DETROIT — Royal Oak-born movie star and cult hero Bruce Campbell announced on social media on Monday that he has been diagnosed cancer — a type that is "treatable" but not "curable," he said.

"I apologize if that's a shock — it was to me too," the "Evil Dead" star, 67, wrote in a message posted to Instagram.

He went on to say "I'm not gonna go into any more detail," and he didn't. He said the public announcement had to do with scaling back appearances on his schedule, including tour dates behind his latest film, "Ernie & Emma."

Campbell planned to show the movie June 5 at the Redford Theatre; as of Monday night, that date is still on the Redford schedule, but Campbell wrote in his note he plans to get "as well as I possibly can over the summer so that I can tour with my new movie 'Ernie & Emma' this fall."

The movie is written, directed by and stars Campbell as a man who goes on a journey following the death of his wife. Campbell produced the movie alongside his wife, Ida Gearon, and filmed it in Oregon, where he now lives.

Campbell told The News in January he dedicated "Ernie & Emma" to his childhood moviemaking pals, including Scott Spiegel, who died of a heart attack in September 2025.

"It's a callback to the carefree days of Super 8, where we could do whatever the f— we wanted to do," Campbell said of "Ernie & Emma." "So I thought, 'All the boys are responsible for this,' so they're all in there."

Campbell got his start making movies around Metro Detroit with his childhood pal, Sam Raimi. Campbell starred in Raimi's "Evil Dead" trilogy and has since appeared in most of Raimi's films; Campbell makes a brief appearance in a photograph in the background of an early scene in Raimi's latest, "Send Help."

He's also an author; Campbell's autobiography "If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor" was published in 2001.

In his post on social media, Campbell thanked fans and said he was not out to elicit sympathy.

"Fear not, I am a tough old son-of-a-bitch and I have great support, so I expect to be around for a while," he wrote.

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