Gotta love those stop-motion skeletons

Rating: Null/10 (5 October 2001)

There's a lot of fun stuff in this movie, especially from Bruce Campbell (the quintessential King of Camp), and Sam Raimi is definitely a talented director, but it doesn't quite compare to the previous movie, Evil Dead II, despite its bigger budget. I think the problem is that the fun and charm that made Evil Dead II so good comes off pretty forced and more obvious in this movie, especially with the cartoony sound effects and Campbell going REALLY over-the-top as Evil Ash and the Tiny Ashes. The best stuff was with the army of skeletons (brought to life with puppets and stop-motion animation) bickering with one another. I only wish that they could have been stop-motion in the fight scenes and not stuntmen in cheap suits.