9 Horror Movies That Made Actors QUIT Forever

Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead kicked off the most unlikely of horror film franchises back in 1981. A group of teens, including Ash (Bruce Campbell) and his sister Cheryl (Ellen Sandweiss) journey out to a remote cabin for a good time away the everyday stresses of society. Once there, they find the Book of the Dead and a cavalcade of malevolent spirits intent on abusing their hosts until everyone has bitten the dust.

Sandweiss had an uncomfortable time on the film, shooting in the cold, getting bashed around during production and not realising quite what she had participated in when it came to the infamous tree rape scene – until she saw it in the cinema! As a result, Sandweiss retreated from acting altogether, until she was tempted back by the horror film Satan's Playground in 2006. But this return was short-lived, and the critical and commercial failure of Dark Fields (2009) – an ill-judged David Carradine B-movie – put paid to her film career once and for all.

The one saving grace of all of this was Sandweiss's return to the Evil Dead universe for two episodes of Ash Vs Evil Dead, effectively ending her career where it began.