Probably the most significant horror film of the 1990s.

Rating: 10/10 (2 November 1998)

Maybe it's an exaggeration to say AoD is the single most important cultural event of the nineties, but there's no denying that it has fundamentally affected pop culture. Ash is the ultimate wisecracking anti-hero, and he will live in our hearts and video-games forever. Not to mention the fact that the success of this film paved the way for Raimi et al.'s later projects (ie, Hercules and above all Xena). Not that any of that matters particularly when you're sitting down to watch the flick; let's just say it's probably the most entertaining movie since Star Wars and leave it at that.