The film saw Campbell as the unlikely horror movie action hero Ash Williams waging a war against the undead in the Middle Ages.
I would love to direct a new Evil Dead movie… but I’d really like to do it with Bruce.
It is a sentiment that Raimi also happens to share, as he revealed last year that he wants to make one more Evil Dead movie featuring the return of Ash Williams.
It was this unusual approach to a leading action role that made Bruce Campbell as Ash so memorable.