees. Deep in the woods. Sound familiar?

We can probably expect more of the same now that Raimi has been confirmed to be writing the new Evil Dead TV show, though Campbell will once more be promoted to leading man, rather than quirky cameo type.

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