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Originally Posted by kylactus

the Necronomicon is much older than Evil dead, the idea was created in a 1924 short story called The Hound by H.P Lovecraft. since then numerous authors have used the term to describe an all powerful evil book of the dead or anti-bible. The idea was so powerful and profound that since it's creation as a literary device many people have claimed that it is real, spurning many modern legends (including the ones Sam Rami alludes to in Evil Dead, such as written in blood, bound in flesh, and possessing intelligence) although Lovecraft insisted he created the idea of this book purely as a work of fiction. sometime, in the 70's I believe, someone claimed to have found the real book and translated it, I think you can still find a modern copy at Barns and noble. But basically it has, for the most part become a literary term commonly adopted by numerous authors to describe the source or collection of all evil.

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

I think he was referring to the fact that the Necronomicon in JGTH IS the Evil Dead Necronomicon.

Yeah I meant that the same prop from Evil Dead is in the movie. I'm not "in the know" on all this Lovecraft stuff (something about demons and Cthulhu) but I am aware that it was a concept before Sam Raimi used it.