OVERALL: Draw

The R1 Ultimate Edition includes both the matted widescreen and unmatted fullscreen editions of the film with the lengthiest extras and DTS 6.1 audio.
The R2 UK Sony release includes the widescreen version of the film with an exclusive commentary and lengthy extras, but note the film has minor tweaks made by Sam Raimi.

Some editions include minor tweaks in the film itself, performed at Raimi’s request for the full screen version:
– a lightning shot has been removed,
– a shot where Cheryl is first possessed and turns round to the group has been zoomed in.
In 2010, while prepping the new transfer for the US Blu-ray and UK releases, Sam Raimi made more tweaks to the film (while leaving the first 2 tweaks mentioned back to their original form).
Screenshots of the tweaks and comparison between several editions of the movie is avaialble on Book Of The Dead.

The Italian SE also has the original version, though it’s unknown at this time if it’s "tweaked" or not. Read more here.

To see what tweaks were made to the 2010 US and UK releases, please see this link: this link..

CUTS:

• R0 America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts. Tweaked Version.
• R0 Book of the Dead Edition America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts. Untampered Version (85:26 NTSC).
• R0 Collector's Edition America- Elite Entertainment - No cuts. Tweaked Version (85:15 NTSC).
• R0 Collector's Edition Australia- Big Sky Video - No cuts. Untampered Version (81:50 PAL).
• R0 Germany- Astro - No cuts. Tweaked Version (81:47 PAL).
• R0 Germany- Intergroove - Yes. 13 minutes of cuts for FSK-18 rating (68:30 PAL).
• R1 Special Edition America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts. Untampered Version (85:26 NTSC).
• R1 Ultimate Edition America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts. Untampered Versions (85:18 NTSC).
• R2 Finland- Future Film - No cuts (82:13 PAL).
• R2 France- TF1 Video - No cuts.
• R2 Holland- Warner Home Video - No cuts.
• R2 Special Edition Italy- CDE Eagle Pictures - No cuts. Includes Widecreen (81:58 PAL) and Full Screen versions (85:21 PAL)
• R2 20th Anniversary Edition Japan- JVD - No cuts. Tweaked Version (85:19 NTSC).
• R2 Scandinavia- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts. 2010 Tweaked Version (81:55 PAL).
• R2 Special Edition Scandinavia- Atlantic Film - No cuts. Untampered Version (82:13 PAL).
• R2 United Kingdom- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts. Tweaked Version (81:50 PAL).
• R2 United Kingdom- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - No cuts. 2010 Tweaked Version.
• R2 Book of the Dead Limited Edition United Kingdom- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts. Untampered Version.
• R2 Box of the Banned United Kingdom- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts. Tweaked Version.
• R2 Limited Edition – The Evil Dead Trilogy United Kingdom- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts. Contains both the Tweaked Full Screen Version and the Untampered Widescreen Version
• R2 Special Edition United Kingdom- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts. Untampered Version (81:54 PAL).
• R3 Thailand- Magic Picture - No cuts. Tweaked Version (85:34 NTSC).

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Comparison added by Adrian_Busby on 03/09/01
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 31/05/21

UPDATE LOG:

22/01/10: Addition of the R0 Anchor Bay edition.
23/02/10: Update of the "tweaks" specifications for the individual releases.
27/04/11: Minor clean-up and fixes on other releases.
27/04/11: Addition of the DVDActive link and minor clean-up to R1 UE.
21/12/12: Addition of the R2 UK Sony release and major clean-up.
22/12/13: Addition of the R2 Finnish edition.
27/01/17: Addition of Germany x2, Japan, Thailand, updated US entries runtimes, ASINs, capsaholic.
12/08/17: Updated R1 Special Edition.
17/06/19: Clean-Up.
01/05/21: Addition of the Scandinavian releases.
13/05/21: Added years for commentaries on French release.
31/05/21: Dates.