Old friends in a gory movie!

Rating: Null/10 (12 August 2001)

One day I came home as my son was watching a rental of "Army of Darkness." I commented that the battle scene reminded me of Monty Python. He told me I might like it because Bruce Campbell, whom I have admired in Xena/Hercules, Brisco County Jr., and Jack of All Trades, is the star. Then I noticed that the director was Sam Raimi! I was hooked, and got my son the trilogy for his birthday. So today, I watched Evil Dead for the first time.
I usually don't watch gory movies...I outgrew my "horror" phase when I started getting nightmares from them. Knowing the styles of the director and actor, I figured there would be enough humor to keep it bearable. The only humor (other than the "gift" scene) were the stupid mistakes made by the characters and the outrageous special effects, which kept it from being too believable! I'm just glad I didn't see the "shocker" ending before I knew about the sequels...
I enjoyed watching it, but much prefer more recent works by the director and actor.
Back in the 60's, before "slasher" movies, there was a term for this genre...blood and guts, or something like that. Does anybody remember?