Army of Darkness [Screwhead Edition] [$5 Halloween Candy Cash Offer]

Overview

Featuring sly tributes to horror fantasies of the past and infused with gallows humor, Sam Raimi's final entry in the Evil Dead trilogy features the largest budget and most lavish special effects. Once again the story centers on the attempts of Ash, a modern Yankee to escape the dark, mystical confines of medieval England where he found himself after suffering a car accident. This and his subsequent adventures are explained in the film's prologue. According to his friend Wiseman, Ash cannot return home until he can retrieve the Necronomicon, a book that contains the spell necessary to raise the dead or vanquish existing zombies. The book is located in a magical graveyard. Ash is heading there when the demonic entities who bedeviled him in the previous installments pursue him to a malevolent windmill. There a mirror shatters and Ash finds himself surrounded by a legion of tiny clones of himself. One of the ornery dopplegangers crawls into his mouth and transforms into his wicked twin. A battle begins and the Good Ash triumphs. Eventually, he makes it to the graveyard. In order to get the book, Ash must correctly recite a memorized spell. Unfortunately, he has forgotten a few key words and in saying it causes a legion of corpses to rise from the graves. This hellish army is led by his own dead double and that is when all the gooey, gory fun really begins.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/15/2009
UPC:	0025195054607
Original Release:	1992
Rating:	R
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:21:00
Sales rank:	4,237

Special Features

Creating the deadites - explore the groundbreaking visual effects work that created the ghastly legions of undead; Alternate ending

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bruce Campbell	Ash,Fake Shemp
Embeth Davidtz	Sheila
Marcus Gilbert	Arthur
Ian Abercrombie	Wiseman
Richard Grove	Duke
Michael Earl Reid	Gold Tooth
Bridget Fonda	Girlfriend
Timothy Patrick Quill	Blacksmith
Ted Raimi	Cowardly Warrior/Second Supportive Villager/S-Mart Clerk,Fake Shemp
Deke Anderson	1st Tiny Ash
Bruce Thomas	2nd Tiny Ash
Sara Shearer	Old Woman
Shiva Gordon	1st Pit Deadite
Billy Bryan	2nd Pit Deadite
Nadine Grycan	Winged Deadite
Bill Moseley	Deadite Captain
Michael Kenney	Henry's Man
Andy Bale	1st Lieutenant
Robert Brent Lappin	2nd Lieutenant
Rad Milo	Tower Guard
Brad Bradbury	Chief Archer
Patricia Tallman	Possessed Witch/S-Mart Employee
Ira Belgrade	Actor
Josh Becker	Fake Shemp
William Lustig	Fake Shemp
David O'Malley	Fake Shemp
Bernard Rose	Fake Shemp
Ron Zwang	Fake Shemp
Danny Elfman	Composer
Joseph LoDuca	Composer

Technical Credits

Sam Raimi

Sam Raimi	Director,Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Ira Belgrade	Casting
Richard Malzahn	Special Effects
William Mesa	Special Effects
Robert Tapert	Producer
Dino De Laurentiis	Executive Producer,Producer

Editorial Reviews

An excellent tongue-in-cheek horror film that's loosely a sequel to the cult favorite Evil Dead pictures, this larger budgeted follow-up fails to capitalize as well as it might have on its delightful high-concept premise. That's a criticism targeted strictly to non-horror buffs, however; true genre fans probably won't even notice, given the accepted paucity of intelligent plotting in most horror outings. Besides, an abundance of dandy dialogue, pop cultural references, and imaginative action sequences nearly enough makes up for a story that occasionally disappoints. Bruce Campbell returns in the role of the heroic Ash, a part that the actor performs once again with panache, reminding his followers and non-fans alike what a shame it is that the likable, square-jawed B-movie impresario hasn't been elevated to A-list leading man status as of yet. Director Sam Raimi takes it a little easier on the stylish camera work, seamlessly blending the visuals into his story telling, maturing as a filmmaker, but still a gleeful enough fan himself to inject some stop-motion critters straight from the Ray Harryhausen school of special effects. The film's other credits are impressive: music from the great Danny Elfman and a supporting cast that includes classy actress Embeth Davidtz of Schindler's List (1993), of all people. It's not for everyone but for the heavy metal-rock & roll-loving, horror movie-devoted populace, Army of Darkness (1993) will satisfy their jonesing for a good cinematic time.