Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert

"Army of Darkness" is a story about a man who goes through a time warp and finds himself in England in the 1300s. With fighting going on all around him, he must locate the Book of the Dead in order to...( read more  read more... ) return to the present day.

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R, 1 hr. 21 min.

Directed by: Sam Raimi

Release Date: February 19, 1993

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DVD Release Date: August 6, 2002

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  • September 9, 2009
    With out a doubt Bruce Campbell's best film. It's probably Sam Raimi's best too! (But only just in front of Crimewave). It's very quotable, very funny and loads of fun. Definitely in my top 10 favourite films of all time!
  • September 6, 2009
    At the end of Evil Dead 2 Ash is sucked back in time through a time warp. He returns to medieval times where he is mistaken for the prophesied saviour. He is sent to recover the lost Necronomicon to save the people but also return him to his own time. Typically he makes a mistake...( read more) when reading the book and he reserectes the army of the undead onto the land. Ash must fight to defeat yet more undead fiends!

    The third in the series sees the gore drop off and the comedy step up even more. The previous two were both darkly funny but this is just plain hilarious. The sheer raft of one liners and silly/horror set ups keeps you laughing all the way. The horror is not scary as before ? mainly because the gore is gone, however I prefer this as the stop motion stuff gives it an old fashioned feel that adds to the value of it ? it's hard to explain but I really enjoy this because it feels like an old Harryhausen film.

    Campbell is brilliant ? I bet he can't believe hi s luck, the rest of his career he's struggled but Rami seem to love him. And rightly so, he is like Jim Carrey but has so much more talent and is a classic B-movie leading man type. The rest of the cast are so-so but really this is an one man show and he does it really well.

    Overall this is a great little film. Fans of the series will love it, fans of comedy should love it and fans of B-movie cheese should enjoy it. And the less gore means fun for all the family (nearly).
  • August 23, 2009
    Following the events of EVIL DEAD II, Ash finds himself flung backwards in time into a medieval land, where his failure to retrieve the Book of the Dead enables evil forces to muster a massive army of stop-motion animated skeletons. Raimi tried to take the elements he thought wo...( read more)rked best from EVIL DEAD III---the ghoulish slapstick and Bruce Campbell's campy action-hero parody---and hammer them relentlessly, resulting in a movie that feels a bit forced but is still a wacky good time.
  • March 11, 2009
    ok it's pretty silly but bruce is still groovy~
  • November 28, 2008
    ''Ok you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my boomstick! The 12-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart's top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for ...( read more)about $109.95. It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That's right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. You got that?''


    A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.

    Bruce Campbell: Ash

    Army of Darkness is a perfect rendition of a cult classic. If you go anywhere and ask if anyone has heard of it, they'll give you a puzzled expression. But search the web or meet any Horror enthusiast and you'll see that there are Evil Dead maniacs lurking out there, and I am proud to say that I am among these individuals.
    Most trilogies tend to turn sour by the third film, Godfather 3 and The Mummy Series to name a few, but here Darkness manages to make itself a stand alone film and a fine damn one at that. It still has it's nods to the original Evil Dead, but if you're looking for the ultimate horror experience, then this film may not be it. Instead Darkness is full of comedic dialogue and antics. Our hero Ash spits out classic one-liners that so many people try to copy today...I'm looking at Austin Powers here.

    Bruce Campbell is ASH. His character evolves throughout the trilogy and it's in this third installment that he is the ultimate kick ass hero. It's in this third installment that everyone remembers him from. It's in this third installment where he has the chainsaw, the boomstick, the one-liners, the sugar, the hot damsel. Campbell will always be known for this one character. He's such a coward and yet we still feel the need to cheer him on. Campbell is the master of physical comedy and he uses it to his advantage here, fighting an army of mini Ashes, splitting away from his evil self and getting his face sucked down an unknown demon hole from a book.

    ''Oh you little bastards! All right, I'll crush each and every last one of ya! I'll squash you so hard you'll have to look down to look up!''

    Speaking of which, that's what makes the film even more enjoyable. It's insane bizarre comedic tone. Whether you like slapstick comedy or have a dark funny bone, this film is delightful for all. I never thought I would laugh so much at someone pouring boiling hot water down their throat. Then to have the thing grow inside of you and try to detach itself from your body, only in a movie like this can you watch that and laugh with it. Granted, it would help if you've seen the first two films and in order as well. The opening does give you a recap of what's happened, but you feel more for the film and Ash if you've been through the horrors alongside him.

    Much like Peter Jackson got his start in the horror movie genre, so did Sam Raimi, as stated in other reviews of Evil Dead. You know, the guy that went on to direct such big hits as Spiderman,Spiderman 2, even Dark Man. Army of Darkness has the little Sam Raimi magic touch. Once you see it you can tell that it's Raimi behind the lens. Raimi has his brothers scattered throughout the film, playing many different characters at that. As well as Three Stoogies get ups and the POV of certain objects, such as arrows being shot or forks being thrown.

    ''Into the pit with those bloody-thirsty sons of whores!''

    The first movie was Evil Dead then came Evil Dead II and finally this little rare gem, Army of Darkness. The first one was almost pure horror, while the second interjected some humor here and there, but was still mainly a horror while this one has very little horror at all and is more of an action comedy. Once again this movie sort of picks off where the previous movie leaves off, sort of as we have our hero Ash transported back to medieval times where he is mistaken for a member of an opposing army. The previous movie had him hailed as a hero right away, but here he is taken prisoner and forced to fight the evil dead in a very cool pit fighting scene. He quickly wins the respect of the ones who tried to kill him and he is sent on a quest to fetch a book that has the ability to send away the evil dead and help him get back to his own time. What ensues are some very funny scenes and a rather big battle at the end which is also rather funny, lets face it seeing a guy picking up obvious fake skeletons and acting like they are attacking is just humorous. Bruce Campbell is great in this movie, however no one else in the cast really sticks out all that much except for the main villain who also just happens to be Bruce Campbell. Still he carries this movie and he is enough for one funny action horror movie.

    One aspect saves Army of Darkness from being ridiculous, and that is it's fully aware of it's own flaws. Sam Raimi is by my opinion a genius in every sense, and manages to turn the sometimes terrible special effects into a vital part of the movies sick dark humour. It's not bad, it's just not taking itself very seriously because that is the point! This movie is far from a low budget blunder. It's got a great plot, a great cast and it's got countless laughs. Also an option for two alternative endings, my favourite being a futuristic twist one that is also Sam Raimi's preferred conclusion.

    ''Gimme some sugar, baby.''
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  • November 5, 2009
    "good ash bad ash im the one with the gun"
  • November 5, 2009
    hail to the king baby
  • November 4, 2009
    Campy fun with Bruce Campbell!
  • November 1, 2009
    Surprisingly, as the Evil Dead series continues, the movies actually get better and better. Ash is now in the 1300's battling zombies and monsters to travel back to his own time, continuing after Evil Dead 2. This movie is great, funny, and awesome. Its even funnier than Evil Dea...( read more)d 2, and much more entertaining. good job!
  • October 16, 2009
    My favourite will still always be Evil Dead 2 but this flick is just awesome in a different way. I love that each line in it is quotable!

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    October 23, 2009
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  • MellowCool14
    June 12, 2008
    Love the boom, boom stick.
  • pll2k6
    April 20, 2008
    nice movie
  • abidali2003
    April 10, 2008
    hello hi
    my name is khurram noor iam from pakistan karachi i luv this movie i warch this movie when i was kid and am so scary lolz well evil dead horror movie alltime hitz and no like other....TC
  • sharkattack1978
    March 10, 2008
    hail to the king baby
  • jackass001
    November 10, 2007
    yo she-bitch -bruce campbell
  • your0unreal
    October 17, 2007
    "you found me beatiful once. honey you got real ugly"!
  • bryan162
    August 14, 2007
    Fkn Whhaaat !!!1
    No Ash ? Thats sacreligious brother.
  • dorkstarmy
    June 7, 2007
    BEST MOVIE EVER!!!! it's a pity their going to make an EVIL DEAD remake without ASH!!! THATS LIKE MAKING A REMAKE OF TITANIC, WITHOUT THE FRIGGIN' BOAT!!! OR LIKE MAKING GODZILLA, WITHOUT THE DAMN LIZZARD!!!
  • sideshowray
    June 7, 2007
    greatest film ever!! bruce campbell is perfect as Ash...
    "well hello Mr. Fancy Pants, i got news for you pal, you aint leading but two things Jack and Shit, and Jack left town..."

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