''It's Murder!'' is a 1977 feature-length movie shot on
Super 8 film directed by
Sam Raimi
Samuel M. Raimi ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the Spider-Man (2002 film series), ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007) and the ''Evil Dead'' franchise (1981–present). He also directed the 1 ...
while he was still in college. It was co-written and produced by Raimi and
Scott Spiegel
Scott Spiegel (born December 10, 1957) is an American screenwriter, film director, producer and actor. He co-wrote the screenplay for the movie '' Evil Dead II'' with longtime friend, film director Sam Raimi, with whom he attended Wylie E. Gro ...
, and stars both Raimi and Spiegel. Raimi's first directorial work, it co-stars his frequent collaborator
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor and director. He is known for portraying Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's ''Evil Dead'' franchise, beginning with the 1978 short film ''Within the Woods''. He has starred in many low ...
.
Plot
The film tells the story of a family whose uncle is murdered. The son (
Sam Raimi
Samuel M. Raimi ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the Spider-Man (2002 film series), ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007) and the ''Evil Dead'' franchise (1981–present). He also directed the 1 ...
) gets everything because he is in the will. A detective (
Scott Spiegel
Scott Spiegel (born December 10, 1957) is an American screenwriter, film director, producer and actor. He co-wrote the screenplay for the movie '' Evil Dead II'' with longtime friend, film director Sam Raimi, with whom he attended Wylie E. Gro ...
) is trying to find out who murdered the uncle while avoiding ending up dead as well.
Cast
*
Scott Spiegel
Scott Spiegel (born December 10, 1957) is an American screenwriter, film director, producer and actor. He co-wrote the screenplay for the movie '' Evil Dead II'' with longtime friend, film director Sam Raimi, with whom he attended Wylie E. Gro ...
*
Sam Raimi
Samuel M. Raimi ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the Spider-Man (2002 film series), ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007) and the ''Evil Dead'' franchise (1981–present). He also directed the 1 ...
* Cheryl Guttridge
* Richard Smith
* Matt Taylor
* Bill Aaron
*
Ted Raimi
Theodore "Ted" Raimi (born December 14, 1965) is an American character actor, director, comedian, and writer. He is known for his roles in the works of his brother Sam Raimi, including a fake Shemp in ''The Evil Dead'', possessed Henrietta in ...
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Bruce Campbell
Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor and director. He is known for portraying Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's ''Evil Dead'' franchise, beginning with the 1978 short film ''Within the Woods''. He has starred in many low ...
*
Ivan M. Raimi
* William E. Kirk
*
Robert Tapert
Robert Gerard Tapert (born May 14, 1955) is an American film and television producer, writer and director, best known for co-creating the television series '' Xena: Warrior Princess''.
He is also one of the founding partners of the film product ...
*
Tim Quill
* Jon Page
*
Josh Becker
* Bill Ward
* Paul Krispin
* Clay Warnock
* Mike Ditz
Production
Raimi, Spiegel, Campbell and company all started making films in high school and made ''It's Murder!'' while they were still in college, working with Raimi's brother's roommate,
Robert Tapert
Robert Gerard Tapert (born May 14, 1955) is an American film and television producer, writer and director, best known for co-creating the television series '' Xena: Warrior Princess''.
He is also one of the founding partners of the film product ...
. It was shot on
Super 8 film with a budget of $2,000.
[Kate Egan, The Evil Dead, Columbia University Press - 2011, page 9]
References
External links
''It's Murder!'' at IMDbat BookOfTheDead.ws
1977 films
1970s English-language films
Films directed by Sam Raimi
1977 crime films
Films with screenplays by Sam Raimi
American student films
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