Alternate Versions for
Army of Darkness (1993)

• 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 is available a Special Edition on video 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.
  
  
• A version that was exactly like the Australia/Japan version was shown in Finland, but only with the she-demon ending.
  
  
• An alternate version includes a scene where Ash sings "London bridge is falling down" while stomping on his small doppelgangers in the windmill.
  
  
• A Limited Edition 2-DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment was released in October 1999 which includes the U.S. Theatrical Cut, and Sam Raimi's Original Director's Cut with 15 minutes of extra footage including 10 more minutes of the final battle scene against the deadites, extra & alternate dialogue sequences, the original 'Post-Apocalyptic' ending, and other bits of footage only seen on the U.S. T.V. cuts of the film. It also includes a special audio commentary by Director/Co-Writer Sam Raimi, star Bruce Campbell, and Co-Writer Ivan Raimi, original theatrical trailer, 'The Men Behind the Army' behind-the-scenes featurette narrated by Bruce Campbell himself, 4 deleted scenes not even shown in the Director's Cut (with & without audio commentary), Director's Storyboards & Conceptual Drawings, and the usual talent bios.
  
  
• Almost all deleted scenes are added into television versions of the movie, excluding some scenes in the final battle (BadAsh checking his hair as BadSheila picks her nails with a dagger, Arthur's repeated cries of "We are deserted!", and the death of Ted Raimi). This includes two excellent scenes cut from every version of the movie. At the beginning, as Arthur yells "To the pit!" the little bald guy with the whip (Gold Tooth) says "To the pit with the blackguard!" and charges Ash on his horse. Ash knocks him off the horse with his shotgun and is sucker-punched by Arthur, which Ash doesn't like, and knocks Arthur down. Arthur is shocked, but recovers to slap Ash's face lightly and order his men to "Secure the prisoner." They do. Another scene explains the mirror thing a little better, as Ash leaves the windmill to walk through an ominous forest, accidentally knocking into his horse. Saying "You big piece of hamburger, c'mere," he ties the horse down until seeing a duplicate of himself in the windmill's doorway, which then slams shut. He runs back into the windmill and smashes headfirst into a mirror. These scenes are included in VERY rough scratched-up form in the "director's cut" DVD/VHS, along with another scene in which Ash is captured by Henry's men, including Rob Tapert. Henry stops them from killing Ash and laughs, calling Ash "Mr. Fancypants." Ash convinces Henry to fight with him, saying "You owe me." There is also an alternate opening on the DVD which is much more horror-like, omitting the S-Mart material and including more "Evil Dead 2"-style footage. This matches with the "end of the world" ending, as Ash appears to have a beard (only his eyes are shown to avoid giving this away too much).
  
  
• The cable TV version, though extended, cuts out the decapitation of pit Deadite, the skeletons' "We've got plans for you, girly-girl!" female slaves, and all profanity, including (sometimes) Ash's name. "Assholes" becomes "apeheads," and "bastards" becomes "buzzards."
  
  
• The Australian/Japanese special edition is identical to the UK video version.

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