A group of college kids unwittingly summon a force of pure evil while vacationing in a remote cabin in the woods. One by one, the group is possessed by this "evil dead," with the exception of Ash (me) who ultimately becomes the sole survivor of the ordeal. Not for the faint of heart.

GOING BACK (1983) Star - Vestron Video

Two college grads have the summer of a lifetime in rural Michigan only to find, several disillusioned years later, that they cannot ever re-create those times, they can never "go back."

CRIMEWAVE (1985) Co-star/Co-Producer - Embassy Pictures

An idiot turns into the hero when the apple of his eye is kidnapped by truly bizarre exterminators who specialize in "exterminating" people. I played the heel. The big shot Coen Brothers co-wrote this mini-epic.

THOU SHALL NOT KILL...EXCEPT (1985) Co-story/Voice work

Picture this: A hypothetical situation set in 1968 where the infamous Manson family runs up against 4 war-hardened marines. Fun for the whole "family."

EVIL DEAD 2 (1987) Star/Co-Producer - DEG

Ash meets new friends and battles old ones in this sequel. Once again, Ash is the only survivor (duh...), only this time he gets tossed back in time at the end...

INTRUDER (1987) Cameo

Inspired by EDII Co-author Scott Spiegel's years in a small grocery store, this happy tale revolves around a crazed store manager terrorizing his co-workers on the night shift. I'm a cop at the end with "Pulp Fiction" producer Lawrence Bender.

MOONTRAP (1988) Co-Star - Shapiro/Glickenhaus

Walter Koening (of Star Trek fame) and I are astronauts who discover a mysterious object on the moon, which turns out to be an alien robot bent on destroying the human race. Walter and I journey back to the moon to find a way to stop it.

THE DEAD NEXT DOOR (1988) Voice Replacement/Post-sound supervision

Zombies have overrun the world in this Super-8 (yes, 8mm) feature. A team of elite soldiers are out to send these "un-dead" back to the grave. Gooey gore a go-go.

MANIAC COP (1988) Star - Shapiro/Glickenhaus

A "maniac cop" is dead set for revenge against those who wronged him. I play the good cop caught up in the middle of it all. Don't you hate when that happens? This was my first non-Detroit-based film role.

EASY WHEELS (1989) Co-Executive Producer

A zany romp about biker chicks and biker guys who find time for love while a whole lot of little babies are getting kidnapped. Let's face it, it was way ahead of its time...

SUNDOWN: THE VAMPIRE IN RETREAT (1989) Co-star - Vestron

I play a Van Helsing-descended vampire hunter who winds up in a town full of vampires who use sunscreen to cheat death (well, second death, anyway). I get caught up in a vampire civil war and wind up one of the vampires - man, does that suck!

LUNATICS: A LOVE STORY (1989) Co-star/Producer - RCA/Columbia

An agoraphobic nut case (Ted "Joxer" Raimi) gets a phone call from a jinxed nut case (Deborah Foreman) when she dials the wrong number while running from muggers. Their two nutty worlds come together and they fall in love. I like this little film - one of the few truly independent ones I've been involved in.

MANIAC COP 2 (1989) Co-Star - Shapiro/Glick

I reprise my character from the first film (for about 10 minutes) as the maniac cop returns from the grave (or box office – take your pick) and wrecks havoc. Can you say "franchise?"

DARKMAN (1990) Cameo/Voice work - Universal

A scientist developing a new polymer skin gets caught up in crooked politics. His lab is torched, and he's left for dead. Although burned beyond recognition, the scientist (Liam Neeson) vows vengeance and becomes Darkman, using his polymer skin to create masks and disguises allowing him to infiltrate the lairs of his enemies. Why am I telling you all this, I'm only in the last shot!

MINDWARP (1990) Star - RCA/Columbia

A post-apocalyptic "Jeremiah Johnson." I play a wasteland-savvy rogue who helps out a wayward "city" girl navigate through the mutant-infested caverns of the future. Hey, I met my wife on this one!

WAXWORK 2: LOST IN TIME (1991) Co-star

Zach Galligan journeys through parodies of classic horror films trying to save his girlfriend. I play a ghost-scientist with a Promethean complex in a vignette parodying "The Haunting."

ARMY OF DARKNESS (1993) Star/Co-Producer - Universal

Ash winds up in ancient England to battle the "medieval dead" once and for all, and screws up royally along the way -- and no, there are no plans for a sequel. This little baby ate up 2 years of my life.

THE HUDSUCKER PROXY (1994) Supporting - Warner Bros.

A zany Coen Bros/Sam Raimi fairy tale about a bumbling idiot who rises to the top of the corporate world. I played Smitty, a fast-talking, Lucky Strike-smoking newsroom schmoe.

THE QUICK & THE DEAD (1994) Credited Cameo

Sharon Stone does her best Clint Eastwood. I do my best at being cut out of the flick. (it's a long, boring story)

CONGO (1995) Supporting - Paramount

A group of scientists and mercenaries try to find the remains of an ill-fated expedition (led by me) deep into the jungles of the Congo. Enter gymnasts in gorilla costumes and the fun begins!

FARGO (1996) Cameo (un-credited)

The Coen Bros. film about an orchestrated kidnapping/get-rich-quick-scheme which turns deadly in the snow-covered landscapes of Wisconsin. My cameo is from a Detroit soap opera from the early eighties called "Generations" that the bad guys just happen to be watching. Hey, ya gotta get into those Academy Award winning films any way ya can...

THE DEMOLITIONIST (1996) Cameo (un-credited)

Sci-Fi carnage and mayhem. I play a generic henchman. The director, Bob Kurtzman, was an effects guy on the last 2 "Evil Dead" pictures.

ESCAPE FROM L.A. (1996) Supporting - Paramount

In this sequel, I play the Surgeon General of Beverly Hills who cuts people up ands uses their parts for my twisted plastic surgery. Kurt was very cool.

HATRED OF A MINUTE (1996 Unscheduled release date) Consultant

Made by a young punk filmmaker in Detroit, this heartwarming tale is a psychedelic thriller (now in post-production) about a disturbed young man who murders women to put them out of their "misery." 2 years in the making and counting.

McHALE'S NAVY (1997) Supporting - Universal

I play Virgil, a skirt-chaser, in this fun-for-all comedy about screwball sailors.

RUNNING TIME (Unscheduled release date) Star - Panoramic Pictures

A gritty crime drama (in gritty Black and White). I play an ex-con who sets out to rob the prison laundry system where he worked for 5 years (while in the pen) and re-capture his wasted youth in the process. This was cool to work with fellow Detroit cohort, Josh Becker.

LA PATINOIRE ("The Ice Rink" 1997 - Unscheduled release date) Co-Star - Les Films des Tournelles

My first international film. It's a French film about the making of a movie about an ice rink. I played the American actor who, in turn, plays the role of the goalie for a Lithuanian-speaking hockey team.

DUSK TIL DAWN 2: TEXAS BLOOD MONEY (1998 - Direct-To-Video - March'99 release) Cameo - Independent

I have a "teaser" role in one of the two upcoming sequels to "From Dusk 'Til Dawn." It was shot in Capetown, South Africa, and my old school pal, Scott Speigel, directed it. I can't tell you much except that the character I play pretty much gets the movie going.

ICEBREAKER (1998 - No release date yet) Star - Independent

I play an Alan Rickman-ish bad guy in a "Die Hard-ish" independent feature film. I hope it's good-ish.