Editing The Evil Dead (section)

===Home media release===
The first VHS release of ''The Evil Dead'' was released by [[Thorn EMI]] in 1983, and Thorn's successor company [[Home Box Office, Inc.#Home video|HBO/Cannon Video]] later repackaged the film. Former HBO Video's partner Congress Video, a company notable for [[public domain]] films, issued its version in 1989.<ref>{{cite book|title=The gorehound's guide to splatter films of the 1980s|author=Stine, Scott Aaron|publisher=McFarland|year=2003|page=114|isbn=0-7864-1532-0|quote=The Evil Dead (ABE; 85m); The Evil Dead (CNG; 89(85)m); The Evil Dead (EMI; 85m)}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Bowker's Complete Video Directory 1994|publisher=[[R.R. Bowker]]|page=266|year=1994|isbn=978-0-8352-3391-0}}</ref>

In its first week of video release, the film made £100,000 in the UK. It quickly became that week's bestselling video release, and later became the year's bestselling video in the UK, out-grossing large-budget horror releases such as ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]''.{{sfn|Campbell|2002|p=151–152}} Its impressive European performance was chalked up to its heavy promotion there and the more open-minded nature of European audiences.{{sfn|Egan|2011|p=26–28}}

The resurgence of ''The Evil Dead'' in the home-video market came through two companies that restored the film from its negatives and issued special editions in 1998: [[Anchor Bay Entertainment]] on VHS, and Elite Entertainment on [[LaserDisc]]. Anchor Bay was responsible for the film's first [[DVD]] release on January 19, 1999, along with Elite releasing the special collector's edition DVD on March 30, 1999, and between them, Elite and Anchor Bay have released six different DVD versions of ''The Evil Dead'', most notably the 2002 "Book Of The Dead" edition, packaged in a latex replica of the ''Necronomicon'' sculpted by Tom Sullivan and the 2007 three disc "Ultimate Edition" which contained the widescreen and original full frame versions of the movie.{{sfn|Egan|2011|p=52-3}} The film's high-definition debut was in a 2010 [[Blu-ray]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ign.com/articles/2010/09/03/the-evil-dead-blu-ray-review|title=The Evil Dead Blu-ray Review|last=White|first=Cindy|date=September 3, 2010|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=May 7, 2013|archive-date=September 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925061353/http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/09/03/the-evil-dead-blu-ray-review|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Lionsgate Films]] released a 4K [[Ultra HD Blu-ray]] edition of ''The Evil Dead'' on October 9, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3514073/lionsgate-gives-evil-dead-4k-treatment-october/|title=Lionsgate Gives 'The Evil Dead' the 4K Treatment This October!|last1=Miska|first1=Brad|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|access-date=August 8, 2018|date=August 6, 2018|archive-date=August 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807113424/https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3514073/lionsgate-gives-evil-dead-4k-treatment-october/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Evil-Dead-4K-Blu-ray/211492/|title=The Evil Dead 4K Blu-ray|website=Blu-ray.com|access-date=August 8, 2018|archive-date=August 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808203112/http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Evil-Dead-4K-Blu-ray/211492/|url-status=live}}</ref>