Filmmaker, Writer, and The Evil Dead Crew Member Josh Becker Has Passed Away

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Filmmaker, ‘Evil Dead’ Crew Member Josh Becker Has Passed Away

Original Evil Dead crew member Josh Becker has passed away at the age of 67. A Detroit native, Becker began making Super 8 movies alongside Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell in junior high. Becker worked on the lighting and sound, among other duties, on The Evil Dead. He kept a detailed journal during the production, which can be read in full on Evil Dead Archives. Becker returned to serve as a “fake shemp” in Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness, in ad…

Filmmaker, writer, and The Evil Dead crew member Josh Becker has passed away

By the time I was 9 years old, I had already been a horror fan for several years. I would stock up on horror rentals from various local video stores, and they no longer fazed me. They were just good, fascinating entertainment, as far as I was concerned. Then I rented director Sam Raimi’s feature debut The Evil Dead – and it rocked my world. That film shook me to the core, and to this day I consider it to be the scariest movie I have ever seen. S…