The Ending Of Evil Dead II Explained

Occasionally referred to as a "re-quel," "Evil Dead II" is both a reboot of "The Evil Dead" and a sequel. The first seven or so minutes of "Evil Dead II" attempt to loosely recap the events of "The Evil Dead," while changing up a few details along the way. The characters of Shelly (Theresa Tilly), Scott (Richard DiManicor), and Cheryl (Ellen Sandweiss) are omitted completely, but the basics remain the same. Ash and his girlfriend, Linda (Denise Bixler), go to a remote cabin in the woods for a romantic getaway. There they find a recording by Professor Raymond Knowby (John Peakes), who reads an excerpt from the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (aka the Book of the Dead) and awakens the evil Deadites. Ash has to endure the possession of his beloved Linda, as well as the trauma of hacking her to pieces to destroy the demon inside her.

That's when things get weird. Ash starts to see things, delving deeper into madness as the Deadites ruthlessly torment him. Even his own body turns against him when his hand becomes possessed and he is forced to hack it off with a chainsaw. He is eventually joined by Professor Knowby's daughter, Annie (Sarah Berry), who has recovered some of the missing pages of the Necronomicon. Their team is rounded out by fellow scholar Ed Getley (Richard Domeier), along with hillbillies Jake (Dan Hicks) and Bobby Jo (Kassie Wesley DePaiva), who offer to show them the way to the cabin in exchange for a pay-off. Soon they all become victims of the Deadites, suffering possession and mutilation at the hands of the hellish demons, as Ash does his best to fend them off.

Luckily, Annie is able to translate the recovered pages of the Necronomicon which will allow them to banish the demon once and for all. Of course, they first have to contend with the possessed members of their party, who refuse to make things easy for them. Along with Scott being possessed by Deadites, Annie's mother has also fallen prey to the demonic forces.