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| Army of Darkness | |
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| Credits | |
| Title: | Army of Darkness |
| Directed by: | Sam Raimi |
| Written by: | Sam Raimi; Ivan Raimi |
| Produced by: | Dino De Laurentiis; Robert G. Tapert; Bruce Campbell |
| Music by: | Joseph LoDuca |
| Cinematography: | Bill Pope |
| Edited by: | Sonny Baskin; Bob Murawski; R.O.C. Sandstorm |
| Production | |
| Distributors: | De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Universal Pictures |
| Released: | October 9th, 1992 February 19th, 1993 (US) |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 81 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $13,000,000 |
| Gross: | $21,500,000 |
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Army of Darkness is an American feature film of the adventure, horror, and comedy genres. It is the third installment in the Evil Dead film series and follows the events of the 1987 movie Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn. The film was directed by Sam Raimi with a script written by Sam & Ivan Raimi. It was produced by the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group and distributed through Universal Pictures. The movie premiered theatrically in the United States on October 9th, 1992. Army of Darkness stars Bruce Campbell, reprising the role of Ashley Williams from the previous films. Having been cast back in time to the year 1300, Ash must now use his 20th century wits, his trusty chainsaw and a double-barreled boomstick to protect a bunch of primitive yokels from being massacred by the forces of evil.
Plot[]
After being pulled through a time portal, Ash Williams lands in 1300 AD, where he is almost immediately captured by Lord Arthur's men, who suspect him to be an agent for Duke Henry, with whom Arthur is at war. He is enslaved along with the captured Henry, his gun and chainsaw confiscated, and is taken to a castle. Ash is thrown in a pit where he fights off a Deadite and regains his weapons from Arthur's Wise Man. After demanding Henry and his men be set free (as he knew Henry was innocent, and his persecution was simply a witch hunt) and killing a deadite in full view of everyone, Ash is celebrated as a hero. He also grows attracted to Sheila, the sister of one of Arthur's fallen knights.
According to the Wise Man, the only way Ash can return to his time is to retrieve the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis. After bidding goodbye to Sheila, Ash starts his search for the Necronomicon. As he enters a haunted forest, an unseen force pursues Ash through the woods. Fleeing, he ducks into a windmill where he crashes into a mirror. The small reflections of Ash climb out from the shattered mirror and torment him. One of the reflections dives down Ash's throat and uses his body to become a life-sized clone of Ash and attack him, after which Ash kills and buries the clone.
When he arrives at the Necronomicon's location, he finds three books instead of one. Ash eventually finds the real one and attempts to say the magic phrase that will allow him to remove the book safely — "Klaatu verata nicto". However, forgetting the last word, he tries to trick the book by mumbling/coughing the missing word. He then grabs the book from the cradle, and rushes back to the castle, while the dead rise from graves all around. During Ash's panicked ride back, his evil copy rises from his grave and unites the Deadites into the Army of Darkness.
Despite causing the predicament faced by the Medieval soldiers, Ash initially demands to be returned to his own time. However, Sheila is captured by a Flying Deadite, and later transformed into a Deadite. Ash becomes determined to lead the humans against the army of the dead. Reluctantly, the people agree to join Ash. Using scientific knowledge from textbooks in the trunk of his 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88, and enlisting the help of Duke Henry, Ash successfully leads the medieval soldiers to victory over the Deadites and Evil Ash, saving Sheila and bringing peace between Arthur and Henry in the process. After this, he is brought back to his own time using a potion made from the Necronomicon. Later, Ash is at the S-Mart store telling a male co-worker (Ted Raimi) all about his adventure back in time, and how he could have been king. A female customer becomes possessed by a demon and starts wreaking havoc on the store, and Ash slays the creature.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Bruce Campbell | Ash Williams |
| Embeth Davidtz | Sheila |
| Marcus Gilbert | Lord Arthur |
| Ian Abercrombie | Wiseman |
| Richard Grove | Duke Henry the Red |
| Timothy Patrick Quill | Blacksmith |
| Michael Earl Reid | Gold Tooth |
| Bridget Fonda | Linda |
| Patricia Tallman | Possessed witch |
| Ted Raimi | Cowardly warrior/Supportive villager/S-Mart employee |
| Deke Anderson | Mini-Ash #2 |
| Bruce Thomas | Mini-Ash #3 |
| Sara Shearer | Old woman |
| Shiva Gordon | Pit Deadite #1 |
| Billy Bryan | Pit bitch |
| Nadine Grycan | Winged Deadite |
| Bill Moseley | Deadite Captain |
| Michael Kenney | Henry's man |
| Andy Bale | Lieutenant #1 |
| Robert Brent Lappin | Lieutenant #2 |
| Rad Milo | Tower guard |
| Brad Bradbury | Chief archer |
| Sol Abrams | Fake Shemp |
| Lorraine Axeman | Fake Shemp |
| Josh Becker | Fake Shemp |
| Sheri Burke | Fake Shemp |
| Don Campbell | Fake Shemp |
| Charlie Campbell | Fake Shemp |
| Harley Cokeliss | Fake Shemp |
| Ken Jepson | Fake Shemp |
| William Lustig | Fake Shemp |
| David O'Malley | Fake Shemp |
| David Pollison | Fake Shemp |
| Ivan Raimi | Fake Shemp |
| Bernard Rose | Fake Shemp |
| Bill Vincent | Fake Shemp |
| Chris Webster | Fake Shemp |
| Ron Zwang | Fake Shemp |
| J. Michael Briggs | Horseback warrior |
| Eric Clarke | Deadite |
| Angela Featherstone | Girl in S-Mart |
| Patricia Anne Isgate | Peasant woman |
| Kevin O'Hara | Deadite |
| Courtney Pakiz | Deadite |
| Sam Raimi | Knight in sweatshirt and sneakers |
| Monique Yates, Jr. | Graveyard witch |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline for this film is "Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas".
- Production on Army of Darkness began on May 20th, 1991. Principal filming concluded on August 16th, 1991. The movie was shot entirely in California. Interior sets were filmed in-studio in Hollywood. Exterior scenes were filmed at the Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park in Agua Dulce.
- Army of Darkness (director's cut) premiered at the Sitges Film Festival in Spain on October 9th, 1992. It was later screened at the London Film Festival in November.
- Army of Darkness grossed $4,424,000 over it's opening weekend on February 21st, 1993. It was screened in 1,387 theaters/screens.
See also[]
External Links[]
- Army of Darkness at AMG
- Army of Darkness at IMDB
- Army of Darkness at Wikipedia
- Army of Darkness at Metacritic
- Army of Darkness at Box Office Mojo
- Army of Darkness at Deadites Online
- Army of Darkness at Horrormovies.org
- Army of Darkness at Rotten Tomatoes
- Army of Darkness at The Spinning Image
- Army of Darkness at Obscurehorror.com
- Army of Darkness at The Video Graveyard
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