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The Evil Dead
The Evil Dead is a 1981 low budget horror movie that would quickly became a cult hit and help launch the careers of director Sam Raimi and star Bruce Campbell. The film would spawn two sequels: 1987's Evil Dead II and 1993's Army of Darkness. A remake was released in 2013.
The following weapons were used in the film The Evil Dead:
New England Firearms Pardner
A New England Firearms Pardner Single Shot Breach loading Shotgun is used by Ash (Bruce Campbell) in the movie. The New England Firearms Pardner is a very common, cheap single-shot shotgun. It is apparently a 20 gauge, as the shells used in the movie are yellow.
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 rubble was then lit into a huge barn fire by director Sam Raimi.
