Army of Darkness (1993)

Also Known As:

Army of Darkness: Evil Dead 3 (1993)
Captain Supermarket (1993)
Evil Dead 3 (1993)
Medieval Dead, The (1993)

The Story:

This is the sequel to "Evil Dead 2." Ash finds himself stranded in the 13th Century with his car, his shotgun, and his chainsaw. Soon he is discovered and thought to be a spy for a rival kingdom and is taken prisoner. After proving his merit in The Pit, he decides to help the kingdom retrieve the Necronomicon (which will also help him return to his own time), which they need to battle the supernatural forces at play in the land. Ash accidentally releases the Army of Darkness when retrieving the book, and a fight to the finish ensues.

My views:

Although not what you would expect from a Evil Dead-film this one is actually quite funny and entertaining to watch. Don't look for too many gore in this movie though. Actually i own 2 differents copies of this movie with the ending being different in each one. 1 is supposed to be a Director's cut but i don't see any difference other then it's ending, read on to find out more about it.

Interesting Facts:

The magic words Ash must use to claim the Book of the Dead are ``Klaatu, Barada, Nikto'', the same words used to command the robot Gort in Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951).
CAMEO(Bridget Fonda): Linda
CAMEO(Ted Raimi): The S-Mart store clerk at the end of the movie.
Directors Cameo (Sam Raimi): Wearing a moustache, tells Ash ``You can have my steel''
Directors Trademark (Sam Raimi): [shemp]: Don Campbell and Charlie Campbell, father and brother of Bruce Campbell (I).
Directors Trademark (Sam Raimi): [3-stooges]: The skeletons do a classic routine.

US and UK versions feature different endings. The first ending has Ash battling a she-demon in a department store in the present. The alternative ending has Ash imbibing a secret potion that would make him sleep one century for each drop of the potion he drinks. He then goes to a cave to sleep. However, he drank one drop too many and wakes up to find a barren post-apocalyptic landscape. The final shot is Ash screaming in rage at a red sky. The Great Britain video version shows the ``potion'' ending, and the version shown in US theatres showed the ``she-demon'' ending.
In Australia and Japan there is a version of the film called "Captain Supermarket: Evil Dead III - The Special Edition", which contains many alternate scenes, including the following:
A cheesy shot is included in the pit: Ash decapitates the female deadite and a previously deleted shot of black blood splashes on the wall.
Ash and Shiela make love (tastefully--you can't see anything) in front of the fire on a bearskin rug. Then there is another shot upon the tower: as Ash looks out over the field, Shiela comes up to see him, and places the cloak on his back, they then kiss. The cue "Give me some sugar" is identical to the one on the soundtrack album.
Lengthened scene as Ash enters the windmill.
Re-edited, shortened Little Ash torture sequence, missing most of the music.
Extended conversation between Ash and Badash: Ash: What are you? Are you me? Badash: What are goo? Are goo me? You sound like a jerk! Ash: What is this? Badash: Oh, you wanna know? 'Cause the answer's easy: I'm Badash and you're Goodash.
Instead of "Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun," Ash says "I ain't that good".
Ash's return to the castle is scored with "The Forest of the Dead" in the regular cut; here it is unscored.
Scene featuring back and forth camera movement as Arthur's men argue about staying at the castle and extended Ash speech.
Ash encourages the troops on the stairs to the parapet: "I know you're scared; we're all scared, but we can fight back...with technology." Extended "Building the Deathcoaster" montage that includes the complete music cue.
Evilash asks his scout for a looking glass, attempts to fix his hair, then, frustrated, tosses it back in the scouts face.
Ash runs up a spiral staircase which is open on the back wall before viewind the army's approach on the tower. This effect was achieved through camera movement rather than cutting, as in the regular print.
Henry the Red's army has a different fanfare, based on the deleted theme from "The Deathcoaster," as it appears on the album.
The alternate ending is included as a bonus after the end credits.

Sequels:

None as of yet.

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Directed by

Sam Raimi

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete

Bruce Campbell (I)	....	Ash (Ashley J. Williams)
Embeth Davidtz	....	Sheila
Marcus Gilbert	....	Arthur
Ian Abercrombie	....	Wiseman (aka Wiseman John)
Richard Grove	....	Duke Henry
Michael Earl Reid	....	Gold Tooth
Timothy Patrick Quill	....	Blacksmith
Bridget Fonda	....	Linda
Patricia Tallman	....	Possessed Witch
Ted Raimi	....	Cowardly Warrior/Second supportive villager/S-Mart clerk
Deke Anderson	....	Tiny Ash #1
Bruce Thomas	....	Tiny Ash #2
Sara Shearer	....	Old Woman
Shiva Gordon	....	Pit Deadite #1
Billy Bryan	....	Pit Deadite #2
Nadine Grycan	....	Winged Deadite
Bill Moseley	....	Deadite Captain
Micheal Kenney	....	Henrys 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 Cokliss	....	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
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Sam Raimi	....	Knight in Swaetshirt and Sneakers	(uncredited)

Written by

Ivan Raimi
Sam Raimi

Cinematography by

Bill Pope

Music by

Danny Elfman			("March of the Dead")
Joseph LoDuca

Production Design by

Anthony Tremblay

Costume Design by

Ida Gearon

Film Editing by

Bruce Campbell (I)			(as Roc Sandstorm)
Bob Murawski

Produced by

Bruce Campbell (I)			(co-producer)
Robert G. Tapert

Other crew

Sarah Addington	....	second assistant director
Aram Allan	....	art director
Ira Belgrade	....	casting
Lance Brown	....	sound designer
Greg Buttars	....	music librarian
Leslie Buttars	....	music librarian
John Cameron (II)	....	first assistant director
Bundy Chanock	....	set medic
Michael Courville	....	property master
Christopher Doyle (I)	....	stunt co-ordinator
Larry Goodwin	....	sound effects editor
Eric Gruendemann	....	unit production manager
Trisha Hagan	....	assistant to Mr. Loduca
Ellen Heuer	....	foley
Anne Hieronymus	....	key make-up artist
Richard Jake Jacobson	....	effects technician
Larry Kenton	....	additional orchestration
Douglas M. Lackey	....	music editor
Doug Leffler	....	director: second unit
Jack Levy	....	sound effects editor
Paul Menichini	....	sound editor sound effects editor
John P. Mesa	....	visual effects cameraman
William Mesa	....	visual effects
Gregg Nestor	....	music preparation
Michele Poulik	....	set decorator
Al Rizzo	....	sound mixer
Joan Rowe	....	foley
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
Tim Simonec	....	musical conductor orchestrator
Dennis J. Tini	....	choral conductor
Robert Townson	....	soundtrack producer