How did the guys manage to rent the cabin?
Either "Evil Dead II" and "Ash vs Evil Dead" confirm that the cabin belonged to Professor Raymond Knowby, thus it was one private propriety... and Knowby disappeared one week before the guys would arrive - as stated by Annie Knowby.
I guess the guys sneaked in, and someone informed them on where to find the keys? The ED2 recap also seems to suggest that.
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Well, this is my NEW personal canon: just mine.
It's a theory.
It's not a gospel.
It's not canon.
Hopefully you'll like it the same way I like it.
1 UNIVERSE
1 ASH
1 CABIN
1 STORY
Here we go:
THE EVIL DEAD PLASTIC UNIVERSE THEORY
http://evildeadarmyofdarkness.blogspot.it/p/evil-dead-plastic-universe-premise.html
Have fun, have a good read. I'm just a passionate fan.
Thank you so much.