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Shoestring cinema: Groundbreaking budget greats
'The Evil Dead' (1981)
Budget: $375,000
Gross: $29,000,000
Sam Raimi's horror masterwork was mostly filmed in and around a cabin in the wilderness in Tennessee over a year or so. When it was finally finished, in addition to making a (B-list) star of Bruce Campbell, the film gained the approval of Stephen King whose recommendation helped the film find a major audience on video.
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