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

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The Cabin In The Woods

Directed by: Drew Goddard

 

Written By:

Joss Whedon

Drew Goddard

 

Starring:

Kristen Connolly

Chris Hemsworth

Fran Kranz

Jesse Williams

Anna Hutchison

Richard Jenkins

Bradley Whitford

We’re not who we are – Marty (Originally from The X Files)

I have watched The Cabin In The Woods for the second time, I now feel that I should review it

“Five friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, where they get more than they bargained for. Together, they must discover the truth behind the cabin in the woods.” -IMDb

The film is a twisty journey where everything is not as it seems

Now the the film is set up to look like your stereotypical friends go to a cabin in the woods and slowly get picked off. This film isn’t like that at all it just appears that way I mean I didn’t see the trailer before I saw the movie for the first time and thats a good thing because the trailer kind of gives somethings away about the movie. Now when I first saw the poster for the movie, although the cabin twisting like a rubix cube intrigued me, the title made the movie seem like a run of the mill horror movie, which it cant be any further from

The movie keeps you guessing as it goes along to where you really cant see the ending coming until you are at the end. Joss Whedon has described the movie as a “loving hate letter” to horror movies

The best thing to do before you watch this movies is not watch the trailer and just watch it fresh, the way it was in tended to be watched, and enjoy the movie for what it is, which is a deeply enjoyable film watching experience

The storytelling in this movie is top notch and I would recommend anyone who likes horror movies or any kind of movies to go see The Cabin In The Woods

I really love this movie and it is one of my favorite films of 2012

8/10 – Cody

6/10 – Michael

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