BOOK OF THE DEAD
A reconstruction of the first showing in Detroit 15th October 1981. with the OAR of 1.33:1, the original Mono soundtrack and no tweaks to the original film (see dvdcompare for notes). i am hoping someone would be intrested to jump aboard this. i was thinking of also changing the title to BOOK OF THE DEAD in both the start and end credits. these were the only changes before the film was released in cinemas. In The Evil Dead Companion, there is a text commentary by Bruce Campbell as they explain the overall story of Evil Dead. i was thinking of including this as subtitle track during the movie as it is full of intresting facts and jokes. llots of good material there! I was also hoping to include a good quality copy of Within The Woods as a special feature. I know there is floating round here somewhere!
I can supply the following
Evil Dead - Original 1.33:1 Ratio, taken from the OOP Elite DVD. no changes to SFX it is missing one shot however of the lightning hitting the tree. This shot can be found on the Widescreen DVD and in Fullscreen on the R2 UK Evil Dead Trilogy boxset. I have read that the original AB disc (the one with 5 cover designs) has a better picture but i can't confirm this as i have not seen it.
Evil Dead - Japanese Laserdisc Preservation. the original untouched mono soundtrack! recorded onto DVD+R
A photocopy of the Evil Dead Companion section for the Bruce Campbell notes on the original film.
Just an idea though. i would do this myself but i don't have the time or resources to put this together.