Five college students (including Ash Williams , played by Bruce Campbell) vacation in an isolated Tennessee cabin where they discover the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (the Book of the Dead) and an audio tape of demonic incantations.
Most confusion regarding a "subtitle" for the first film stems from the later entries in the franchise: subtitle The Evil Dead
Producer Irvin Shapiro suggested the change to The Evil Dead because he feared "Book of the Dead" sounded too academic for a horror audience. Five college students (including Ash Williams , played