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Universal wanted to market the film as a stand-alone feature for audiences who had not seen The Evil Dead or Evil Dead II which is also the reason for the prologue. The rights to the franchise had also changed hands, meaning the name "Evil Dead" could not be used anyway which is also why the prologue is re-shot footage and not simply lifted from Evil Dead II. Sam Raimi as a result used the subheading, "The Medieval Dead".
Linda died, after being possessed by the demons and later killed by Ash. Both Evil Dead films prior to Army of Darkness depict this.
Sam Raimi's third part of the Evil Dead trilogy was released both as a R-rated version and an unrated Director's Cut. The latter features more than 100 differences totaling in over 15 minutes of more running time. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.
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