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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

81 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

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 ★★★★★ 21

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 Arielrocks5 ★★★★★ 10

The thing that surprised me the most on this rewatch is how much Raimi and his brother are able to squeeze into such a short runtime. Minus credits, this is about 70 minutes long and manages to feature some of the most memorable moments in the trilogy.

It may loose a bit of the pure horror aesthetics of the previous installments, but it utilizes this as a means of embracing the pure demonic adventure of being set in the middle ages and demons as powerful as the ones presented in this franchise, resulting in nothing but pure demonic joy from beginning to end.

Another thing that I noticed about this less has do to with it in general but more…
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.
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.

Recent reviews

Review by Film_Renegade ★★★★½

"Hail to the King, baby"

Screw any primitives that don't love the Evil Dead series, these movies are f***ing amazing!

Also, Bruce Campbell is a bloody legend! I hail to you, sir.
Review by LordSireswag ★★★★

Sam did an interesting choice in this film and made this more sort of an adventure/fantasy film than a horror film. Honestly, this is my least favorite of the Evil dead movies, but it was still a hell of a ride, with a lot of great one-liners.
Review by Nope ★★★★★

My only regret in life is not having seen this masterpiece till I was 26 years old.
Review by Liam Beazley ★★★★

Groovy. Groovy af.
Review by NonTrashboat ★★★★★

This is my BOOMSTICK!
Review by Oliver Gilbert ★★★★★

Much like Evil Dead 2 this one proves to be a great sequel especially it being the third movie in a horror series. Hail to the King baby
Review by Andy ★★

It's a fun adventure but it lost all of the quirky charm of the original.
Review by Josh Johnson

The least of the three, but way too inventive and energetic to be anything but easy fun to watch.
Review by Dmitry_Karpyuk ★★★★

Klaatu Barada Nikto.