Army of Darkness

1992 Directed by Sam Raimi

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

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 Embeth Davidtz Marcus Gilbert Ian Abercrombie Richard Grove Timothy Patrick Quill Michael Earl Reid Bridget Fonda Patricia Tallman Ted Raimi Deke Anderson Bruce Thomas Sara Shearer Shiva Gordon Billy Bryan Nadine Grycan Bill Moseley Micheal Kenney Andy Bale Robert Brent Lappin Rad Milo Brad Bradbury Sol Abrams Lorraine Axeman Angela Featherstone

Alternative Titles

Smrtelné zlo 3, Tanz Der Teufel 3, Evil dead 3 - L'armée des ténèbres, L'armée des ténèbres - Evil dead III, Army of Darkness: The Medieval Dead, The Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness, Captain Supermarket, Exército das Trevas, Posesión Infernal 3 El Ejercito de las Tinieblas, Зловісні мерці 3: Армія темряви, Army of Darkness: The Ultimate Experience in Medieval Horror, Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness, Evil Dead 3, Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness, Evil Dead III, The Army of Darkness

comedy fantasy horror

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Popular reviews

Review by SilentDawn ★★★★ 4

76
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and things with... molecular structures."
Bruce fucking Campbell.
Review by katie ★★★★★ 19

giving this movie less than 5 stars would be a crime against humanity
Review by DirkH ★★★★½ 4

This film concludes a horror franchise I consider to be one of the greatest ever conceived.
It is the trilogy's Santa Claus, adding joy, merriment and laughter.
And chainsaws.
And Deadites.
And time travel.
And cloning.
And magic.
Ok, so it's nothing like Santa at all, but you get my point.
Oh, and I'm so proud! I managed to do this without one quote!
Groovy!

....bollocks....
Review by Coolnilk ★★★★★

This was a great way to end the Evil Dead trilogy, and in my opinion, my favorite of the three movies overall. I do appreciate the other two movies as well, but this movie was more of my style honestly.
In here, director Sam Raimi uses this movie to go full on wackiness and it has way more comedic moments mixed in with action and adventure bits along the way. I think this movie represents Bruce Campbell's Ash character the best since he always felt like a character who acts like he does in this movie. All of his lines in this are great and it's hilarious at how he talks to people in medieval times throughout the film. Also…
Review by Steve Dickson ★★★★½ 2

Still a lot of fun. Not as good as evil dead 2 for me but there’s still loads to like in there. It’s nice how different the three evil dead films are and are all pretty great in their own ways.
Review by SilentDawn ★★★★ 4

76/100
An atmospheric blast of old-school adventure and classical horror, Army of Darkness is a wacky example of distinct energy and grotesque low-budget beauty. Castles, skeletons, fog, and monsters; every trope adds to a modern reinvention of palpable mood and thrilling escapades. Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell are one of the great director/actor duos.

Recent reviews

Review by thejam ★★★★

Ok, this MIGHT be my favorite out of the three. It's very different from the first two. It ditches the contemporary horror aesthetic in favor of a fantasy setting. There's still a lot of the signature Evil Dead weirdness in there, but for the most part this film takes a much more conventional structure and narrative.
Once again, they can't seem to stick with continuity, and do some rewriting of the end to the last film, but unlike the first, this does take place within the same timeline. This made it much easier for me to get invested into the film, as while I feel this Ash still does not have as good an introduction as the first, he is…
Review by deathcheat ★★★★½

"My names Ash... House-wares"
Review by Layla Sebastian ★★★½

Was I not supposed to find Bruce Campbell sexy in this movie? Oops.
Review by Lord_Tridoth ★★★★★

Sam Raimi is still one of my favorite film directors of all time and this movie gives him the freedom to excerise his creativity. The movie is so quotable and man do I find myself quoting this film. You can really see that this film was fun to make and had heart. This movie is a really good experience and I recommend as one of the movies you need to watch. Also watch this movie back to back with Evil Dead 2 despite the movie losing the Evil Dead connection, but that doesn't really matter since Army of Darkness redeems itself making itself its very own movie.
Review by lewisb05 ★★★

The best 6/10 ever made
Review by Buck Swope ★★★★

thank you sam & bruce
thank you
Review by AToughEnchilada ★★★ 2

Is this a joke? Because it’s a pretty good joke. I buckled in and sat through what I thought would be a campy horror/action flick, then found myself enthralled in the nonsense.
Review by maggie ★★★★

Chaotic good.
Maybe not perfect in plot or maintaining the floored gas pedal exhilaration of its predecessor, but damn those skeletons are dope.
Review by kennypenguin ★★★★★

Boom sticks for all.