Passes the Bechdel test

Evil Dead

Name: Evil Dead
Released: 2013

2013. Directed by Fede Alvarez, written by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues and Sam Raimi.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
6 women characters. 5 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 10 scenes out of 142.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

The film

Five twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin. When they discover a Book of the Dead, they unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival.

Released: 05 Apr 2013
Genres: Horror, Thriller
Rated: R
IMDb: 6.5 / 10
Metascore: 57 / 100
Awards: 6 wins & 20 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

David 183 lines, man
Mia 105 lines, woman
Eric 94 lines, man
Olivia 59 lines, woman
Natalie 55 lines, woman
Mia/Demon 11 lines
Teenager 11 lines, woman
Old Woman 6 lines, woman
Harold 5 lines, man
Billy Bob 4 lines, man

Full cast, 20 people

Jane Levy as Mia
Shiloh Fernandez as David
Lou Taylor Pucci as Eric
Jessica Lucas as Olivia
Elizabeth Blackmore as Natalie
Phoenix Connolly as Teenager
Jim McLarty as Harold
Sian Davis as Old Woman
Stephen Butterworth as Toothless Redneck
Karl Willetts as Long-Haired Redneck
Randal Wilson as Abomination Mia
Rupert Degas as Demon (voice)
Bob Dorian as Professor Knowby (voice)
Ellen Sandweiss as Cheryl (voice)
Jack Walley as Billy Bob (uncredited)
Bruce Campbell as Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams (uncredited)
Bill Vincent as Fake Shemp
Judah Tapert as Fake Shemp
Terri Donaldson as Fake Shemp
Alan Breslau as Fake Shemp

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 142

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	17	7
4 to 6	2	4
7 to 9	3	3
10 to 12	31	24
13 to 15	3	4
16 to 18	15	3
19 to 21	19	12
22 to 24	13	17
25 to 27	13	3
28 to 30	2	14
31 to 33	7	4
34 to 36	0	4
37 to 39	0	1
40 to 42	0	3
43 to 45	20	6
46 to 48	0	0
49 to 51	0	0
52 to 54	2	0
55 to 57	0	3
58 to 60	8	10
61 to 63	4	7
64 to 66	1	4
67 to 69	0	3
70 to 72	0	3
73 to 75	0	1
76 to 78	15	16
79 to 81	1	9
82 to 84	0	2
85 to 87	0	14
88 to 90	3	0
91 to 93	9	1
94 to 96	1	7
97 to 99	1	13
100 to 102	4	2
103 to 105	1	0
106 to 108	1	0
109 to 111	1	2
112 to 114	0	2
115 to 117	2	37
118 to 120	0	0
121 to 123	2	3
124 to 126	10	24
127 to 129	1	3
130 to 132	7	6
133 to 135	3	5
136 to 138	3	1
139 to 141	12	5
142 to 142	0	1

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

NATALIE: Fiancee, yeah. Nice to meet you. OLIVIA: The heartbreaker from the carshop, right? NATALIE: The doctor? OLIVIA: The nurse •••

OLIVIA: Hun, please ••. NATALIE: It's my fault.~ took the wrong exit at Kinderhook and we ended up heading the wrong direction for like 20 miles ••• You know what they say a…

NATALIE: Why three days? OLIVIA: Because after that, the pain subsides. And she'll be off the hook for good.

OLIVIA: And why not? MIA: Mom would've hated seeing the cabin like this. OLIVIA: No big deal. We'll make it livable, okay Mi?

MIA: That fucking smell! I can't stand it anymore! Let go of me!!! OLIVIA: It's OK, it's OK, we're right here .•• Calm down, honey, calm down •.. Breathe baby, breathe.

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 45 are women's.

237 lines from women, 293 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

6 women and 12 men in the cast. 5 women and 9 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 5 of 549. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 34 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 46% of the words (2,218), men 54% (2,566). Women have 45% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

3 of the 15 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 26% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Fede Álvarez (man)
Written by: Rodo Sayagues (man), Fede Álvarez (man)
Produced by: Robert Tapert (man), Sam Raimi (man), Bruce Campbell (man), Sally Campbell (gender not listed)
Shot by: Aaron Morton (man)
Edited by: Bryan Shaw (man)
Music by: Roque Baños (man)
Production design by: Robert Gillies (man)
Costumes by: Sarah Voon (woman)
Cast by: Faith Martin (gender not listed), Sari Knight (woman), Mandy Sherman (woman)