Ivan Mitchell Raimi (born June 21, 1956) is an American emergency medicine physician and screenwriter, and a brother of filmmaker Sam Raimi and actor Ted Raimi. Ivan works as an emergency physician in Chicago, travelling to Los Angeles occasionally to work in Hollywood. Ivan M. Raimi was born in Royal Oak, Michigan. He is the third of five children born to Celia Barbara (née Abrams), who owned lingerie shops, and Leonard Ronald Raimi, who owned home furnishing stores. Ivan was raised in Conservative Judaism, and his ancestors emigrated from Russia and Hungary. His sister remains in Michigan. He is a graduate of Michigan State University and received his medical degree from the Des Moines University medical school in 1984. Raimi then completed an emergency medicine residency at the Southside Medical Center. He is dually board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine. Raimi sometimes collaborates on projects with brothers Sam Raimi and Ted Raimi, and his work Army of Darkness is the sequel to the horror films The Evil Dead and Evil Dead II. He also co-wrote the comic book adaptation of Army for Dark Horse Comics. His work in the entertainment industry has been sparse due to his primary career as a doctor. Prior to these successes, Dr. Raimi also contributed to several of the films that his brother Sam had made in his early career. Some of these were amateur efforts produced in suburban Michigan; some of them were professional theatrical efforts like Easy Wheels (though the script was heavily altered from the one the Raimis submitted). They also worked together on The Nutt House, which was, again, heavily altered—so much so that all those who worked on the script used pseudonyms. Raimi was credited as "Alan Smithee, Sr." Raimi also co-wrote Darkman, a collaboration with Sam that also featured Ted. He created the short-lived television series Spy Game and co-wrote the stories and screenplays for Spider-Man 3 and Drag Me to Hell, both projects directed by Sam Raimi and featuring Ted Raimi. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ivan Raimi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 21, 1956 (70)
- Michigan, USA
- Writer and producer
- 7 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
What are Ivan Raimi's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 2 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2
Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 0 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 4
Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 0 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Tragic1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ivan Raimi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Ivan Raimi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
11 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
50 States of Fright (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Ash vs Evil Dead(2015)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Drag Me to Hell(2009)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Spider-Man 3(2007)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Spy Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Nude Bowling Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Army of Darkness(1992)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Nutt House(1992)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
Darkman(1990)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Easy Wheels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
The Evil Dead(1981)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 11 titles from 1983 to 2020.
Biggest box office
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Highest rated
Army of Darkness (1992)
Most popular right now
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Film career
- 1983Screen debut· The Evil Dead
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Ivan Raimi's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 7 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the dialogue 46/100 and the plot and story 41/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Ivan Raimi's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Ivan Raimi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ivan Raimi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sam Raimi shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Sam RaimiShared titles: Drag Me to Hell (2009), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Army of Darkness (1992), The Nutt House (1992), Darkman (1990)See all 5 shared titles with Sam Raimi
Actors
- Ted RaimiShared titles: Army of Darkness (1992), Darkman (1990)See all 2 shared titles with Ted Raimi
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Bob MurawskiShared titles: Drag Me to Hell (2009), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Army of Darkness (1992)See all 3 shared titles with Bob Murawski
- Bill PopeShared titles: Spider-Man 3 (2007), Army of Darkness (1992), Darkman (1990)See all 3 shared titles with Bill Pope
- Christopher YoungShared titles: Drag Me to Hell (2009), Spider-Man 3 (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Young
Producers
- Rob TapertShared titles: Drag Me to Hell (2009), Army of Darkness (1992), Darkman (1990)See all 3 shared titles with Rob Tapert
- Grant CurtisShared titles: Drag Me to Hell (2009), Spider-Man 3 (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Grant Curtis
Mixed roles
- Bruce CampbellShared titles: Army of Darkness (1992), The Nutt House (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Bruce Campbell
