22 quotes
Confronting Reality After a Traumatic Event
Ash
I'm fine... I'm fine...
[talking to mirror]
Bad Ash
I don't think so. We just cut up our girlfriend with a chainsaw. Does that sound "fine"?
Confrontation Between Henrietta and Ash
Henrietta
Hey! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul! I'll swallow your soul! I'll-- ACK!
[her severed head wobbling on the floor; Ash steps on Henrietta's head]
Ash
Swallow this.
[aims shotgun at her face; blasts Henrietta's head apart]
Desperate Plea for a Lost Hand
Ash Williams
You bastards. You dirty bastards. Gimme back my hand... GIMME BACK MY HAND!
[Ash's hand gains a life of its own.; sobs]
Unease and Urgency in the Woods
Jake
(looking out a cabin window) We gotta go out there and find her.
Ash
(looks up from the missing Necronomicon pages) If she's out in those woods, you can forget about it.
[turns back to the pages, visibly shaken]
Annie
What's wrong?
Ash
Felt like someone just walked over my grave. What's that picture? What is that?
[points at one of the pages]
Annie
In 1300 AD they called this man the... Hero from the Sky. He was prophesied to have destroyed the Evil.
Ash
Didn't do a very good job... Can you find it?
Annie
Here it is, two passages. Recitation of this first passage will make this dark spirit manifest itself in the flesh.
Ash
Why the hell would we want to do that?
Debate on Entering the Unknown
Bobby Joe
It's in there...
[pointing to a room whose door opened by itself]
Ash
We'll all go in together.
Jake
Hell no! You're the curious one!
Ash's Invitation to a New Home
Ash Williams
Here's your new home.
[to his freshly sawn off possessed hand; He then places a bucket and a stack of books on it to trap the hand; the top book reads "A Farewell to Arms"]
Discussion About the Knowby Cabin Road
Annie
Excuse me. Excuse me. Is this the road to the Knowby cabin?
Jake
That's right, but you ain't going there.
Annie
And why not? There must be another way. There's gotta be a road or something.
[sees that the bridge is gone]
Bobby Joe
Sure ain't no road. Why the hell would you want to go up there for anyway? Huh?
Annie
None of your business.
Confrontation Over Linda's Tormented Soul
Linda
Even now we have your darling Linda's soul. She suffers in torment!
Ash
You're going DOWN!
Desperation in the Face of Horror
Ash Williams
For God's sake! How do you stop it?!
[being sucked into a vortex]
Betrayal and Despair in Love's Shadow
Possessed Linda
Please Ash, please don't hurt me. You swore - you swore we'd always be together. I love you.
[crying as normal Linda with her head in the vice]
Ash
Noooooo!
[In anguish]
Possessed Linda
Yes! Your love was a lie, and now she burns in hell!
[as Deadite]
Ash's Defiant Challenge in Evil Dead II
Ash Williams
That's right... who's laughing now? Who's laughing now? ARRRGHH!!!
[Ash stabs his possessed hand with a kitchen knife, pinning it to the floor.; grabs the chainsaw and revs it.; cuts the hand off at the wrist.]
Dark Forces Lurking in the Woods
Ash Williams
There's something out there. That... that witch in the cellar is only part of it. It lives... out in those woods, in the dark... something... something that's come back from the dead.
Origins of the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis
Narrator
Legend has it that it was written by the Dark Ones: Necronomicon Ex-Mortis ― roughly translated, "Book of the Dead". The book served as a passageway to the evil worlds beyond. It was written long ago, when the seas ran red with blood. It was this blood that was used to ink the book. In the year 1300 AD, the book disappeared.
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Ash's Frustration in Evil Dead II
Ash Williams
Son of a...!
[when his sawn-off hand gives him the finger]
Ash's Confidence in His Weapon
Ash Williams
Old double-barrel here, blow your guts to Kingdom Come! See if we don't.
[staggers backward, voice drops.]
The Ultimate Experience in Grueling Terror Continues
Taglines
The Sequel to The Ultimate Experience in Grueling Terror.
Uncertain Feelings in a Creepy Setting
Ash
So, what do you think, kid?
Linda
I love it, Ash. I feel funny about being here. What if the people who own this place come home?
[about to kiss]
Ash
They're not going to come back. Even if they do, we'll tell them the car broke down or something.
Linda
Yeah, with your car they'd believe it.
Ash
Hey...what do you say we have some champagne, eh baby?
Linda
Sure.
[chuckles]
Ash
After all, I'm a man, and you're a woman...at least, last time I checked.
Miscommunication in a tense moment
Bobby Joe
Honey...you're holding my hand too tight.
Jake
(looks at her) Baby, I ain't holdin your hand.
Planning to Confront a Witch in the Cellar
Ash Williams
Then let's head on down into that cellar and carve ourselves a witch.