Joe Masefield, ‘The Evil Dead’ Sound Editor, Dies at 92

Joseph R. Masefield, the multihyphenate who co-wrote the 1979 film “Don’t Go in the House” and supervised sound editing on Sam Raimi’s “The Evil Dead,” died Sept. 24 in Brooklyn, New York. He was 92.

Born in 1933, Masefield served as the supervising sound editor on “The Evil Dead” in 1981, as well as “Alone in the Dark” in 1982 and “Savage Dawn” in 1985. He edited the footage for “A New Life” in 1981 and the effects for “Naked Came the Stranger” in 1975.

He also worked as a production manager on early Imax documentaries “To Fly” and “Living Planet” in 1976 and 1979, respectively. His screenwriting debut, “Don’t Go in the House,” was a horror film that he penned with Ellen Hammill and director Joseph Ellison. The film starred Dan Grimaldi, Robert Osth

and Ruth Dardick. He followed up “Don’t Go in the House” with “Massacre at Central High,” which he co-wrote with director Rene Daalder.

In 1971, Masefield joined Costello Productions,…