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Army of Darkness (1992) -- 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.
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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:

Sam Raimi

Writers (WGA):

Sam Raimi (written by) &
Ivan Raimi (written by)

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Release Date:

19 February 1993 (USA) more

Tagline:

Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas more

Plot:

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. full summary | add synopsis

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Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations more

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(85 articles)

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 (From Fangoria. 9 November 2009, 6:30 AM, PST)

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 (From Screen Rant. 6 November 2009, 3:13 PM, PST)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bruce Campbell ... Ash

Embeth Davidtz ... Sheila
Marcus Gilbert ... Lord Arthur

Ian Abercrombie ... Wiseman

Richard Grove ... Duke Henry the Red
Timothy Patrick Quill ... Blacksmith
Michael Earl Reid ... Gold Tooth

Bridget Fonda ... Linda

Patricia Tallman ... Possessed Witch

Ted Raimi ... Cowardly Warrior / Second Supportive Villager / S-Mart Clerk (as Theodore Raimi)

Deke Anderson ... Mini-Ash #2

Bruce Thomas ... Mini-Ash #3
Sara Shearer ... Old Woman
Shiva Gordon ... Pit Deadite #1
Billy Bryan ... Pit Bitch
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Army of Darkness: The Medieval Dead (UK) (video title)
Army of Darkness: The Ultimate Experience in Medieval Horror (USA) (closing credits title)
Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness (USA) (closing credits title)
Evil Dead 3 (USA) (working title)
The Army of Darkness (USA) (original script title)
The Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness (UK) (DVD box title)
The Medieval Dead (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:

Rated R for violence and horror.

Runtime:

81 min | 96 min (director's cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Filming Locations:

Acton, California, USA more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

There is an alternate version where a Deadite holds the severed head of the Cowardly Warrior (Ted Raimi). This character was scared and didn't want to die. more

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Ash is gathering armour before constructing the mechanical hand, he takes a modern "drilling hammer" off the tool rack. more

Quotes:

[first lines]
[opening monologue]
Ash: My name is Ash and I am a slave. As far as I can figure, the year is thirteen hundred A.D and I'm being dragged to my death. It wasn't always like this, I had a real life, once. A job.
Ash: [now Ash is in a flashback] Umm... Hardware aisle twelve, shop smart, shop S-Mart!
Ash: [back to monologue] I had a wonderful girlfriend Linda. Together we drove to a small cabin in the mountains. It seems an archeologist had come to this remote place to translate and study his latest find: Necronomiconexmortis. The Book of the Dead. Bound in human flesh and inked in blood, this ancient Samarian text contained bizarre burial rights, funeral incantations, and demon resurrection passages, it was never meant for the world of the living. The book awoke something dark in the woods, something evil.
[something crashes through the window of the cabin and Linda screams]
Ash: It took Linda. Then it came after me, it got into my hand and it went bad, so I lopped it off at the wrist.
[Ash is seen cutting off his hand]
Ash: But that didn't stop it, it came back big time.
Ash: [Ash gets pulled into the vortex holding onto the doorway] For God's sake how do you stop it?
[...]
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Fanalysis (2002) more

Soundtrack:

March Of The Dead more


FAQ

Why is it officially titled "Army of Darkness" rather than "Evil Dead III" like the previous installments?
What happened to Linda? Ash has a different love interest in this film.
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53 out of 64 people found the following comment useful.
Ash returns with a whole lot of boomstick., 21 May 2003
Author: JohnnyPhoenix (Johnnyvolume555@hotmail.com) from Ottawa, Canada

Ash is back, literally. Trapped back in the middle ages, the Evil Dead hero must not only do battle once again with the merciless deadites, he must also take on the savage Army of Darkness.

Bruce Campbell returns as Ash, the only surviving member of the first two Evil Dead movies. This story pretty much takes up where the last one left off, with our hero trapped in the dark ages. Only instead of being revered as a hero, Ash is beaten and shackled by an army of men who believe him to be a member of a rival army. Quickly Ash is put to the test by once again doing battle with an evil deadite when the army throws him in to a pit. However, what they didn't expect was for Ash to defeat the deadite, which he does, and thus they render him a salvation. Our hero is then brought back to their town, and asked to journey out in search of the illustrious Necronomicon, so the evil can be destroyed once and for all. Reluctantly he agrees, but just like Ash, instead of finding the book and destroying the evil, he finds the book and not only creates an evil Ash, but an entire army of undead skeletons. Now the real battle begins and it's up to the living to stop the dead.

Army of Darkness stars the excellent Bruce Campbell in the role that was tailor made for him, and once again, he does his job perfectly. Watching the punishment this poor man takes is really a reason to rent this movie in itself. He is really the main focus, and there isn't a lot of screen time for anyone else, except for Ash's maiden love interest played by Embeth Davidtz. But to the fans of these films ,I'm sure that's just the way they like it.

Also returning is Sam Raimi the director/writer who has carved his name in Hollywood with these movies. This is a great re-telling of sorts of the Jason and the Argonauts story, only with a little more schlock, however in some scenes, like the skeletons giving Ash three stooges treatment, there is a little too much schlock. Don't get me wrong though, the film is funny and does have some great one-liners, such as Ash introducing his sawed off shotgun as his "boomstick", and calling some of the men "primitive screw-heads". The effects are great, and the direction is superb, especially scenes of the Army of Darkness riding horseback and attacking the castle.

However, being a huge fan of zombie movies, I was hopping to see a few more deadites and a few less skeletons. Although I know Raimi did this on purpose so he could put a different spin on his story and keep it original. Of special note, on DVD there is the actual original ending that was not shown in theatres. It's a great ending that keeps a little more in tow with the story, and does an interesting job of setting itself up for a sequel.

Raimi, producer Rob Tapert, and co-writer Ivan Raimi, do a good job of putting this film together, and it is a lot of fun to watch. Although not as serious and as gory as the first two, this third installment definitely makes me thirst for another sequel. I do hope, however, that they go back to the style of the original films, cutting out a little of that schlock, and adding in a few more chills. So if you're in the mood for a horror trilogy, check out the first two Evil Dead movies and then get ready to take on the Army of Darkness.

Overall Rating: 8.5 out of 10

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