Army Of Darkness (Evil Dead III)

Directed By: Sam Raimi

Written By: Sam Raimi & Ivan Raimi

Starring:

Bruce Campbell

Embeth Davidtz

Ian Abercrombie

Hail to the king, baby – Ash

 

 

Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This… is my boomstick! – Ash

 

I’ve got news for you pal, you ain’t leadin’ but two things, right now: Jack and shit… and Jack left town – Ash

Bruce Campbell returns to kick undead ass and spurt one-liners as Ash in this madcap third outing in the Evil Dead franchise

After Ash is accidentally transported back to the 13th century, he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead which he unwittingly unleashed in order to return home

Army of Darkness is clearly the most extravagant of the Evil Dead films. Here Sam Raimi tones down the horror and ups the ante on the humour which undoubtedly make for a more entertaining movie to watch than the first Evil Dead. I am not entirely sure if it was the best of ideas as I really do love the horror aspect of the previous two films.

While Evil Dead 2 was far better for having introduced comedy, to mainly do away with the horror was a bold move but they didn’t go too far wrong, as they did add a combination witty one-liners and more deadite killing action into the franchise which makes for an entertaining viewing

Writing and directing is good in this film and Bruce Campbell is just as great as ever playing an action hero Ash. The special effects are good but by today’s standards are noticeably dated

Army of Darkness may not be great but it is great fun and is definitely worth a watch

  7/10 – Cody

10/10 – Matthew

  6/10 – Jason

  N/A – Michael

  N/A – John

77%

 

Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn

Directed By: Sam Raimi

Written By:Sam Raimi & Scott Spiegal

Starring:
Bruce Campbell
Sarah Berry
Dan Hicks
Kassie Wesley DePaiva

 

Let’s head on down into that cellar and carve ourselves a witch – Ash

Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn is the half remake/sequel to The Evil Dead, loaded with more gore, more action and much more fun

Evil Dead 2 is about a man Ash (Campbell), who takes his girlfriend Linda, to a cabin in the woods, where they discover a tape of a man reading passages from the “Necrinomicon” (Book of the Dead), which unearths an evil force lurking in the woods

This movie is quite simply a perfect storm of gore, horror and slapstick. I love the “shakey-cam” technique used in this film to represent the evil spirits, while this was incorporated into the first film I think it is used to greater effect here

Evil Dead 2 is extremely well directed by Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell gives a manically brilliant performance as Ash. The special effects were really good especially the moments where objects are possessed. It is shot brilliantly with a real earthy feel being evoked by the woods and the set of the cabin

There is a couple of genuine scares throughout the movie, but while the first movie was a fully blown horror movie this is a fusion of horror and the three stooges slapstick humour

Sam Raimi shows the world what a horror/comedy movie should look like. All of the work put into this movie resulted one of the funniest, most inventive and feverishly brilliant horror movies ever created which also happens to be my favourite horror movie and one of my very favourite movies ever

Thank you Sam Raimi for giving us this wonderfully twisted horror masterpiece

10/10 – Cody

  7/10 – Jason

  N/A – Matthew

  N/A – Michael

  N/A – John

80%

See also: my Army of Darkness (Evil Dead III) Review