Could a Sequel Be Any Better?

Rating: 9/10 (3 November 2006)

SPOILERS
There are very few sequels that could stand up to the original. Firstly, Evil Dead Two surpassed Evil Dead One with flying colors. Now, in my opinion, Army of Darkness surpasses Evil Dead Two and Evil Dead One. This is a lot like Evil Dead Two. By that, I mean, combining humor and horror. Quite frankly, I think this is way funnier than Evil Dead Two.
Army of Darkness begins with a summary of what happened in Evil Dead Two. Then, he's sucked in the vortex and finds himself in the Medevil Times. The Oldsmobile made it too! In the Medevil Times, he's claimed to be one of Henry's men. Ash is enslaved. A woman named Sheila thinks that he killed her brother and he is taken to the pit. His chainsaw and shotgun are taken away from him. Before he is thrown into the pit, however, someone else is. The man screams and a gigantic blood geyser, like another horror film, spews out. The horror film I am talking about is, of course, A Nightmare On Elm Street. Anyway, he is thrown into the pit. The pit is dark and foggy. That is never good in a horror film. And in this film, it isn't very different. A deadite comes out of nowhere and to make matters worse, the spiked walls start closing in. Then, a priest throws him his chainsaw. He decapitates the deadite and tries to climb up the wall.Then a zombie comes out of the wall. He cuts off it's hand. Ash uses his belt to grab a chain that lifts up. The zombie grabs Ash's foot. Luckily, Ash gets out of the pit and the spiked walls crush the zombie. Then he threatens the town with his boom stick to make them help him return home. But, the priest thinks he is the one who will help them fight off the deadites and save the town. He agrees only for help to return home in return. Ash needs to get the Book of the Dead because that contains the spells to fight off the deadites. While he does this, he falls in love with the woman who thought he was her brother's killer.
Then, the big day comes. The priest tells him to find the Book and say the words from the Day the Earth Stood Still. He finds the Books. Yes, there were three Books. After he receives numerous injuries from the first two Books, he gets the last Book. Unfortunately, he forgets the words and says them wrong, thus the Evil Dead is released. He is chased by the Dead after a humorous encounter with some skeletons. He goes to a mill and Mini Ash come! He accidentally swallows one and that Ash comes out of his body. Ash kills and buries it. It then comes back from the Dead!
Ash returns to the village and Sheila is captured by a flying Deadite. The town agrees to help Ash fight the Dead. Meanwhile, Evil Ash turns Sheila to a Deadite, but she's still living. They fight and Ash saves Sheila. Ash is given a potion to sleep until he wakes up in his own time.
Now, there are two endings to this. One is that Ash returns to his own time, but a deadite comes with him. He kills it and kisses a woman. The other one is that Ash sleeps too long and wakes up during the Apocalypse. He laughs manically as the credits roll.
Overall, this is a funny, scary movie.
9/10
Recommend Films: Evil Dead, Evil Dead Two