A fuller story with all of the Evil Dead DNA that made it memorable

Rating: 6/10 (13 October 2018)

There was never enough in The Evil Dead to credit it with being the best film just because the cabin-in-the-woods theme was an original one. The film was below par in too many aspects and it was not much of a story, and not the first to feature flesh-eating demons. And, although the second instalment was entertaining and creditable, the third in the series proves the point that there is no substitute for a good story and high production values. Evil Dead III: Army of Darkness is funny, well acted, consistent pacing throughout, and raises the bar once more and still retains all of the familiar DNA in gore, slapstick humour and good all round entertainment. Containing less of the blood soaked insanity of the previous two instalments, Army of Darkness is more of a cartoonish sword-and-sorcery fantasy, albeit one with some imaginative monsters and special effects, with a horror element attached to it.