Ash Williams
The Evil Dead (1981) / Evil Dead II (1987)
The lore
A cheerful S-Mart housewares clerk turned demon-hunter who replaces his possessed hand with a chainsaw and wields a “boomstick”.
The look
- Blue button-up shirt
- Chainsaw hand
- Sawed-off shotgun
Behind the screams
The first film was shot in a Tennessee cabin for a few hundred thousand dollars. Stephen King’s rave review helped it find distribution.
Credits
- Created by
- Sam Raimi
- Brought to life by
- Bruce Campbell
