Before they made The Evil Dead, Sam Raimi and friends first put together a concept pitch that was titled Within the Woods, and the rest is movie history. The 1978 short, starring Bruce Campbell, is what allowed Raimi to make the 1981 feature, and fan Eric Yoder has now come along all these years later to make his own tribute to The Evil Dead, titled…Within the Woods!
Written and directed by Yoder, Within the Woods is an upcoming fan film tribute to Raimi’s classic horror film, and to say the very least, Yoder absolutely *nailed* the aesthetics.
“This is just a trailer put together for fun until the film can be completed,” Yoder wrote over on YouTube, sharing the first look at the project. If the trailer is any indication, Yoder has so perfectly captured the look and feel of The Evil Dead with this one that it’s almost like watching Raimi’s movie with different actors in it. Pretty impressive. You can check it out below!
