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  • Raimi saving Jack Ryan? - 19 March 2008
    Paramount Pictures is reportedly in talks with Evil Dead and Spider Man director Sam Raimi to bring Tom Clancy's CIA spook Jack Ryan back to the big screen. -Tinseltown newspaper Variety says Paramount are keen to resurrect the character - who has been played by Al


  • Sam Raimi 'may return' for Spidey 4 - 1 August 2007
    Evil Dead and Spider-Man director Sam Raimi has hinted that he might return to the job for Spider-Man 4 following the success of the third in the series, which was released this year.-Talking to Empire Online, Raimi did not confirm that he would helm the fourth ins

Sam Raimi - what members say


  • The Quick And The Dead
  • The Quick And The Dead review by from London, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars The Quite Good, Bad and Ugly 11 May 2005
    ... word on the genre. Still, it seems some folks are determined to try, so here's Sam Raimi's attempts. So, if there's nothing new to say, if people have seen it all befor...   Read customer review
  • Darkman
  • Darkman review by A customer from Chelmsford, England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Don't take it too seriously 19 July 2004
    ...ch it for some light entertainment you'll get on fine. There are some very nice Sam Raimi visual moments too....   Read customer review
  • The Gift
  • The Gift review by from London
    Rated - 3.0 stars Wowsers... twisty, turny and freaky! 29 March 2004
    ...I really enjoyed this film. Sam Raimi hits home by creating sympathy for the heroine, a fortune teller, in a town not always appreciative of her gift. Keanu gives a gr...   Read customer review

Sam Raimi - filmography


  • Warcraft (2013)
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    An epic fantasy/adventure based on the popular video game series.
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 6 members
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  • Drag Me to Hell - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Alison Lohman,  Justin Long,  Lorna Raver
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    After a very successful detour into comic book adaptations with the Spider-Man series, director Sam Raimi goes back to his horror roots with DRAG ME TO HELL. Raimi takes the helm for this 'spook-a-blast' shocker about an ambitious L.A. loan officer who incurs the wrath of a malevolent gypsy by ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 6,988 members
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  • Drag Me to Hell on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Alison Lohman,  Justin Long,  Lorna Raver
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A loan officer (Lohman), ordered to evict an old woman from her home, finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse, which turns her life into a living hell. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try to save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to breaking point.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 28,709 members
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  • Spider-Man 3 - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Tobey Maguire,  Kirsten Dunst,  Thomas Haden Church
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The Marvel comics hero returns for more high-flying fun in this third instalment in the series. Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is up to his usual Spidey tricks, attending university classes as an awkward geek, then quickly slipping into his red-and-blue suit to save New York City from various ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 6,088 members
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  • Spider-Man 2 on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Tobey Maguire,  Kirsten Dunst,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Two years have passed since the mild-mannered Peter Parker walked away from his longtime love Mary Jane Watson and decided to take the road to responsibility as Spider-Man. Peter must face new challenges as he struggles to cope with "the gift and the curse" of his powers while balancing his dual ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 90,307 members
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  • Spider-Man 2 - Blu-ray (2004)
    Starring: Tobey Maguire,  Kirsten Dunst,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Two years have passed since the mild-mannered Peter Parker walked away from his longtime love Mary Jane Watson and decided to take the road to responsibility as Spider-Man. Peter must face new challenges as he struggles to cope with "the gift and the curse" of his powers while balancing his dual ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
    Due for release on 4th June 2012
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  • Spider-Man - Blu-ray (2002)
    Starring: Tobey Maguire,  Bruce Campbell,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the classic Marvel Comics series, Sam Raimi's SPIDER-MAN deftly details the origin of the web-slinging superhero. When awkward New York City teenager Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) attends a class field trip to a laboratory, he gets bitten by a genetically altered spider while taking photos ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
    Due for release on 4th June 2012
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  • Spider-Man on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Tobey Maguire,  Bruce Campbell,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the classic Marvel Comics series, Sam Raimi's SPIDER-MAN deftly details the origin of the web-slinging superhero. When awkward New York City teenager Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) attends a class field trip to a laboratory, he gets bitten by a genetically altered spider while taking photos ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 57,022 members
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  • The Gift on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Cate Blanchett,  Keanu Reeves,  Katie Holmes
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Annie Wilson (Cate Blanchett) is a young widow living in Brixton, Georgia, who does psychic readings. She has a power that allows her to see things her neighbours don't see, and she talks about the things that they try to keep quiet. She eventually stirs up trouble by advising Valerie Barksdale (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,540 members
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  • For Love Of The Game on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Kevin Costner,  Kelly Preston,  John C. Reilly
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Sam Raimi follows up his 1998 hit A SIMPLE PLAN with a movie that completes Kevin Costner's unofficial trilogy of baseball films. Told almost entirely in flashback, the film concerns an already legendary 40-year-old pitcher, Billy Chapel (Costner), pitching the last game of his career that ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 892 members
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  • A Simple Plan (1998)
    Starring: Bill Paxton,  Billy Bob Thornton,  Bridget Fonda
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sam Raimi breaks out of genre films with this tight, effective thriller. When two brothers, Hank (Bill Paxton) and Jacob (Billy Bob Thornton), and their friend Lou (Brent Briscoe), find 4.4 million dollars inside a crashed plane, they believe they've found the financial answer to all their problems...read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 2,206 members
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  • The Quick And The Dead on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Sharon Stone,  Gene Hackman,  Russell Crowe
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Herod is the corrupt mayor of the Western town of Redemption. A haven for lawbreakers of every type. To enforce his position of absolute power he hosts a shootout contest every year with a cash prize for the winner. Herod always wins...until sexy Ellen rides into town with a six-gun on her shapely ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 4,757 members
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  • The Flintstones on DVD (1994)
    Starring: John Goodman,  Rick Moranis,  Elizabeth Perkins
    Director: Brian Levant
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The good (if not fully evolved) citizens of Bedrock make their way to the big screen in this live-action adaptation of the popular animated series of the 1960s. Fred Flintstone (John Goodman) and his best friend Barney Rubble (Rick Moranis) work together at the Slate and Company Rock Quarry. When ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 2,174 members
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  • Darkman on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Frances McDormand,  Colin Friels
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Neglecting Julie (Frances McDormand), his lawyer lady friend, Dr. Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson) works feverishly to perfect his latest invention -- artificial skin that could be used to treat burn victims. Peyton himself falls victim to an explosion when one of Julie's crooked clients sends his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,742 members
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  • Intruder on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Elizabeth Cox,  Renee Estevez,  Danny Hicks
    Director: Scott Spiegel
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The ex-boyfriend of a check-out girl at a supermarket returns at closing time to make trouble. They quarrel and the boyfriend is ejected from the store. After they lock the building up to take inventory, the employees start dying off, and the survivors must eventually find a way to escape with ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 360 members
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  • Evil Dead 2 - Dead by Dawn on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Bruce Campbell,  Sarah Berry,  Dan Hicks
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    This high-octane semi-sequel to Sam Raimi's cult hit The Evil Dead has nearly eclipsed its predecessor's reputation thanks to an endless barrage of hyperkinetic camera acrobatics, rapid-fire editing and splatstick gore effects ... not to mention a truly goofy performance by Bruce Campbell. Nearly ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 11,100 members
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  • Evil Dead 2 - Dead By Dawn - Blu-ray (1987)
    Starring: Bruce Campbell,  Sarah Berry,  Dan Hicks
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In this sequel-remake of the original EVIL DEAD, a group of people are trapped in a cabin while ancient evil lurks outside and threatens a fate worse than death. Can brawny wiseguy Ash save the day, or will his dead girlfriend come back to cause more trouble
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 1,178 member
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  • Stryker's War (1985)
    Starring: Sam Raimi,  Brian Schulz,  Robert Rickman
    Director: Josh Becker
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Injured in Vietnam and carried out by one of his men, Jack Stryker attempts to settle down to a peaceful life back in the States. But then he discovers a murderous cult has taken over the town where a friend lives, and Stryker vows to turn the place into a war zone to exact vengeance...
    1 star out of 5 14% from 7 members
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  • Crimewave on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Louise Lasser,  Brion James,  Bruce Campbell
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Fed up of his business partner, Ernest Trend hires the services of two exterminators. When things go drastically wrong and they murder the wrong man, the race is on to frame an innocent video surveillance man.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 502 members
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  • The Evil Dead on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Bruce Campbell,  Ellen Sandweiss,  Betsy Baker
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Director Sam Raimi's first film has achieved legendary status since its 1982 release, and for good reason. Though perhaps not as widely seen as its two sequels, EVIL DEAD 2 and ARMY OF DARKNESS, THE EVIL DEAD is arguably the best of the three. It is the story of five college-age friends who travel ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 12,166 members
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  • The Evil Dead - Blu-ray (1982)
    Starring: Bruce Campbell,  Ellen Sandweiss,  Betsy Baker
    Director: Sam Raimi
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Director Sam Raimi's first film has achieved legendary status since its 1982 release, and for good reason. Though perhaps not as widely seen as its two sequels, EVIL DEAD 2 and ARMY OF DARKNESS, THE EVIL DEAD is arguably the best of the three. It is the story of five college-age friends who travel ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 574 members
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Sam Raimi facts

5 most recent films

Warcraft - 3.5 stars
Drag Me to Hell - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Drag Me to Hell - 3.0 stars
Spider-Man 3 - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Spider-Man 3 - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Evil Dead 2 - Dead By Dawn - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Evil Dead - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Evil Dead 3 - Army of Darkness - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Evil Dead 2 - Dead by Dawn - 3.5 stars
The Evil Dead - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Spider-Man - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Spider-Man 2 - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Stryker's War - 1.0 stars
Warcraft - 3.5 stars
The Flintstones - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Bruce Campbell - 15 times - show films
Ted Raimi - 7 times - show films
James Franco - 6 times - show films
Kirsten Dunst - 6 times - show films
Tobey Maguire - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Scott Spiegel - 1 times - show films
John Carpenter - 1 times - show films
Josh Becker - 1 times - show films
Brian Levant - 1 times - show films