He became fascinated in making films when his father brought a camera home one day and saw that he could make his own movie magic. He began to make Super 8 movies with friend Bruce Campbell. At college, he teamed up with his brothers room-mate Robert Tapert and Campbell to raise money for a low-budget horror film. The Evil Dead (1983) became a major hit and he began work on his second film Crimewave (1985), intended as a live-action comic book - the film was not successful due to unwanted studio intervention. Raimi returned to ...
In his film and television projects, Sam Raimi's brother Ted Raimi and his friend Bruce Campbell often appear in on-screen roles, though these appearances are often just short cameos. He has included a 1973 yellow Oldsmobile Delta 88 automobile (nicknamed "The Classic") in most of his films.
Other director trademarks include: a distinctive type of camera shot where the camera follows a moving object such as an arrow at high speeds in first person or side view; dolly zooms; choppy montage-style sequences to cover a lengthy set of actions in a short space of time; and shots of smoke or fog in the ...
