What's Inside the Original Evil Dead Necronomicon Prop!
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- Adam gets his hands on one of the original stunt Necronomicon props from Sam Raimi's Evil Dead II, worn and weathered as if it was just discovered in a tomb after being undisturbed for centuries. Adam and Propstore's Brandon Alinger marvel at the condition and sculpt of iconic latex cover, and peek inside the book to check out the incredible illustrations on the pages within!
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accurized (usually for making a gun more accurate)😅 but it is a word... I don't see it can't be used for that though...
Whenever I was a kid in 1985 I read a real necronomicon that supposedly had skin for the cover and the first thing I said was if you read this the devil's going to possess your body and I went about three paragraphs into it and said no sorry that's not for me.....
humans venerate useless objects. Cool story bro, nice scam.
Gotta say Jamie, I'm disappointed in you promoting a con.
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Never judge a book by its cover ... except this one!!!
And the Devils bible . Which is older then this book .
I dreamt about this book 2 times before I ever even heard of it or knew what it was.
i'm loving how at 2:45 with the picture of the ash deadite, you can clearly read the second line saying BRUCE. XD
Just posted the same thing! 👍
@@sorenfranson3323 we're clearly ready for the deadites should a certain someone mispronounce a few specific words. lol
Good catch!
@@burnicusCLATU VERATA..
I can't do it, I'm scared..
I love the casual background props: the Batwing, Penguin's umbrella, a Star Trek uniform, etc.
Batwing kinda stealing the show tbh.
All those props are up for auction too. We can't afford any of them but it you click on the link to the auction in the video description, they have high resolution photos of everything up for sale including that bat wing model so you can really appreciate the detail. I spent a couple of hours on their site last week just going through hundreds of items of great movie nostalgia.
weeks of content! i can't wait. :)
It took a moment for me to process what that was in the background. Then the penny dropped to notice it was the Burton Batwing.
Adam moving his hands so close around the book and the propstore guy sweating cold. hahaha
Right plus he’s scratching behind his ear, getting all those good oils on the gloves
Thinking same thing lol!
😂 I was too!
@@mjoseph6371 I was wondering how far down this comment would be. Not that far!
It’s so fun how they’re handling it like it’s an actual ancient artifact
movie props pretty much are at this point.
Everything is CGI heavy these days.
@@forkshifter It isn't only that. The cover is stretched cast latex according to what the guy said. Cast latex at just shy of 40 years old(37 years) is going to be extremely brittle. This guys butt puckering hard enough to create vacuum at having Adam waving his hands energetically around it makes sense, lol.
Could probably buy a house with that book
It’s 40 year old hand made custom art work…
I have the DVD version signed by Bruce Campbell it was so awesome to meet him.
nice
Met Bruce a couple times. He's a man of the people.
I KNOW YOU MEAN MY MAN CHUCK FINLEY...💯
Same. Got mine signed on his Chins tour, but almost didn't. While waiting in line it was announced that he would no longer be signing any memorabilia, books only. Since I had wanted my SE DVD signed I had left the book at home. Disappointed, but not wanting to leave without a sig, I quickly ran to their kiosk and bought another copy. Once I got up to his table we got into a friendly argument about the situation. I wasn't complaining, just explaining, and he jokingly said " but it's a great book! Why wouldn't you want 2?" Then preceded to push the book aside and signed the DVD. 110% Class act. Great guy!
My DVD case is Falling apart and I dont know how to save it!
I have the replica DVD version of the Necronomicon edition of "Evil Dead 2" and the illustrations are complete and movie accurate. One of my favorite pieces of fandom.
Same here
Hang on to it!! My first and second book are falling apart sadly
@@vincentzombi3916 My two books completely fell apart unfortunately.
My mother found that and threw it out thinking it was a satanic spell book. She was a bit of a fundamentalist when it came to stuff like that.
Adam: "Wow, that is hands-down the most amazing thing I have ever laid eyes upon."
Editor: "Here's a nice slideshow of something else entirely."
Props like this are always such remarkable works of art. So much fun to see them in detail.
“Accuratise!? Is that a word? I don’t think that’s a word…”
Adam - “I reject your dictionary and substitute my own!”
He verbarized the adjective.
Adam was trying to say "accurize" like improve the accuracy of.
@@LordRayken The guy didn't need to call it out like a douche and bring all the enthusiasm to a halt. Adam didn't let it ruin the video, fortunately.
It's too bad that as Adam is calling out something specific on the back cover the editing was just showing the interior pages... I would love to have seen what Adam was so excited about on the back cover.
"TAKE NOTE TAKE NOTE, this is really important reference right here!" -they don't show it. lol
It has an ear on the back 😅
@@sirpsys Probably it was the whole interior what was a really important reference
From visible parts: we can see parts are cut out, he gets a view on how pages are secured, and the binding area of outer "skin" part with body of book binding is visible, he probably got a better sense of how the materials mesh than a video can convey :D
@@sirpsys my thoughts exactly....take note of what??? really, who edited this.
As soon as he asked Adam if "accuratize" was a real word, all I could think was "I reject your reality and substitute my own."
Great episode! Much love to Adam and the crew.
I love this! I grew up with these movies, but my favorite is still army of darkness. Awesome prop.
I’m surprised you haven’t tried to buy it online
Well, hello Mr. Fancypants. I got news for you pal. You ain’t leading but 2 things right now; Jack and Shit, and jack left town.
@@haredr6511 best line in cinema hands down :)
@@Ish-k4l I can’t imagine what that would auction for $$$$$$$?
I don’t know but it would go nice next to your signed blade runner poster!
1:50 oh god, what did you do? You didn't say the words before opening it!
Clatu verata nicto.
@@riparianlife97701Klatuu, Barada, Nikto.
@@STRAKAZulu "Klaatu Barada N... necktie... nectar... nickel... noodle. It's an "N" word, it's definitely an "N" word! Klaatu... Barada... N... Okay then... that's it!"
@@notahotshot OH GOD WE'RE DOOOOOMED!
Cough Cough
My brother showed me this movie in the early 90's and its always been a favorite of mine! Cool to see an actual book from the film!
Probably one of the most underrated horror spoofs made ! 😊
"It's a stunt version." I love this. 😅
evil dead 2 is my favorite horror movie, really nice to see this, thank you.
My friends and I saw the video and then went and saw the movie. I believe it was the first show to come out on video and at the movies at the same time. Good job Adam you Rock. :)
Watching flakes fall off the pages as you move them even with such care shows how fragile these old pieces are. They really aren't designed to last, so preservation is a slowly losing battle.
Thanks a lot! You just made me order a copy of the Original Evil Dead Necronomicon Prop! One of the greatest movies ever! Right up there with A Clock Work Orange and Big Trouble in Little China!
I second that for Big Trouble in Little China. One of my all time favorites! Talking about these cult classics made me remember They Live as well. The 80's had all the coolest movies (at least for me)!
Big Trouble in Little China is an underrated classic! Love that flick
Love how binding the Necronomicon in a human face was presumably the most horrific evil cover the writers or prop master could envision.
But it was historically more common than you'd think to bind books in human skin, which is way more disturbing to me. Some bookbinder just shrugged and a tanner was just fine dealing with human skin.
Digging the prop video's Mr. Savage! Keep doing what you love because we love what you do.
Just don't read it Adam. Last thing we need is a viral Deadite-hosted TH-cam channel.
Wtf😂😂😂
Yeah we already saw what would happen in "Public Television Of The Dead" from Creepshow.
And if he does read from it, he'd better pronounce all the words correctly ☠
Klaatu verataa HHmmhmmhum
@@blackdog6969 Maybe not every single little syllable, but basically I said 'em, yeah!
The inside of that book looks like the sketchbook drawings of some goth kid who happens to be a massive Gravity Falls fan.
I love your visits to the Propstore! Thank you.
The dvd book replica has its own font called bullskrit . It was fun to work out the decoding.
I didn't even know it was decodable when I bought it. The one page with the arms that say "Raw, Medium, Well" is what clued me in.
Groovy
I have a Necronomicon that looks very close to this, and the pages are from the original Evil Dead and the remake and the detail is amazing!!! I’m glad to see this one knowing I have such a great version somebody made on eBay. I’ll have to make a video of it soon. Thanks for sharing this video. One of my all time favorite movies!!
Some of the funniest horror movies made even the reboot ash vs the evil dead did not disappoint!
It's always quite stressful to watch Adam gesticulate near a delicate prop (remember when he got close to that X-Wing???). Adam is the most clumsy dude on the youtoobz, all the things he knocks over and drops on his cave videos... oh my...
There isn't enough Xanax in the world to calm the anxiety I feel when Adam is around some of these things. He definitely shouldn't be allowed to touch them.
Linus from Linus Tech Tips would like a word on this subject.
@@visualdragon I know right?! He should be placed in a perspex box
Never judge a book by its cover ... except this one!
I made my own necronomicon and I gotta say it was fun as hell making it. Just sucks that when you open it you get a 5 step guide to making a chicken diner
Yes but it's an Evil chicken dinner!
The pages have def been known for a while. The closest to accurate prop replica we have is the one by Trick or Treat Studios. Its an almsot perfect replica
Check out the lineage Evil Dead Necronomicon made from a sculpt of the actual book made by Gothman’s Epic Stuff on TH-cam. It blows the Trick or Treat Studios replica out of the water and is arguably the most accurate Evil Dead 2 Necronomicon anyone can get.
The TOTS book looks nothing like this. None of the stuff they make is a good replica of anything. Cheaply made shit that they charge a ton of money for.
I have the blu ray collectors edition of the Evil Dead movies, the original 3 and the remake (but not the most recent one), and it came with a poor replica of the Necronomicon. The book actually houses the discs, and the thin layer of latex was already tearing up before it got home. It's wrapped over a sheet of white foam, which is probably glued to the (probably cardboard) book.
Even though it's a cheap replica (for a blu ray set), I'd love to repair the latex cover.
Oh and yes, a lot of the pages do have drawings and runes. Some ig not all of them are actually readable. It's been ages since I looked thorough it.
I loved all the references to it in Cabin in the Woods.
damn... i need to see it... again.
“Accuratize” feels like it belongs in the prop making and collecting world more than the word “accurize” does. 😆
its for pew pews ...
Adam uses the white gloves... but he touches his face SOOOO MUCH... Heart out to the conservator.
Someone needs to let Adem know about the new replica of Tobin's Spirit Guide from Magnoli Props ( I think). He would lose is mind over it.
Just in time for my latest evil dead art video! Loved this inside look!
these prop videos are my maybe my favourite! i could watch these all day
holy sh¡t this is insane I'm making a Necronomicon right now!!! this is crazy and very useful :O
will it be a working model ?
I’ve wanted to make one too! How you doing it?
It's so hard to source authentic human skin
@@MrAtrophy I sure hope so
@@Alskie666 the face details I'm making with a clay thing and then I'll be wrapping it in a thin leather thats already a color close to the brown-ish one of the original. I already made a smaller version with a different face style to test it and looks pretty cool after painting shadow details like the eyes and between wrinkles. it's to be used for writting so the pages are blank but aged on the edges, tho I kinda want to add some of the designs somewhere, maybe on the endsheets
I just wish someone opens a museum and puts all this cool probs inside for the public.
2:37 (over B-roll): "Take note! Take note! This is really important reference here! ... That's such an important gesture to get this horrifying object to look right."
Sure would have liked to have been able to know what Adam was referring to there...
Before watching, I'm guessing it's a cookbook filled with favorite recipes from the cast and crew.
I thought it might be a Bible inside to offset the evil nature of the cover...
You jeans favorite recipes OF the cast and crew muaahahaha
If it were a bible... dead on the outside words of life on the inside... only Nero or Diacletian would do such a twisted thing.
if you look carefully at the text written on the page (the second line to be exact) with the evil ash head at 2:42, it clearly says "bruce". and I have the book of the dead editions for both ED 1 and 2, and the text on the pages can be read once you see the symbols as letters.
Man, so cool. Got the replica myself, which is very detailed as Adam says, but to see the real prop is like winning the horror lottery. 😎
Not going to lie, if this was me, I'd make a replica that I could put on the stand specifically so I could "accidentally" knock it over and damage it. Then I'd get the other guy to bring out the real one.
The Necronomicon and the Lament Configuration are two replicas that I am scared to buy.
The H. R. Giger necronomicon is an astounding collection of art. Most Lament Configurations and PuzzleBox replicas aren’t very satisfying to hold. Cheap plastics and no functionality, though it looks cool on the shelf. There are some very nice ones, heavy, that do open or change shapes.
Arc of the covenant from Raiders'
@@SnakeOnTheGrass I found a decent looking one but it only does two non-cube configurations.
I bought the Necronomicon as a coloring book. Seeing these pages are exactly what are in my book. I specifically got it to make my own Darkholde prop. I weathered the crap out of the pages that I used and seeing this book, I must have done an ok job because they look very similar.
The exact pages from the Evil Dead 2 book are known, going through the opening stop motion sequence of the movie where the book is being written frame by frame you can see 90-95% of each page as it goes. Certain page details not visible in this scene have been cross referenced in rare interviews and behind the scenes materials.
Evil dead I&II and Army of Darkness are my ultimate favorite horror movies I was a little kid when evil dead came out and I remember when my brother would rent it (back in the good ol days of VHS!) and it would scare the crap outta my little 8yro self but I loved it! Hail to the King baby! Haha
The kiss of the Necronomicon will always haunt me as a child, my grandmother was so old the book always reminded me of her when the family visited. A peck on rhe cheek was the terror and watching the movie made it even more special.
There should be an archival site that lists movie props, detailed photos, their stories and owner records listed by a two factor ID that combines the prop ID and owner ID for privacy.
It’s not a party till the dear mount starts laughing at you😊
True that, but it does become a small worry when the lamp light beside you bobs up and down laughing
DEER mount. Yeah I'm that guy lol
I'd like to see the Necronomicon from the first "The Evil Dead" movie.
Seeing the inside of the book makes me realise that the books from gravity falls 100% took inspiration from this
Gravity falls has hundreds of deep horror and real world scary stories references, this is just one of many!
Or they all took inspiration from Lovecraft.
Two other big ones were the Book of the Damned by Charles Fort (the pilot had its own Book of the Damned) as well as the journals from the video game Myst. But yeah, the Evil Dead II's Necronomicon was undoubtedly an inspiration as well.
True story that when finishing the production of the first movie they had a box and they put movie props inside it and buried it at the cabin site, And the legend says that the box is still not found by the fans.
that cabin burned down.
yes but they buried it just outside the cabin in the dirt as they said...all that's left is just the brick fireplace and holes where people had been digging trying to look for the box...also you can even see where the basement was where a big hole is although about 95% of the basement is completely buried with dirt within the surface that we can no more enter.
I believe accurize is the word Adam was looking for (had to look it up myself to be sure).
“Accuratize” to make a replica more accurate to the origonal.
Nice try 😂
Nice try spelling, "original".
Accurize! Original! 😂😂
@@ghostman5620it was a joke. He intentionally mispelld original.
I think the list of props that Adam has NOT MADE, is likely much shorter than the list of those he has made!
I met Tom Sullivan a bunch of times at various cons when I was younger. Absolute class act; he remembered me and the girl I was seeing at the time each year we went and asked after her efforts as an artist in a way that felt supportive. Seeing him was always one of the highlights of the con. I also ran into Tom Savini and Ted Raimi while they were in town for a related matter and both of those guys were an absolute trip. Bruce Campbell is, of course, Exactly As Cool He Seems and Erik Estrada was Weird. That's basically all my stories.
"Accuratize" is not a word but apparently "accurize" is and it means "to improve the accuracy of a firearm"
Really hoping you and propstore had enough time to shoot Adam's thoughts on the principal photography model of the Nostromo you guys have in this catalogue!
Also praying you got to look over some of the Doug Trumbull/2001 stuff, so much unbelievable stuff in this auction.
This is one of my most favorite movie props ever. I actually made several replicas in my own style, trying to get it right each time, exploring different styles.
This is way cool. Thanks TH-cam for recommending this.
I had the opportunity to gaze upon the necronomicon for the musical production - and met the artist.
Little convention for B-movie cinema/film in Ohio, by the name Cinema Wasteland, had the artist as a special guest for quite a couple years and i had the joy to visit.
There were quite a few notable guests that year I went, but the artist behind that art for the necronomicon had his own little room where so much of his art was on display that you'd think it were a museum for the event.
Such a great fella to talk with and hear stories from this awesome artist. Like a litttle tale of the musical, how he particularly enjoyed how one audience member in the front row was dressed in a white suit - waiting to get sprayed in the theatrical blood.
In particular, I liked his drawing he would sign for EVERYONE; he went on to tell me how he came upon the design for his little drawing while trying to impress some new friends in Japan, and that if he ever won the lottery - He'd likely host a big weekend long party where the only people invited would have to turned in the signature with the drawing. Tom Sullivan is seriously one cool dude.
Tom Sullivan made it for the movie. Got to know him while working on a documentary about him. He was amazing and spent time with everyone who wanted to speak with him, such a legendary artist
I love how they handle this like its so precious like The Dead Sea Scrolls or something similar.
I imagined it having *so* many more pages. You could easily read the Necronomicon in one bathroom session.
It is the Evil Dead 2 prop. Annie brings the extra lost pages to the cabin in that one. Have to imagine the ultimate Evil Dead 2 collection would include this and the lost pages😂
The funny thing is that book made a special appearance in Jason goes to Hell it was sitting on the mantel in the Voorhees house. When Steven picks it up and looks at it right before the news anchor guy comes in.
Is this the original Facebook?
Complete with Zuckerberg's real face on the book.
Yes
❤
Yes, just not as evil and destructive as the modern day one.
@@mrquirky3626 Lmfao!
🤣
Is it weird when I read this video title, the first thing that came to my mind was the song by LL cool J - Phenomenon, but i was singing "Something like Necronomicon"
and for some reason I read that to the tune of "Don't go chasing waterfalls"
My most favored prop from the series!!!
I read this as most flavored and was very worried for a second
Not sure about "accuritize" but "accurize" is the word for making guns or bullets more accurate.
Since the definition of what he wanted is different than accurize, I guess he just coined a new word.
When he opened the book I caught myself: I had quit moving and breathing lol. Had my absolute and full attention! Awesome!!!
One of em get possessed and starts
Killing.
Oh boy.
0:05
THE CHEERINESS of that delivery, though. 😂
I'd love for someone to Lidar-scan props like these. Really cool to see.
Hey you forgot to say "Klaatu, Barada, Nikto" before opening the book. What have you done.
well he basically said it. so whats the big deal
It’s okay, this one is bound in simulated human flesh.
no....
it's
KLATU...VIRATAE ... NICTO...💯
also....fun fact...the same exact phrase used in the OG war of the worlds which was the shut down command to power down GORT....(BLACK AND WHITE VERSION )
@@ZenRyoku no
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2:45 I love how the text says Bruce on the second row ❤
Good catch!
Sure, the Necronomicon is great and all, 🙋♂️but was anyone else geeking out about the Batwing in the back with that beautiful skyline and the Penguin’s umbrella too? That Batwing is an amazing prop size. I remember having a small plastic toy of it, so this brought back all the feels for me lol😄😄🖤🙌😁☺️
I have bid on it for the upcoming auction. lol
Fingers crossed
Kanda es-tratta
Mon’tose
Er-grets gatt’nos
Veratoos Amantos
Kanda....Kanda.......KANDA!
Gloves are to prevent the transfer of oils from the hand to the object. Adam proceeds to scratch the very oily part behind his ear with a gloved hand. 🤣
It is such a privilege to see, hold, and read the prop from the movie 😃👍
This is so cool. I have an extremely high quality replica and it's much larger then the original.
still have my collectors edition from yeaaaars ago, the material used for the cover was a sort of foam/latex that unfortunately did not age well. still one of my favorite collectors edition dvds
I love Evil Dead, for sure. That prop is most excellent. But, please tell me there will be an episode on that freaking Batman Returns Batwing behind you, haha!
There's already a video on the Batman 89 Batwing Adam did maybe a year or two ago. Should be on the channel.
Yes the video of the 1989 batwing is on the channel.
I hope I have the winning bid for it. lol
@@Zeaicliesgood luck!
@@thir13enthman
Thanks
Fun Halloween table decor is this,and it lights up and such. Its cool.
This looks delicate but mighty.
I swear he swings his hands around the props s'much just to make viewers nervous.
What a dream job it must be to auction props!
dudes hands drive me nuts moving around that book so rapidly i keep seeing this picture of him smacking it off the stand lol
Very brave to open the book, it could damage the prop or unleash a horde of Deadites.
Such an iconic piece 🤌 Praise Cthulhu
Can confirm I've heard _that_ word before.
I particularly love the fact that baldur's gate 3's book necromancy of thay is clearly inspired by this.
Groovy.
Looks like Baldur's Gate used this to model the Necromancer of Thay book.
I was thinking the same thing. It does kind of fit with the whole Thay lich culture.
yeah they did. i think there's quite a few games that have something like this though.
What an awesome coincidence. I am actually working on a digital oil painting of Evil Dead fan art right now.