"Evil Dead" question regarding set location

[Duke Nukem]

Fictional or not, what is the location setting of "The Evil Dead" movies? Do the movies ever reveal the supposed setting of the creepy cabin and woods? Any help will be appreciated.

[CHANCE]

According to the Evil Dead Companion, the first one was shot in Tennessee, the second in Wadesboro,North Carolina...The book also has all 3 shooting scripts...there is no mention as to where the cabin actual is or in which state the woods are...

[KillerKlown]

The location is secret. In Bruce Campbell's autobiography he mentions that the crew buried a time capsule beside the cabin and Bruce was worried that someday someone would find it.

It's been that long since I read it, but I'm sure that the original cabin burnt down after the first movie was filmed.

[Duke Nukem]

You two seem to be talking off-camera, behind-the-scenes. I mean, just story-wise (fictional or not). Halloween as its "Haddonfield, Illinois," Elm Street has its "Springwood, Ohio." Are the viewers ever informed by the characters or title cards what the name of the creepy woods is and what state it's in (fictional or not)?

[ZooKeeper]

The first Evil Dead was filmed in Morristown, Tennessee. Near Kidwell's Ridge Road. The cabin has burned down, the chimney is still their.

[Graver]

Originally posted by ZooKeeper
The first Evil Dead was filmed in Morristown, Tennessee. Near Kidwell's Ridge Road. The cabin has burned down, the chimney is still their.

Sounds like you've been there before. Did u dig up Bruce's time capsule? ;)

[ZooKeeper]

Originally posted by Graver
Sounds like you've been there before. Did u dig up Bruce's time capsule? ;)

I never knew their was a time capsule before I read this thread. What a cool thing that would be. I say we all meet their around midnight. We need flash lights, beer, metal detector and a shovel.

I wonder whats in that capsule? Movie props ? Hum...........

[CHANCE]

Like I said Duke...the scripts dont reveal the location of the cabin.
There is no mention in the films nor script where the cabin is "story wise"...

[Graver]

Originally posted by ZooKeeper
I never knew their was a time capsule before I read this thread. What a cool thing that would be. I say we all meet their around midnight. We need flash lights, beer, metal detector and a shovel.

Sounds like a good time :cool:

[Duke Nukem]

Okay, gotcha. Thanks for your help.

[CHANCE]

Originally posted by Duke Nukem
Okay, gotcha. Thanks for your help. No problem...

[KillerKlown]

Originally posted by ZooKeeper
I wonder whats in that capsule? Movie props ? Hum...........



Some of the prop blood and film, from what I remember in Campbell's book... There's more I'm sure.

[Deadite914]

Originally posted by ZooKeeper
The first Evil Dead was filmed in Morristown, Tennessee. Near Kidwell's Ridge Road. The cabin has burned down, the chimney is still their.

*grabs car keys and runs out front door*

[Weird_Kitty_Cat]

i hate as all hell to even admit this, but... the cabin doesn't exist anymore...any of it, not even the chimney. unless i somehow was mistaken, but this past october a friend and i drove across country and were passing right by morristown so we HAD to stop, it was fate. after the locals jerked our chain as to how to get there, we found the driveway on private property, but no one was home so we went looking and found some construction equipment and the base of something they were building in the area...unless like i said, we found the wrong part of the property.
if i'm wrong...someone please tell, i hope i am.

-meghan

[Deadite914]

Originally posted by Weird_Kitty_Cat
i hate as all hell to even admit this, but... the cabin doesn't exist anymore...any of it, not even the chimney. unless i somehow was mistaken, but this past october a friend and i drove across country and were passing right by morristown so we HAD to stop, it was fate. after the locals jerked our chain as to how to get there, we found the driveway on private property, but no one was home so we went looking and found some construction equipment and the base of something they were building in the area...unless like i said, we found the wrong part of the property.
if i'm wrong...someone please tell, i hope i am.

-meghan

*car screeches to a stop as Matt(that is me) waits patiently for someone to prove meghan wrong as he shakes his head in disbelief and sorrow*

[ZooKeeper]

Originally posted by Weird_Kitty_Cat
...unless like i said, we found the wrong part of the property.
if i'm wrong...someone please tell, i hope i am.

-meghan

I was kinda curious myself if the cabin ( I mean spot ) is still their. I found this http://creepingcruds.com/evil-dead/evil-dead.html it was dated last June. Is this the same trail you went on?

[Weird_Kitty_Cat]

i can tell you i went down the same trail for at least the beginning portion. after the first picture it is hard to tell because there was a path to the left as we went along, but it looked like a horse trail so we kept going straight and came to a clearing which looked an awful lot like the one in the movie, but i could be wrong. i think if i went the wrong way, it was the trail to the left, but it's like Bruce said...rural tenessee on private property... i didn't want to travel too deep in and find out not only was i not right, but also get shot. anywho, if nothing else, walking that same trail was an incredible feeling.

-meghan

[ZooKeeper]

Originally posted by Weird_Kitty_Cat
...rural tenessee on private property... i didn't want to travel too deep in and find out not only was i not right, but also get shot.
-meghan

Yeah I suppose they could be worse things in those woods besides evil spirits....like the sound of a banjo playing near by. The movie Deliverance ring a bell? I would rather be possessed than "squeal like a pig".

[Deadite914]

Originally posted by ZooKeeper
Yeah I suppose they could be worse things in those woods besides evil spirits....like the sound of a banjo playing near by. The movie Deliverance ring a bell? I would rather be possessed than "squeal like a pig".

I swear to god, that movie is scarier then any horror movie ever. "Boy, you got a per-ty mouth. let me hear ya squeal!"

[jaw2929]

Originally posted by ZooKeeper
I was kinda curious myself if the cabin ( I mean spot ) is still their. I found this http://creepingcruds.com/evil-dead/evil-dead.html it was dated last June. Is this the same trail you went on?

That was awsome Zookeeper! Thanks for that link, I can't believe the chimney is still up there! :p

Now if they would do the same thing for the location in NC where they filmed the 2nd Evil Dead, as well as the location for AOD...

[KillerKlown]

Originally posted by ZooKeeper
Yeah I suppose they could be worse things in those woods besides evil spirits....like the sound of a banjo playing near by. The movie Deliverance ring a bell? I would rather be possessed than "squeal like a pig".



:D

[ZooKeeper]

Originally posted by Trail_Blazer
Thanks for that link

That was a cool link. It was posted on some unknown TN punk band website.

BTW KillerKlown, every-time I blink now, I see your avatar.

[killuminati003]

I live pretty close to the Cabin...it's on my friends and I's list to do to go there...


I think in the movie Bruce actualy mentions the TN River tho...I think he says something about crossing it...at the beginning...so that would give it away that the movie is set in TN...maybe im mistaking tho...

[ZooKeeper]

Originally posted by killuminati003
I live pretty close to the Cabin...it's on my friends and I's list to do to go there...

If you do you should post back here. Maybe take a camera.....

[killuminati003]

Yeah we will. We have been planning on it for a while, so we might not actualy go....But if anybody had any real specific detials on how to get there, those would be appreciated. All we know is that it is in Morristown...

[killuminati003]

Ok guys, my summer is coming to an end and finding this cabin is still on my list of things to do, right up there with Let off my entire firework stash that I cant take to college with me, drink that last battle of Bacardi 151 I have stored, finally find that old haunted Kentucky civil war era graveyard we tried to find that one Halloween and go to the Zoo (haven't been since the 1st grade...) In fact, finding the cabin was the second thing left, right after read the new Harry Potter book, which I just finished, so...

So, bumping this up, anyone have any actual directions to the site? Maybe a word on if the chimney is still there or if they are building something there or what? Anything?

[teenkiller]

Here's the only thing I could find in regards to where the cabin is/was. It's not really all that helpful though and the site doesn't allow me to copy and paste so I will just provide you with this link:



http://www.fast-rewind.com/

Just scroll down to the trivia section. Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[Weird_Kitty_Cat]

based on that website's directions, this is what i can tell you:

the gas station is no longer a texaco station. i don't recall what it is anymore, but once you see a gas station on that road, that's it. if you stop for directions and a lady there tells you to go down go out and down the road next to the station that's no kidwell road, she's sending you on a wild goose chase.
the barb wire is gone, also. the driveway is about a quarter to half mile up the road on your right. it's a steep dirt/gravel driveway and is high enough to prevent you from seeing much other than that. park your car and go because you're there. as you walk along that driveway, you can feel the energy about. there's a house there, too, whether someone actually lives there or not, i'm not sure. we knocked, but no one answered. if you go straight on up, there'll be a clearing, but that's not the right way, go down the trail on your left.
we didn't and i regret it terribly. truth be told, i was a little afraid of getting shot in the butt to venture down the path.

also, if you stop anywhere else and ask for directions, they'll probably tell you go find panther creek park or something to that matter...that's the wild goose chase these people like to send you on.

anywho, hope this helps.

-meghan

[teenkiller]

Wait, have you been there yourself? If so we need DETAILS! I know it burned down a long time ago but still. Enlighten us on your trip. Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[Weird_Kitty_Cat]

it was an interesting time spent in that town. it's actually a hell of a lot bigger than Bruce and them let on. the first day, the kid we asked told us to take a route down about a mile and get on an interstate, well once we got on this "route" we down a good five miles and couldn't find what he was talking about and ended up on a backroad which then turned into a dirt road, so we turned around and it was like we entered the twilight zone. it was as though we were headed in a completely different direction, we had to turn around three times before we got back on the "route".
the second day we finally found kidwell ridge road (this is after i had to call a friend living in civilization and have her read me the directions on my voice mail) and found the gas station, after we drove a couple of miles looking for the barbed wire. the lady at the gas station told us that they used to go up there all the times and scare each other and that we were headed in the wrong direction, that it was down the road next to the station near the panther creek park. come to find out this panther creek place is a gated community. so we went back to the gas station to tell her, "uh... you sent us the wrong way" and there was this old man there she told us to ask. he knew exactly where it was and all about the movie. you could tell he was around when they shot the movie.
so finally we found the trail (the driveway) and followed up past the house into the woods a ways and found a clearing where they were doing construction work. there was another trail to the left that went much farther into the woods, but the house kind of made it seem like someone could come home at any moment and i really didn't want to get shot. so i've come to the conclusion that we went the wrong way and the remains of the cabin are down the trail we did not take.
morristown is a very odd place, because while on the one side of the river you have this gated community, the other side reminds me a bit of deliverance.
but the energy we felt on that trail, i knew it was it. i highly recommend the trip if you have a chance to make it.

-meghan

[teenkiller]

Ouch. Too bad you were so close and were sent on a wild goose chase. I'd love to visit the old cabin but I'm nowhere near Tenessee. Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[killuminati003]

Ok, thanks guys. If me and my friends ever find this place, then I'll report back here. My dad says we are about 2 hours away from Morristown so...and of course, we want to go at night...not sure what kind of idea that is tho...but...we'll see...

[spinetingler]

http://www.myspace.com/dropkick4ever

On my myspace page is a shitty Video of last October my friend I wen't there The pit is where the cellar door was I got a brick from the chimney and some tin from the roof.

[spinetingler]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/h0kie075/RoadofDeth.jpg

You will reconize the two trees from the movie just a little bigger now.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/h0kie075/WhatusetobetheEvilDeadLocation.jpg

The Chimney

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/h0kie075/StillStanding.jpg

Where the cellar door use to be their was never a cellar just a hole with a door on it.


http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/h0kie075/Celler2.jpg


Their is a concrete path where the camera's rolled on I couldn't find those pic's if I can I'll post them later.

[spinetingler]

http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/h0kie075/?action=view&current=Evil1.flv

[spinetingler]

Originally posted by Weird_Kitty_Cat
based on that website's directions, this is what i can tell you:

the gas station is no longer a texaco station. i don't recall what it is anymore, but once you see a gas station on that road, that's it. if you stop for directions and a lady there tells you to go down go out and down the road next to the station that's no kidwell road, she's sending you on a wild goose chase.
the barb wire is gone, also. the driveway is about a quarter to half mile up the road on your right. it's a steep dirt/gravel driveway and is high enough to prevent you from seeing much other than that. park your car and go because you're there. as you walk along that driveway, you can feel the energy about. there's a house there, too, whether someone actually lives there or not, i'm not sure. we knocked, but no one answered. if you go straight on up, there'll be a clearing, but that's not the right way, go down the trail on your left.
we didn't and i regret it terribly. truth be told, i was a little afraid of getting shot in the butt to venture down the path.

also, if you stop anywhere else and ask for directions, they'll probably tell you go find panther creek park or something to that matter...that's the wild goose chase these people like to send you on.

anywho, hope this helps.

-meghan



The barbed wire is still there but you can get over it easily If you park in the peoples drive way you can barely see their house the walk down the road mabey 50 yards their is a posted sign. go in there the path is kind of covered now but when you see it you know it you only are mabey 200 to 300 yards off the road you walk down the path then their is a valley and look to your right their it is, It is really sad that idiots burnt it down. It really is sad the bridge is not far from their but we didn't get to go there were gonna find it this year and go back to the cabin site with a DVD player and take exact angle shots. It was'nt that hard to find we found it in about an hour of being in Morristown. The guy that runs Horror's Hallowed Grounds gave us the info he had and kinda sen't us a scouts. If you ask him he will give you exact directions.

[teenkiller]

Wow. Pretty cool spinetingler. Thanks for sharing. killuminati003, has anything further developed with your quest? You MUST do this before you die. I would if I lived close enough. Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[killuminati003]

yeah with halloween coming up i am trying to get this off the ground, it woulda been done by now but my car recently went to hell soooo, and then i started college so. hopefully soon tho, i am trying to make sure ive got the directions down because i dont wanna drive 2 hours on a weekend at night to not even find the place you know. This will probably wind up being the highlight of my halloween season, if the slaughterhouse in nashville turns out to suck and the halloween party my ex girlfriend/future girlfriend is throwing turns out to suck...

[killuminati003]

Originally posted by spinetingler
It was'nt that hard to find we found it in about an hour of being in Morristown. The guy that runs Horror's Hallowed Grounds gave us the info he had and kinda sen't us a scouts. If you ask him he will give you exact directions.

contact info please, if that isnt considered \any joblo illegal activity.

[killuminati003]

bump

[Damone]

Originally posted by teenkiller
You MUST do this before you die. I would if I lived close enough.

Your profile says your in PA?

PA to TN is not that far. If you can get a few days off work, take a long weekend, grab a buddy, and take a roadtrip. If you both switch off driving and go straight through, you could be there probably be there in about 10 hours.

That may sound like a long time but once you get started you'll find it's not that bad at all.

Nothing beats a roadtrip...so I say, "Go for it!" :)

[teenkiller]

Yeah, if only I had a friend who would care to drive ten hours to "maybe" see the set location of THE EVIL DEAD. Not to mention another ten hours back. It would be an interesting trip though. Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[Damone]

Bummer no one in your circle shares that same enthusiasm. Out of my friends I've got one who'd go, providing I drove. :)

[teenkiller]

I got a couple of friends who are really into horror movies and would probably "talk" about how they would love to go but when it comes down to it the one guy doesn't want to leave his house for anything and the other doesn't want to spend ANY money. Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[killuminati003]

Halloween is fast aproaching, if im going to go before then i still need more info, soooo


bump!

[spinetingler]

I've been trying to get the info for you. My friend is the one that had all the directions. We are supposed to be going to where the bridge is next weekend. It's in Newport somewhere, we were going to stop by on the way to see Bill Moseley in Gatlinburg.

[spinetingler]

Here's what I can tell you from memory

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&q=ingles&near=Morristown,+TN&fb=1&ll=36.199058,-83.349667&spn=0.014926,0.028925&z=15&om=1

At Ingles turn onto Kidwells Ridge Road

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&q=ingles&near=Morristown,+TN&fb=1&ll=36.216925,-83.375673&spn=0.014923,0.028925&z=15&om=1

Then turn onto Inman Bend Rd. then I think this wehere I get a bit foggy but I believe it's on Quail Hollow Road. I'll try and confirm that shortly. But that is what I can remember.

[spinetingler]

http://www.fast-rewind.com/

If you go on this web site and look under Evil Dead it will give you all the info you need. Were gonna go to the bridge tommorrow. I'll post picks later this week.

[spinetingler]

AS much as I hate to say it. If the directions are correct, the bridge is gone to.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/h0kie075/edb5.jpg



http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/h0kie075/edb4.jpg



http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/h0kie075/edb1.jpg

[killuminati003]

Yes the bridge is gone to. Apparently tho, from what I understand, they are planning to build a new one using the old foundations? Maybe they already have. Me and my friends went to the town, drove down some back roads, pissed off some locals, but never came across the cabin. We didn't go last Halloween like we planned tho, this was a few months ago (it was still cold). So, we pretty much drove an hour and half both ways for nothing. But we are gonna wait until the end of summer (long enough for the damn locals to forget our faces...) and try again.

[spinetingler]

Dude I gave you exact directions it's not that hard to find. I doubt very seriously there gonna redo that bridge there isn't even a road on one side of it and the other side goes into someones cow field as you can see from the pictues.

[killuminati003]

We didn't have trouble finding the road (well a road, we didn't get that far down it) but before we got to far down it, we met some guy coming the other way in a truck, who stopped, got out and not so politely informed us that it was private property up ahead. After that, we drove down some other roads but never that road again, and asked some lady in a gas station about the cabin, but she said she didn't know what we were talking about.

Edit: By the way, I got that info about the bridge from some guy on IMDb who says he used to live close to the bridge-not really a reliable source I know, so I'm sorry I posted it...

[spinetingler]

The Cabin isn't down a private road. But it is on private land. You have to walk about a mile back in the woods to get to the cabin but the directions at fast-rewind.com take you exactly to everything.

[killuminati003]

The guy never said we were on a private road. My road isn't private either, but everyone on my road knows everyone else, and if one of my neighbors saw a strange car, I know for a fact some of them would be curious, especially since all our land, and all my neighbors land, is posted, and my road dead ends without going any where but houses. I'm assuming it's worse when you happen to live next to the ruins of a cabin they filmed an iconic movie in. The man did ask us who's house we were going to, and we told him we were just driving around and that's when he got kind of snappy and said that there wasn't anything but private property up ahead (he stressed the words private property). We did look kind of suspicious I guess, we were driving pretty slow...


EDIT: I just re-read the directions on that last link you gave us. I was thinking we were supposed to go down another road after turning onto Inman Bend Road, onto Quail Hollow or something like that. We took an extra turn, but still.

[spinetingler]

The place where it's at you shouldn't have any trouble. There aren't any houses or anything around really. We parked in someones drive-way but you could barely see the house, the drive-way belonged too. It was the only house around.

[killuminati003]

I'm still a little confused...there is a lot of talk about this Quail Hollow road. We drove down another road after we turned onto Inman Bend Road, I think it was Quail Hollow road. Are we supposed to go down this road, or is the entrance to the trail on Inman Bend Road?

[spinetingler]

No it's just past Quail Hollow road. It's on Inman this is what the entrance looks like It opens up when you go through this crap.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f167/h0kie075/evildeadopening.jpg