I printed off your post about your massive ED edit and read through it on the train, it was interesting. That's what I wanted to know about basically, how you joined the films considering the fact that the next one in the series always kinda rewrote the previous one. I really hope you can tackle a DVD version of this.
About that R2 German disc I mentioned... it seems that of the 4 cuts (in order from shortest to longest: Theatrical, European, Director's, Hong Kong DC) that the R2 is the Director's Cut in 4:3 Non-Anamorphic PAL. Considering you posted a list of the differing versions of AOD (which was helpful, thanks
I never knew of the Sci-Fi Channel version having extra material), I found a list that tells us which DVD has which cut (sorry if it's a little crowded or if there are any mistakes):R1 America - (Anchor Bay) - No cuts - Theatrical Cut. 1.66:1 Anamorphic NTSC. Also includes cropped 4:3 version.
R1 America - (Universal Pictures) - No cuts - Theatrical Cut. 1.85:1 Non-Anamorphic NTSC.
R1 DC America - (Anchor Bay) -No cuts - Director's Cut. 1.66:1 Anamorphic NTSC.
R1 DC America - (Anchor Bay) - No cuts - Includes both Theatrical Cut and Director's Cut. Boomstick Edition. 1.66:1 Anamorphic NTSC and cropped 4:3 version.
R1 SE America - (Anchor Bay) - No cuts - Includes both Theatrical Cut and Director's Cut. 1.66:1 anamorphic and 4:3 non-anamorphic NTSC.
R2 France - (Studio Canal) - No cuts - Theatrical Cut. 1.78:1 Anamorphic PAL.
R2 Germany - (Laser Paradise) - No cuts - Director's Cut. 4:3 Non-Anamorphic PAL.
R2 Norway - (MGM / Sandrew Metronome) - European cut (85:04). 1.85:1 Anamorphic PAL.
R2 United Kingdom - (Anchor Bay) - No cuts - Includes both Theatrical Cut and Director's Cut. 1.66:1 anamorphic and 4:3 non-anamorphic PAL.
R2 United Kingdom - (Anchor Bay (box set)) - No cuts - "Director's cut". 1.66:1 Anamorphic PAL. 4th disc has the original unmatted 4:3 version of Evil Dead 1.
R3 Hong Kong - (MGM) - No cuts - Full 96:12 min cut of the film, the longest cut of all the (official) releases. And includes the 2 second scene of Evil Ash stripping Sheila which is not on the Director's Cut. 1.85:1 Anamorphic NTSC.
R4 Australia - (Fox) - European cut (85:07). 1.85:1 Anamorphic PAL.
Hope that's of some use to you. Sorry if it wasn't and I've clogged this thread with unneeded clutter.