Monday, June 22, 2020

Actor Bruce Campbell on This Day in History


This Day In History: Actor Bruce Campbell was born on this day in 1958. I know him best for his The Evil Dead horror movie series...movies so entertaining I've watched them many times over. The theme of the movies draws upon my favorite horror author, H.P. Lovecraft, and his idea of the Book of the Dead (the dreaded Necronomicon).

According to legend, the Necronomicon was penned by a mad Arabian poet named Abdul Alhazred who spent ten years roaming the ruins of Babylon and Memphis. Having completed what he called the Al Azif, Alhazred descended into insanity, before being devoured by a monster. After this, this unholy manuscript was translated into Greek by scholars 1000 years ago, burned in the middle ages, before the last few remaining copies were hidden in dusty old libraries, only to be discovered in the modern age by an accursed few.

The movies were so low-budget that Campbell figured he made about $93,000 (once everyone else got their cut) for a movie that took 2 years to film.




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