After injecting quite a bit of humor into EVIL DEAD 2, director Sam Raimi takes the series into the realm of all-out fantasy-comedy with ARMY OF DARKNESS, which is conspicuously lacking an EVIL DEAD 3 tag. Yet this wild, precociously visual treat is instantly recognizable as part of the Raimi canon.
The movie opens with a brief prologue outlining the events of EVIL DEAD and EVIL DEAD II, the latter of which left our clumsy hero, Ash (Bruce Campbell), stranded in the Middle Ages. Discovered by the knights of Lord Arthur (Marcus Gilbert), Ash is dragged to his castle in chains and cast into a pit inhabited by "Deadites," creatures possessed by the evil spirits Ash ...
Released:
1993
Rated:
R
Length:
81 mins