Sam Raimi

Sam Raimi

Birthday: 1959-10-23

Place of Birth: Royal Oak, Michigan, USA

Biography: Samuel M. Raimi (/ˈreɪmi/ RAY-mee; born October 23, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the first three films in the Evil Dead franchise (1981–present) and the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). He also directed the superhero movie Darkman (1990), the revisionist western The Quick and the Dead (1995), the neo-noir crime thriller A Simple Plan (1998), the supernatural thriller The Gift (2000), the supernatural horror Drag Me to Hell (2009), the Disney fantasy Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), and the Marvel Studios film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). His films are known for their highly dynamic visual style, inspired by comic books and slapstick comedy. He founded the production companies Renaissance Pictures in 1979 and Ghost House Pictures in 2002. Raimi has also produced several successful television series, including Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, its spin-off Xena: Warrior Princess, and Ash vs. Evil Dead, which starred long-time friend and collaborator Bruce Campbell reprising his role in the Evil Dead franchise. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Raimi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Miller's Crossing
Miller's Crossing

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the...

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Intruder
Intruder

The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a myste...

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Body Bags
Body Bags

A horror anthology containing three stories: a female college student working a graveyard shift is t...

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Indian Summer
Indian Summer

A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the orig...

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Innocent Blood
Innocent Blood

Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her vict...

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Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except

Vietnam, 1969. War is Hell. For Marine Sergeant Jack Stryker, however, Hell is just the beginning. ...

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Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion

A documentary detailing the making of the cult favorite "Plan 9 from Outer Space," featuring intervi...

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Galaxis
Galaxis

Legend says that the sacred crystal is the source for all life and was created at the beginning of t...

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Suck My Geek!
Suck My Geek!

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Maniac Cop
Maniac Cop

A killer dressed in a police uniform begins murdering innocent people on the streets of New York Cit...

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Spider-Man
Spider-Man

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school studen...

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The Case of the Topanga Pearl
The Case of the Topanga Pearl

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3 Geezers!
3 Geezers!

Follow actor J Kimball as he researches what it's like to be old for a role in an upcoming movie. Wh...

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The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier
The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier

This documentary provides film fans with an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the making of the ho...

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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Join visionary director Sam Raimi and the cast of the film as they recount their experiences bringin...

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The Blind Waiter
The Blind Waiter

Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short....

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Freaked
Freaked

A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scienti...

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Night Crew
Night Crew

A pre-EVIL DEAD Super 8 short from Scott Spiegel and Sam Raimi that became the basis for INTRUDER....

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Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except

A wounded Vietnam Vet and his pals save a small town from a crazed cult leader and his maniac killer...

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The Hudsucker Proxy
The Hudsucker Proxy

A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock sc...

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The Evil Dead
The Evil Dead

In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin the...

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Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides ...

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The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book

A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is force...

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Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth

This made-for-TV film version uses the title and general premise of Jules Verne's novel, but had its...

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Drag Me to Hell
Drag Me to Hell

After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees he...

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Attack of the Helping Hand!
Attack of the Helping Hand!

General Mills' popular Hamburger Helper mascot also known as Helping Hand or Lefty, a four-fingered,...

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Stephen King's World of Horror
Stephen King's World of Horror

This horror documentary is not the same as the 1986 TV special Stephen King's World of Horror nor th...

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The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor
The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor

An hour of deleted and alternative footage shot for the 1981 horror classic; The Evil Dead....

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Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

A comprehensive 12-part documentary on the making of "Spider-Man 2," covering everything from pre-pr...

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Holding It
Holding It

Goofy suspense thriller by Josh Becker....

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Spies Like Us
Spies Like Us

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually...

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The Flintstones
The Flintstones

Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classi...

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Fanboy
Fanboy

A video store employee from South Carolina travels to Hollywood when he learns that his favorite dir...

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Evil Dead II
Evil Dead II

Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an a...

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Army of Darkness
Army of Darkness

Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards int...

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AGFA Mystery Mixtape #5: Haunted Lives
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #5: Haunted Lives

Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #5: ...

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Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter
Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter

Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short....

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Hatred Of A Minute
Hatred Of A Minute

A tragic love story/psychlogical thriller, Hatred of a Minute, is the story of a medical transcripti...

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Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'

Documentary on the making of 'Spider-Man.'...

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Spider-Mania
Spider-Mania

E! Entertainment special on the making of Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man film....

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Acting and Reacting
Acting and Reacting

An early Josh Becker short starting Bruce Campbell with appearances by Ted Raimi, Sam Raimi and Scot...

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Stop Whining and Start Winning
Stop Whining and Start Winning

When a contract killer has a last-minute change of heart inspired by his favorite new self-help book...

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One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead
One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead

Cast and crew, as well as some famous fans, recall the insanity that was the making of the ultimate ...

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M.A.N.T.I.S.
M.A.N.T.I.S.

A brilliant, wheelchair-bound scientist invents a form of exo-skeleton called the Mechanically Augme...

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Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'
Behind the Scenes of 'Spider-Man'

Explores the making of 'Spider-Man' (2002)....

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The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VH...

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The Making Of A Mockumentary
The Making Of A Mockumentary

A young adult who wants to have a career in filmmaking has trouble figuring out ideas for his first ...

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The Happy Valley Kid
The Happy Valley Kid

A young man goes to college, only to be met with rejection at every turn. Short film....

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It's Murder!
It's Murder!

The film tells the story of a family whose uncle is murdered. The son gets everything because he's i...

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