Sam Raimi

Sam Raimi

Born: October 23, 1959
in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Samuel M. "Sam" Raimi (born October 23, 1959) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for creating the cult supernatural horror franchise "The Evil Dead"—in which he directed the first three installments (1981–92)—and for directing the original "Spider-Man" trilogy (2002–07) starring Tobey Maguire. He also directed the superhero film "Darkman" (1990), the action western "The Quick and the Dead" (1995), the neo-noir crime-thriller "A Simple Plan" (1998), the supernatural thriller "The Gift" (2000), the supernatural horror film "Drag Me to Hell" (2009), the Disney fantasy adventure "Oz the Great and Powerful" (2013), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe film "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (2022). Raimi is also a prolific producer of both film and television projects, including notable horror films such as "The Grudge" (2004), "30 Days of Night" (2007), "Don't Breathe" (2016), and "Crawl" (2019), and successful television series such as "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1995-99) and its spin-off "Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995-2001). He founded Renaissance Pictures in 1979 and Ghost House Pictures in 2002.

Movies for Sam Raimi...

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Title: Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Character: Self - Director
Released: July 8, 2022
Type: Movie
Join visionary director Sam Raimi and the cast of the film as they recount their experiences bringing Marvel’s darkest story to life. From world-building to universe-building, hear first hand accounts from the cast and crew on what it took to design, create and make each universe unique and believable.
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Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Title: Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 3, 2022
Type: Movie
Join our hosts JB Smoove and Martin Starr for a celebration of 20 years of Spider-Man™ movies! From the original Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb’s “amazing” movies to the latest trio from Director Jon Watts, we will take viewers through the stars, the stunts and action, the villains and heroes and an homage to Stan Lee, along with a few surprises. Find your favourite Spider-Man pajamas and prepare to swing through the past two decades of Spider-Man at the movies!
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AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #5: HAUNTED LIVES
Title: AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #5: HAUNTED LIVES
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 2020
Type: Movie
Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #5: HAUNTED LIVES is a brand new compilation of the most electrifying found footage mayhem that you’ll see this week. For this latest tape, we take yet another deep dive into behind-the-scenes horror. Thank you for your generous support during these challenging times. And remember: “Don’t touch that dial . . . UNLESS YOU’RE SCARED.”
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Title: The Chef Show
Character: Self
Released: June 7, 2019
Type: TV
Writer, director and food enthusiast Jon Favreau and chef Roy Choi explore food in and out of the kitchen with accomplished chefs and celebrity friends.
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Fanboy
Title: Fanboy
Character: Sam Raimi
Released: March 22, 2019
Type: Movie
A video store employee from South Carolina travels to Hollywood when he learns that his favorite director is holding auditions for his next big film.
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The Jungle Book
Title: The Jungle Book
Character: Giant Squirrel (voice)
Released: April 7, 2016
Type: Movie
A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.
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3 Geezers!
Title: 3 Geezers!
Character: Director
Released: May 22, 2013
Type: Movie
Follow actor J Kimball as he researches what it's like to be old for a role in an upcoming movie. When he meets the residents at The Coconuts convalescent home, he quickly discovers that his perceptions of the elderly may be off from today's reality. After being on the wrong end of some pranks, J enlists the help of his Hollywood friends to turn the tides. Mayhem ensues.
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Drag Me to Hell
Title: Drag Me to Hell
Character: Ghost at Seance (uncredited)
Released: May 27, 2009
Type: Movie
After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell.
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The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor
Title: The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor
Character: Self
Released: December 18, 2007
Type: Movie
An hour of deleted and alternative footage shot for the 1981 horror classic; The Evil Dead.
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Suck My Geek!
Title: Suck My Geek!
Character: Self
Released: November 30, 2007
Type: Movie
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Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Title: Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Character: Self
Released: November 30, 2004
Type: Movie
A comprehensive 12-part documentary on the making of "Spider-Man 2," covering everything from pre-production to premiere.
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Spider-Man
Title: Spider-Man
Character: Popcorn Thrower (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 2002
Type: Movie
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.
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Spider-Mania
Title: Spider-Mania
Character: Self
Released: April 30, 2002
Type: Movie
E! Entertainment special on the making of Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man film.
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Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Title: Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
Character: Self
Released: April 20, 2002
Type: Movie
Documentary on the making of 'Spider-Man.'
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Hatred Of A Minute
Title: Hatred Of A Minute
Character: Soap Actor on TV (uncredited)
Released: February 25, 2002
Type: Movie
A tragic love story/psychlogical thriller, Hatred of a Minute, is the story of a medical transcriptionist that becomes a serial killer because of his physically and mentally abusive past. His mind spirals out of control as a war between good and evil; right and wrong unfold in front of his eyes in the form of personal angels and demons.
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The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier
Title: The Making of 'Evil Dead II' or The Gore the Merrier
Character: Self
Released: August 29, 2000
Type: Movie
This documentary provides film fans with an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the making of the horror comedy about a man who must lead a medieval army to victory against a horde of undead in order to return to his own time. Includes interviews with star Bruce Cambell, director Sam Raimi and other members of the cast and crew, who discuss what it was like to be a part of the making of this cult classic.
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Title: The Shining
Character: Gas Station Howie
Released: April 27, 1997
Type: TV
A new caretaker moves with his family into the mysterious Overlook Hotel for the winter.
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Galaxis
Title: Galaxis
Character: Nervous Official
Released: June 27, 1995
Type: Movie
Legend says that the sacred crystal is the source for all life and was created at the beginning of time. Kyla has sought the crystal to use its powers for himself and he takes the crystal after smashing the defenders on the Planet Sintaria. But there is another identical crystal on Earth and Ladera heads there to get it before the evil Kyla. She finds that Jed has taken the crystal from is hiding place, but Victor and his inexhaustible hit men want it for money they gave to Jed. Ladera easily handles the weak earthlings and saves Jed, but Kyla is also after the crystal. Jed and Ladera must find the crystal before Kyla, the clueless cops or the dimwitted villains.
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The Flintstones
Title: The Flintstones
Character: Cliff Look-A-Like
Released: May 26, 1994
Type: Movie
Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney sees an opportunity to repay him when Slate Mining tests its employees to find a new executive. But no good deed goes unpunished.
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Title: The Stand
Character: Bobby Terry
Released: May 8, 1994
Type: TV
After a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a maleficent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
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The Hudsucker Proxy
Title: The Hudsucker Proxy
Character: Hudsucker Brainstormer
Released: March 11, 1994
Type: Movie
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
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Freaked
Title: Freaked
Character: Crooked Cop (uncredited)
Released: September 11, 1993
Type: Movie
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
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Body Bags
Title: Body Bags
Character: Bill - Dead Attendant
Released: August 8, 1993
Type: Movie
A woman working the late shift at a gas station while a killer is on the loose; a man who can't stand the thought of losing his hair; a baseball player that submits to an eye transplant. An anthology of terror.
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Indian Summer
Title: Indian Summer
Character: Stick Coder
Released: April 23, 1993
Type: Movie
A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the original campers show up, but they still have a good time reminiscing. The people share experiences and grow while at the camp. They are dismayed to discover that the camp's owner, Unca Lou, is going to close the camp down.
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Army of Darkness
Title: Army of Darkness
Character: Knight in Sweatshirt and Sneakers (uncredited)
Released: October 31, 1992
Type: Movie
Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.
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Innocent Blood
Title: Innocent Blood
Character: Roma Meats Man
Released: September 25, 1992
Type: Movie
Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than she can chew and faces a new, immortal danger
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Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
Title: Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A documentary detailing the making of the cult favorite "Plan 9 from Outer Space," featuring interviews with cast members and prominent filmmakers about the film, its lasting legacy, and its creator, Edward D. Wood Jr.
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Miller's Crossing
Title: Miller's Crossing
Character: Snickering Gunman
Released: September 21, 1990
Type: Movie
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
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Intruder
Title: Intruder
Character: Randy
Released: January 27, 1989
Type: Movie
The overnight stock crew of a local supermarket find themselves being stalked and slashed by a mysterious maniac.
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Stephen King's World of Horror
Title: Stephen King's World of Horror
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
This horror documentary is not the same as the 1986 TV special Stephen King's World of Horror nor the 1988 VHS release of the same name, which runs 45 minutes, was distributed by Front Row Entertainment and is about King himself. Instead, This Is Horror (copyright 1989) was a TV special which ran in four 60 minute increments. This new special used some framing footage from the original 'World of Horror' but is primarily newer interviews and behind-the-scenes footage about what was hot in horror in the late 80s. Here in the U.S., a condensed 90-minute version made its way onto video courtesy of Goodtimes in 1990. Elsewhere, the entire special was released as 2 different tapes running 90 minutes apiece. In the UK these were titled This is Horror: A Video Encyclopedia of Horror (Volumes 1 and 2) and in Germany they were called Best of Stephen King's World of Horror (Parts 1 & 2).
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The Incredibly Strange Film Show: Sam Raimi
Title: The Incredibly Strange Film Show: Sam Raimi
Character: Self
Released: September 2, 1988
Type: Movie
An early profile of the filmmaker, fresh off Evil Dead II and ready to begin production of Darkman for Universal. Raimi and his collaborators Scott Spiegel, Rob Tapert, and Bruce Campbell discuss early Super-8 productions, their breakthrough horror film Evil Dead, and their compromised sophomore effort Crimewave.
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Title: The Incredibly Strange Film Show
Character: Self
Released: August 5, 1988
Type: TV
A series of documentaries focusing on the world of psychotronic movies; focusing on the lives of filmakers such as Hershell Gordon Lewis, Saim Raimi, Doris Wishman, Ed Wood Jr, and Tsui Hark. Covers weird movie genres, like Mexican wrestling movies and Hong Kong horror films.
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Maniac Cop
Title: Maniac Cop
Character: Parade Reporter
Released: May 13, 1988
Type: Movie
Innocent people are brutally killed on the streets of New York by a uniformed police officer. A young cop, Jack Forrest, finds himself marked as the chief suspect after his wife is murdered.
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Evil Dead II
Title: Evil Dead II
Character: Medieval Soldier / Possessed Rocking Chair (uncredited)
Released: March 13, 1987
Type: Movie
Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.
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Spies Like Us
Title: Spies Like Us
Character: Drive-In Security
Released: December 6, 1985
Type: Movie
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.
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Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
Title: Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
Character: Cult Leader
Released: October 13, 1985
Type: Movie
Vietnam, 1969. War is Hell. For Marine Sergeant Jack Stryker, however, Hell is just the beginning. Trapped outside a Viet Cong village, Stryker takes two bullets to the leg. Sent home from the war, he discovers his ex-girlfriend has been kidnapped by a religious cult with a vicious Manson-like leader. Stryker teams up with some marine friends to form an assassination squad and annihilate the gang of crazed killers.
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Sam Raimi Early Shorts
Title: Sam Raimi Early Shorts
Character: Angelo the Knife / Various (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
The Sam Raimi Super 8 shorts.
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Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter
Title: Cleveland Smith, Bounty Hunter
Released: April 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.
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The Evil Dead
Title: The Evil Dead
Character: Hitchhiking Fisherman / Evil Force (uncredited)
Released: September 10, 1981
Type: Movie
In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.
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Stryker's War
Title: Stryker's War
Character: Cult Leader
Released: July 4, 1980
Type: Movie
A wounded Vietnam Vet and his pal's save a small town from a crazed cult leader and his maniac killer gang
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The Blind Waiter
Title: The Blind Waiter
Released: February 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Early Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell short.
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Night Crew
Title: Night Crew
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A pre-EVIL DEAD Super 8 short from Scott Spiegel and Sam Raimi that became the basis for INTRUDER.
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Attack of the Helping Hand!
Title: Attack of the Helping Hand!
Character: Milkman
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
General Mills' popular Hamburger Helper mascot also known as Helping Hand or Lefty, a four-fingered, left-hand white glove, which appears on the product's packaging, comes to life in a woman's kitchen and tries to grope her and kill her.
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Holding It
Title: Holding It
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Goofy suspense thriller by Josh Becker.
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Acting and Reacting
Title: Acting and Reacting
Character: Mime at Party
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
An early Josh Becker short starting Bruce Campbell with appearances by Ted Raimi, Sam Raimi and Scott Spiegel.
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It's Murder!
Title: It's Murder!
Character: Uncle Jasper
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of a family whose uncle is murdered. The son gets everything because he's in the will. The detective is trying to find out who murdered the uncle, while trying to avoid ending up dead as well.
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The Case of the Topanga Pearl
Title: The Case of the Topanga Pearl
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie