What 1987 film is a horror-comedy sequel featuring a chainsaw-handed hero?

What 1987 film is a horror-comedy sequel featuring a chainsaw-handed hero? Evil Dead II is the answer. Sam Raimi's film follows Ash Williams, played by Bruce Campbell, after an ancient recording unleashes demons at a remote cabin. Its blend of graphic horror, slapstick comedy, and frantic camera work helped make it a cult classic.

Ash's chainsaw hand comes after a possessed force attacks him and his right hand becomes demonic. He severs the hand and later attaches a chainsaw to the stump, creating one of horror cinema's most recognizable images. The film also features the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, the supernatural book that drives the story.

Evil Dead II is both a sequel to The Evil Dead (1981) and, in its opening, partly a compressed retelling of that film. That unusual structure sometimes leads viewers to call it a remake as well as a sequel. It was followed by Army of Darkness in 1992, which continued Ash's story in a medieval setting.