Army of Darkness - 1992
Bound in human flesh, inked in blood, and amazingly hard to pronounce, the ancient necronomicon, or Book of the Dead, unleashes unspeakable evil upon mankind in director Sam Raimi's outrageously hilarious sword and sorcery epic.
Back to do battle with the hideous "deadites," Bruce Campbell reprises his role from the EVIL DEAD series as Ash, the handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk from S-Mart's housewares division. Demonic forces time-warp him - and his '73 oldsmobile - into England's dark ages, where he romances a beauty (Embeth Davidtz) and faces legions of un-dead beasts, including a ghastly army of skeletons. Can Ash save the living from the evil dead, rescue his girlfriend, and get back to his own time?
Overflowing with spectacular special effects, ARMY OF DARKNESS will make you scream with fear and laughter.
Anyone who is familiar with the Evil Dead series will have a jump start on understanding this crazy movie. The attempt at horror/comedy pretty much ends up being very funny. Although there is a lot of low class humor the language is very mild. some sexual content and violence bring the R rating for this film.
The comedy is a big change from the first two movies in this series. Evil Dead one and two were decent (although low budget) horror flicks done in the old style of not really ever seeing the antagonist. Army of Darkness on the other hand doesn't even fit in the same genre.
If B horror movies aren't your thing then you may want to skip this one. But if you need a laugh and don't mind poor acting then this movie will hit the spot.
Overall i would have to give this movie a 3 out of 5 tankards.
