| SAMRAIMI | Creator of The Evil Dead movies (3,5) |
| ASH | Protagonist of the "Evil Dead" movies, played by Bruce Campbell |
| ANDLETDIE | Obstacle circumvented by rogue in Evil Dead movie (4,3,3,3) |
| LIVE | Obstacle circumvented by rogue in Evil Dead movie (4,3,3,3) |
| BIRTHRATE | The "_____"____ of zombies exceeded that of humans in the latter Romero Dead films. |
| ZOMBIEWALK | Gathering that emulates the "Living Dead" films (2 wds.) |
| JONAH | Hill who will play Jerry Garcia in a forthcoming Grateful Dead movie |
| RAIMI | Director of The Evil Dead, Sam ___ |
| HERO | Ash Williams of the Evil Dead franchise, e.g. |
| ASTAROTH | Great Duke of Hell, part of the evil trinity with Beelzebub and Lucifer (8) |
| VONSYDOW | Player of the evil Blofeld in "Never Say Never Again" |
| SCIENTIST | The dub producer who's met Pac-Man and the Space Invaders and rid The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Vampires (9) |
| BRUCECAMPBELL | Star of 1981's "The Evil Dead" who had a post-credits cameo in the 2013 version: 2 wds. |
| SAM | "The Evil Dead" creator Raimi |
| ARMY | "___ of Darkness," third film in the "Evil Dead" series |
| CAMPBELL | Bruce, actor who played Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead horror franchise (8) |
| POETSSOCIETY | On second thought, make it an inspirational film: "The Evil Dead..." |
| TREES | Sometimes demonic flora in the "Evil Dead" franchise |
| GORY | Like the Evil Dead franchise |
| MOGAMBO | "___ khush hua!" Fill in the blank with the name of the evil mastermind in the 1987 movie Mr. India |
