Directed by Sam Raimi Written by Sam Raimi Scott Spiegel Cast Bruce Campbell ... Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams Sarah Berry ... Annie Knowby Dan Hicks ... Jake Kassie Wesley DePaiva ... Bobby Joe (as Kassie Wesley) Ted Raimi ... Possessed Henrietta (as Theodore Raimi) Denise Bixler ... Linda Richard Domeier ... Ed Getley John Peakes ... Professor Raymond Knowby (as John Peaks) Lou Hancock ... Henrietta Knowby Snowy Winters ... Dancer Sol Abrams ... Fake Shemp (as Sid Abrams) Josh Becker ... Fake Shemp Scott Spiegel ... Fake Shemp Thomas Kidd ... Fake Shemp Mitch Cantor ... Fake Shemp Jenny Griffith ... Fake Shemp William Preston Robertson ... The Hand / The Dark Spirit / The Deer Head / The Enchanted Objects (voice) Uncredited Cast Randy Brenner ... Male Monsters Tony Elwood ... Luggage Monkey David M. Goodman ... Airport Worker Gary Jones ... The Hand Greg Nicotero ... The Hand / Evil Ed's Hand / Henrietta's Long Neck Pee-Wee Head Sam Raimi ... Medieval Soldier / Possessed Rocking Chair Tom Sullivan ... Baggage Handler Rob Tapert ... Airport Worker John W. Walter ... The Hand / Evil Ed's Hand Produced by Bruce Campbell Alex De Benedetti Irvin Shapiro Rob Tapert Original Music by Joseph LoDuca

Additional Info Premiere: March 13, 1987 DVD Release: October 06, 1998 Blu-ray Release: October 02, 2007 Country: Distributor: Lions Gate Home Entertainment Websites: Alternate Titles Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn Production Companies Renaissance Pictures (presents) Distributors De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)   (1987) (World-wide) (theatrical) Rosebud Releasing Corporation   (1987) (United States) (theatrical) Vestron Video   (1987) (United States) (VHS) Rialto Pictures   (2018) (United States) (theatrical) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (1998) (United States) (DVD) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (1998) (United States) (VHS) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (2000) (United States) (DVD) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (2005) (United States) (DVD) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (2007) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Canal Plus Image International   (2000) (United States) (VHS & DVD) (video) Home Box Office (HBO)   (1990) (United States) (TV) Lionsgate Home Entertainment   (2011) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Lionsgate   (2020) (United States) (streaming) (video) StudioCanal   (2007) (United States) Rating Stats Overall Rating 8.0 / 10 Our Rating 8.3 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 8.2 / 10 Female Users 7.5 / 10 Site Ranking #1,063 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 53 total ratings Almost Perfect 22 total ratings Average 4 total ratings Mediocre 4 total ratings Crap 2 total ratings Site Ranking #1,059 101 Dalmatians (1961) #1,060 The Hills Have Eyes (2006) #1,061 The Bone Collector (1999) #1,062 RED 2 (2013) #1,063 Evil Dead II (1987) #1,064 Searching (2018) #1,065 Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) #1,066 Predator 2 (1990) #1,067 Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)