Army of Darkness

Rather than a horror film, this turned out to be a fantasy comedy full of wisecracks. And that's good. Campbell brings Ash's character to perfection. Raimi must have read Conan stories as a kid, and Army Of Darkness is part tribute and part parody of his adventures. I'm kind of curious if they're going to eventually make a fourth installment, and if they do, you can bet I'm going to go see it. (27/08/2008)

A bombastic array of excellent "fights" with the dead, a huge number of great original ideas, a wonderful sense of perspective, and the divine Campbell. Overall, I really like the way Raimi conceived the whole trilogy – he started with a pretty serious horror film, then defined a new genre in which he mixed horror elements with comedy elements, and then conceived the final part as pure comedy. Even though I was laughing a lot of times ;))), this instalment is still the weakest of the whole series for me. (07/03/2011)

A feature-length reinforcement of the cult named Bruce Campbell. The story is non-existent, the atmosphere too and the other actors aren’t even worth a mention. But Bruce and his charisma make all of these negatives seem so petty. The end of the trilogy where Sam Raimi and his ingenious and inventive directing or any kind of a story is important anymore. It’s all about Bruce here, Bruce and... did I say that Bruce plays in this? (24/07/2007)

An hour and a half of unbridled fun. The film pretends to be horror, but there is nothing to be afraid of, it’s just fun and marveling at what Raimi has come up with again. There are countless gags and when you add Bruce Campbell, my personal cult actor with charisma to spare, the fun is guaranteed. Clearly the best film of the Evil Dead trilogy! (01/09/2002)

If I were to say that Evil Dead 2 is Bruce Campbell's one man show, what am I supposed to say about Army of Darkness? I know, it's a show of several Bruce Campbells (of different sizes). The story doesn't seem to exist, but everything from the beginning to the end is pushed by Ash and charming special effects, which are really abundant here. While the escapades in the windmill are reminiscent of the hand scene from the second film, the final battle with the "Harryhausen" skeletons is unique. And I haven't even mentioned yet how funny Army of Darkness is (no, it really doesn't have much to do with horror). What I liked most was Ash picking the right Necronomicon (when his deformed head looked very, very, very strikingly like Al Pacino) and his irresistible recitation of the three key words. (30/07/2012)