The Evil Dead (1981)

Plotzle Original · O76 · May 22, 2026 · Horror

Six plot descriptions for The Evil Dead (1981). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. A documentary filmmaker interviews survivors of a cult massacre in rural Oregon but each subject dies under mysterious circumstances within days of their recorded testimony being completed.
2. An alcoholic nurse working night shifts at a Detroit hospice becomes convinced that one of her comatose patients is somehow draining the life force from other dying residents.
3. Three siblings inherit their father's isolated Montana ranch and discover that the livestock have been systematically poisoned by something living in the abandoned grain silos on the property.
4. A grief counselor in Portland begins experiencing violent hallucinations of her deceased patients after she accidentally prescribes the wrong medication to a suicidal teenager who later dies.
5. Two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in Nova Scotia to care for their senile mother who insists that something evil replaced their real father decades ago.
6. Five college friends vacationing at a remote Tennessee cabin discover an ancient Sumerian Book of the Dead and unleash demonic forces that possess them one by one in increasingly violent ways.