​Ash and his girlfriend Linda, his sister Cheryl, and friends Scott and Shelly stay at a cabin in the woods, where they find the "Naturon Demonto" (renamed or possibly translated to Necronomicon Ex-Mortis in the sequels), the "Book of the Dead", along with a recorder. The tape is a recording made by the cabin owner, Professor Knowby, who was translating a passage from the book. By playing the tape, the group inadvertently awakens the Kandarian Demon (the "Evil Dead") that can possess the living. They are possessed and killed one by one, until only Ash remains. He finally destroys the Necronomicon by throwing it into the fireplace, and in doing so, causes Scott and Cheryl's possessed bodies to quickly fall and "die". However, the movie ends with Ash being attacked or possibly possessed by the Kandarian Demon.