With the release of the trailer for the fifth "Evil Dead" installment, "Evil Dead Rise," fans are surprised to see the influential cabin-in-the-woods element that the Sam Raimi-created splatter-horror movies are known for (in addition to mainstay hero Bruce Campbell as Ash) relocated to a towering apartment in the middle of one of America's most populous cities. L.A., however, isn't the most far-off locale to be suggested for an "Evil Dead" movie. The first two films, "Evil Dead" and "Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn" kept their demon-fighting hero in the rural woods, but following the 1993 macabre medieval third entry "Army of Darkness," the pump was primed for time-jumping narratives. Among the long-teased sequel ideas for "Evil Dead 4" -- that is, "Army of Darkness 2" -- is that of a double-plot, with double Ash trouble.
Where "Army of Darkness" dealt with primitive screwheads, its intended follow-up would have replaced...
Where "Army of Darkness" dealt with primitive screwheads, its intended follow-up would have replaced...
- 1/14/2023
- by Anya Stanley
- Slash Film
30 years ago, Army of Darkness, the third and final installment in director Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead trilogy, premiered at the Sitges Film Festival and would later be released by Universal Pictures in 1993. Army of Darkness follows hapless S-Mart employee Ash (Bruce Campbell) as he fights against the titular army of bloodthirsty Deadites in the Middle Ages to return to his own time.
It’s my favorite film of the Evil Dead trilogy and one of Raimi’s finest hours as a director. I first discovered the film through a mixture of television and YouTube videos about the grander Evil Dead trilogy by James Rolfe of Angry Video Game Nerd fame. Army of Darkness instantly made me obsessed with the entire franchise. I read Bruce Campbell’s first autobiography, If Chins Could Kill, in the lead-up to Fede Alvarez’ Evil Dead remake’s release in 2013. I even made Ash’s...
It’s my favorite film of the Evil Dead trilogy and one of Raimi’s finest hours as a director. I first discovered the film through a mixture of television and YouTube videos about the grander Evil Dead trilogy by James Rolfe of Angry Video Game Nerd fame. Army of Darkness instantly made me obsessed with the entire franchise. I read Bruce Campbell’s first autobiography, If Chins Could Kill, in the lead-up to Fede Alvarez’ Evil Dead remake’s release in 2013. I even made Ash’s...
- 11/22/2022
- by Valenti Govantes
- DailyDead
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