The Evil Dead Watching Order

This watching order is designed to give an outline of the Evil Dead media franchise. This includes a watching order for the Evil Dead movies and for the television series. It explains what order to watch these properties and looks at any connections between them. 

The Evil Dead Original Trilogy

The Evil Dead film franchise starts with The Evil Dead. Viewers do not need to watch anything else before watching this film.

The first few properties in this franchise have a pretty straightforward watching order. The Evil Dead takes place first. This is then followed shortly by the events of Evil Dead II, which is almost immediately followed by the events of Army of Darkness. These three films form a trilogy centered around the story of Ash Williams and his fight against evil.

Released long after the original trilogy of films, the Ash vs Evil Dead TV series picks up the story once again. This series takes place about 30 years later but still centers around Ash Williams. It brings back many core elements of the franchise and generally continues the narrative.

Recent Evil Dead Films

After the original trilogy of Evil Dead films, the franchise continued with a soft-reboot. The recent Evil Dead films bring back many elements from the original trilogy. However, they feature a new storyline, one that does not center around Ash Williams.

Evil Dead does not really continue the story from the original films. Instead, it tells a story that is reminiscent of the first film, The Evil Dead, while not being directly connected.

Evil Dead Rise is set to have more connections to the original trilogy. However, the film is not out yet so it is unclear how deep these connections will go.

All Watching Orders