Flimsy to non-existant horror, great comedy

Rating: Null/10 (1 August 2003)

Army of Darkness is essentially a hardcore comedy with horror elements. It doesn't seem to be a mainstream deal but, if it were, little boys all over the place would be watching this. Bruce Campbell makes a very unappealing hero and he's not engaging whatsoever but he's got charisma in spades and so we watch him without paying much attention to him. The plot is a one trick pony. Ash is sent back in time and must retrieve the book of the dead to make it back. The "primitives" that he aligns himself with need it too. Ash messes up (hilariously) and the army of the dead awakes. The skeletons attack Ash and his buddies, led by Ash's evil twin that split from him in an earlier scene. There's nothing scary about this movie but the comedy is A+ if you like Three Stooges' style slapstick. As I stated earlier, this is a little boys dream movie.