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Army of Darkness (1992) -- A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.
Army of Darkness (1992) -- A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   52,234 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Sam Raimi (written by) &
Ivan Raimi (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
19 February 1993 (USA) more
Tagline:
Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas more
Plot:
A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(87 articles)
Uncle Creepy's Blu Christmas Buyer's Guide 2009
 (From Dread Central. 11 December 2009, 1:55 AM, PST)

Badasses of Horror: Part Two
 (From Fangoria. 9 November 2009, 6:30 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Not for the pretentious more (531 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bruce Campbell ... Ash

Embeth Davidtz ... Sheila
Marcus Gilbert ... Lord Arthur

Ian Abercrombie ... Wiseman

Richard Grove ... Duke Henry the Red
Timothy Patrick Quill ... Blacksmith
Michael Earl Reid ... Gold Tooth

Bridget Fonda ... Linda

Patricia Tallman ... Possessed Witch

Ted Raimi ... Cowardly Warrior / Second Supportive Villager / S-Mart Clerk (as Theodore Raimi)

Deke Anderson ... Mini-Ash #2

Bruce Thomas ... Mini-Ash #3
Sara Shearer ... Old Woman
Shiva Gordon ... Pit Deadite #1
Billy Bryan ... Pit Bitch
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Army of Darkness: The Medieval Dead (UK) (video title)
Army of Darkness: The Ultimate Experience in Medieval Horror (USA) (closing credits title)
Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness (USA) (closing credits title)
Evil Dead 3 (USA) (working title)
The Army of Darkness (USA) (original script title)
The Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness (UK) (DVD box title)
The Medieval Dead (USA) (working title)
L'armée des ténèbres (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
A sötétség serege (Hungary) [hu]
Armáda temnot (Czech Republic) [cs]
Armee der Finsternis (Germany) [de]
Armia ciemnosci (Poland) [pl]
Armija mraka (Serbia) (video title) [sr]
Army of Darkness: Evil Dead III (Sweden) [sv]
El ejército de las tinieblas (Spain) [es]
Evil dead 3 - L'armée des ténèbres (France) (DVD box title) [fr]
Kyaputien supamaketto: Shiryo no harawata III (Japan) [ja]
L'armée des ténèbres - Evil dead III (France) [fr]
L'armata delle tenebre (Italy) [it]
O Exército das Trevas (Portugal) [pt]
O stratos tou skotous (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Pimeyden armeija (Finland) [fi]
Tanz der Teufel III: Armee der Finsternis (Germany) [de]
Uma Noite Alucinante 3 (Brazil) [pt]
Vojska tame (Croatia) [hr]
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and horror.
Runtime:
81 min | 96 min (director's cut)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The magic words Ash must use to claim the Book of the Dead are "Clatto Verata Nicto" - a reference to "Klaatu, Barada, Nikto", the words used to command the robot Gort in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Toward the beginning of the movie when Ash gets out of the pit, he shoots his shotgun three times. He makes it known that it is a double barrel shotgun. Double barrel shotguns only hold two rounds. Therefore you can only fire two shots before reloading. However, the amount of time between Ash firing the second shot at the deadite and the third one allows for him to have reloaded the gun. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
[opening monologue]
Ash: My name is Ash and I am a slave. As far as I can figure, the year is thirteen hundred A.D and I'm being dragged to my death. It wasn't always like this, I had a real life, once. A job.
Ash: [now Ash is in a flashback] Umm... Hardware aisle twelve, shop smart, shop S-Mart!
Ash: [back to monologue] I had a wonderful girlfriend Linda. Together we drove to a small cabin in the mountains. It seems an archeologist had come to this remote place to translate and study his latest find: Necronomiconexmortis. The Book of the Dead. Bound in human flesh and inked in blood, this ancient Samarian text contained bizarre burial rights, funeral incantations, and demon resurrection passages, it was never meant for the world of the living. The book awoke something dark in the woods, something evil.
[something crashes through the window of the cabin and Linda screams]
Ash: It took Linda. Then it came after me, it got into my hand and it went bad, so I lopped it off at the wrist.
[Ash is seen cutting off his hand]
Ash: But that didn't stop it, it came back big time.
Ash: [Ash gets pulled into the vortex holding onto the doorway] For God's sake how do you stop it?
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in True Crime: Streets of LA (2003) (VG) more
Soundtrack:
March Of The Dead more

FAQ

Why is it officially titled "Army of Darkness" rather than "Evil Dead III" like the previous installments?
What happened to Linda? Ash has a different love interest in this film.
What are the differences between the R-rated version and the unrated Director's Cut?
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110 out of 125 people found the following comment useful.
Not for the pretentious, 4 April 2001
9/10
Author: Freddie Miles Fanclub from Philadelphia

Most people would say you can check your brain at the door before you watch this film, but I beg to differ. This is genuinely intelligent stuff here folks. The director, Sam Raimi, reminds us in this film what it is like to have fun. From the film itself, as well as the DVD featurettes, it is apparent that Mr. Raimi is having a blast doing what he does best. It shows too. Granted, there is not much in the line of plot or theme, but these would be totally gratuitous in this escapist piece. Instead, we are given a fantastic adventure, appropriately tongue-in-cheek special effects, and an ode to The Three Stooges. The facial expressions of Bruce Campbell alone make this film well worth its 80 minutes. I don't want to give away a single joke, because the experience is just too much fun. So, do yourself a favor. Watch this film without being so hard on yourself. Yes, you are allowed to laugh. There can be non-sardonic humor in modern day America. Sam Raimi proves it.

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