The Evil Dead for the release of another movie. Joel Coen and his brother Ethan had collaborated as directors and released the film "Blood Simple", to critical acclaim. According to Campbell, Ethan, then an accountant, expressed surprise when the duo succeeded. The Coen brothers and Raimi collaborated on a screenplay, which was released shortly after "The Evil Dead". The film, "Crimewave", was a box-office failure. The film's production was a "disaster" according to Campbell, who stated that "missteps" like "Crimewave" usually lead to the end of a director's career. Other people involved with the film expressed similar disappointment with the project. Fortunately, Raimi
Joel Harlow Joel Harlow Joel Harlow is a makeup artist. Harlow won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling in 2009 for his work on "Star Trek", and was once again nominated in 2013 for "The Lone Ranger" and in 2016 for "Star Trek Beyond". Harlow was inspired to work in film-making after seeing the 1933 film "King Kong" as a child. He later explained that he spent "hours in the basement creating things and I knew I wanted to make characters. I just didn't know what it was at the time, that makeup was the way to do that." He