Army of Darkness: Not Darker than the first two films

Rating: 9/10 (18 January 2014)

Army of Darkness is for sure the black sheep of the trilogy with hardly any scares it decided to be more of a horror themed comedy than a horror movie. But on with the review! Army of Darkness picks up right were Evil Dead II left off Ash gets sucked into a portal teleporting him to the middle ages. The movie may not have horror in it but as a comedy it does great, its very funny with plenty of great laughs. In the movie Bruce Campbell's acting is still the same and Ash is still our lovable protagonist. The whole time there is many great and interesting cinematography and POV shots, a main staple of the series. Army of Darkness is missing one major thing: the gore is gone, I was very disappointed by this but after multiple viewings I've learned to live with it. The humor of the movie is set up like a three stooges skit with lots of slapstick jokes. One thing that sticks in my mind is the final battle between the kingdom and the army of the dead. It's fun and funny with plenty of Ray Harryhausen inspired effects. All the chips in play Army of Darkness is a way less serious movie, with lots of humor and many things (besides gore and horror) that made the first two movies great. Army of Darkness gets a 9 out of 10.