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*EARLY ACCESS* Army of Darkness (1992) | Movie Night (Patreon)

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2026-09-14 21:00:04
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We have made it to the BEST movie of this franchise to round out our Evil Dead/Ashy Slashy deep dive!

This was by FAR our favourite and will be a regular rewatch for the both of us!

Let us know if you want us to watch the new modern Evil Dead movies, or give us suggestions for the next horror/80s movie franchise to dive into next!

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MOVIE NIGHT | Army of Darkness (1992)

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Girl4Music

The speed with which I clicked on the link to the notification that came in my email for this would make Albert Einstein shiver in his grave. Army Of Darkness is my favourite Evil Dead film and media out of everything in the franchise. I’m going to love this.

Leslie M

Excellent reaction, ladies! This one is so much fun. Bruce gets to be a real swashbuckler, which is a delight. Definitely a shift in tone from the first two films. And one thing I love about these guys is the little hat tips they give to past pop culture. As Tash noted, when the tiny evil Ashes tie Ash down to the floor, that's directly from the famous 18th century novel "Gulliver's Travels." And the magic phrase Ash can never remember comes straight out of the 1951 all-time sci-fi classic film "The Day the Earth Stood Still," where the alien tells the heroine that she must use the phrase "Klaatu barada nikto" to stop the giant robot from destroying the Earth. These kinds of things just add an extra layer of hilarity for me.

Leslie M

With regard to your discussion at the end about censorship, there was no censorship involved with "Army of Darkness" in the literal meaning of the word, i.e. some governmental or other official prohibition on certain language or depictions. But definitely the studios have a lot of say as to what they will and won't allow in movies they finance. The difference between the content of the first two Evil Dead films and Army of Darkness is not so much a matter of changes in censorship between the early 1980s and the 1990s as it is changes in how the films were financed, who put up the money and how much money was at stake. Based on Bruce's two memoirs which I've read (and highly recommend), since the Raimis, Bruce and Rob Tapert self-financed the first Evil Dead movie (with loans) and did not have a deal with a studio or anyone else to distribute their film at the time they were making it, they could put in anything they wanted, without any studio suits interfering. And since they were a bunch of guys between the ages of 19 and 24, they pretty much did exactly that. After it made a splash at some film festivals, it got a distribution deal with New Line Cinema, which at that time focused almost entirely on art house and foreign language films, so small market stuff. And it got an "X" rating, which may actually have helped its revenue with college age kids, but greatly limited distribution in general. (That rating has since been changed to NC-17.) It made most of its money in the US from sales of VHS tapes, which were released at the same time that the film was released in theaters. It also did well in foreign markets. The second film did have studio financing, but still had a small budget compared to most films, and it was released through a shell company, so it didn't have to get an official rating from the Motion Picture Producers Association, which is the voluntary film industry entity that assigns the G, PG, R, X, etc. ratings. It was never submitted to them for a rating and thus released as "unrated." That substantially limited the number of theaters that would accept a booking. It did okay at the box office, but not great. Again, it made money on VHS tape sales. By contrast, "Army of Darkness" got the full studio treatment, with a budget more than triple Evil Dead II and a distribution deal with Universal Studios. The studio was not going to allow an "X" rating or a "not rated" designation, like the first two films, and the movie had to be toned down accordingly. Basically, if you want the studio's big bucks, you have to accept the studio's rules that allow it to make a deal for wide distribution. Like Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness did only "okay" at the box office, but subsequently became a cult favorite on VHS/DVD and screenings in college towns. It's probably that lack of big box office that led the studios to want the more recent films to take a different tone and go more full-on horror. As for our beloved "Ash vs. Evil Dead" television show, Bruce says they went with Starz for that because, unlike several other premium cable channels who expressed interest, Starz told them they could do whatever they wanted on the show and it would not interfere. The advent of specialized streaming channels has opened up a whole new world of movies and TV series that could never have gotten shown in theaters or on regular TV in the olden days.

Leslie M

Finally, you asked if we had any suggestions for other Bruce Campbell movies to watch. I have two. First is a very weird comedy-horror film called "Bubba Ho-Tep," in which Bruce plays old Elvis Presley in a nursing home. And that's the most normal thing about it. It's something of a cult classic and fun. The second is "Alien Apocalypse," a very low-budget movie made for the SYFY cable channel, which is pretty ridiculous, but which not only stars Bruce Campbell, but he somehow also convinced none other than Renee O'Connor to co-star in. It's worth it for that alone, right?

Nathan Robertson

The newer Evil Dead movies are good too, but they’re darker and more serious. A different vibe than most of the Ash stuff. Don’t forget Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell, which is considered unofficial spin-off. The recent movie Deadstream is a lot of fun and was heavily inspired by Evil Dead. As for other horror/80s franchises the ones that are considered surprisingly consistent like Evil Dead are A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream and Chucky (which as a TV series sequel like Evil Dead did). As are the first four of Romero’s zombie movies. The Shatner/Nimoy Star Trek movies are also really consistent, just keep in mind the first one is paced like a motherfucking glacier and not a good representation of the tone and style of the five sequels. Wrath of Khan was a soft reboot that was designed as a potential series finale for fans while also acting as a fresh jumping on point for newbies. And the Karate Kid trilogy is pretty decent, while Cobra Kai is fun as fuck. I greatly miss the age of Xena and Buffy where we had a ton of episodes where the characters and world were just allowed to breathe, but if you’re gonna have a 10 episode season genre show/legacy sequel in my opinion Ash vs Evil Dead, Cobra Kai and Star Trek: Prodigy are THE shining examples of how to pull it off. Great new characters to fall in love with while still giving the OG characters plenty to do. And pack each half hour (!!!) episode with more ideas, character work and genuine emotion that they honestly feel more like hour long dramedies than the half hour shows that they are. All three are well worth the trip. I’m also gonna throw the horror comedy Tucker & Dale vs. Evil out there, because fuck it. Why not? It’s cozy as hell. Apologies for how fucking long this was.

Nathan Robertson

Also the originally planned title for this was The Medieval Dead, and it’s a damn shame Universal made Raimi and Tapert change that because it’s delightful.

HiCo

Anyone who also grew up with the original Star Wars toys and read all the names of the characters on the back of the cards will also recognise them as background aliens from Jabba's palace in Return of the Jedi are called Klaatu, Barada and Nikto. 😂

HiCo

Bubba Ho-Tep is properly funny. Alien Apocalypse is dreadful but fun to see Bruce and Renée. The commentary track on the latter is arguably more fun than the movie itself.

HiCo

Hate to break it to you, but he does deliver the Groovy line, just were just talking over it! It's right at the end of the montage of him designing and building his robot hand and crushing a metal goblet with it. Glad to see you having fun with this one more than the other two. I'm glad you got this ending to the film (as there are 2 quite different ones) as this was the one I knew first on my VHS copy. My DVD had the different one on, which was a big surprise the first time I watched that one! I feel like you both were teasing me throughout keep mentioning things the movie reminded you of but not the big one I was waiting for. People have noticed some strong similarities between this and the Lord of the Rings, particularly the Two Towers. There is the scene at the start with Sheila asking about her brother, which in LotR is Eowyn asking about the fate of Aragorn. There is the scene of them making gunpowder where Ash grabs the guy's wrist so he doesn't get too close with the naked flame and a very similar one with Saruman stopping Wormtongue doing the same. The seige of the castle also plays out very similar to the Helm's deep battle with a lot of shots being done the same way and some of the basic story beats playing out the same way. The army approaches. The archers on the wall hold back their arrows to build tension. A battering ram is brought up as men rush to shore it up from the inside. When all seems lost, a group of cavalry appear on the nearby hillside and charge into the enemy army to save the day. There used to be a good YT video comparing this shot for shot but ironically it got taken down for copyright. Movies doing this is nothing new of course, it's just one of my film interests seeing how far back you can track certain things in movies.

2 Girls 1 Episode

Upon my rewatch I DID see him say it and was like “How the hell did we miss that?!” So I went check this reaction and sure enough, we talked completely over it lol. Oops!! And both Tash and I haven’t watched LotR enough to be able to get that feel of it. I’ve watched them all once lol. I need to rewatch them again soon. -Hunter

Girl4Music

Omg that is so good! Totally fits the campy vibe too.

Girl4Music

The only thing is it feels weird to see Bruce and Renee kiss when we know it’s NOT Xena.

Leslie M

Extremely weird!

Nathan Robertson

Another great Xena-ish project starring Campbell is The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. A sci-fi western that aired on FOX for 27 episodes. Predates Xena by two years, but is close enough vibe-wise that people mistakenly think the same company made it. It was co-showran by future Lost co-showrunner Carlton Cuse and Jeffrey Boam (!!!) fresh off of writing the screenplays for The Dead Zone, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Lethal Weapons 1-3. Campbell’s two main co-stars were Julius Carey of The Last Dragon fame and future Emmy winner for Boston Legal Christian Clemenson. I keep forgetting to check out Boston Legal now that I’m officially diagnosed as autistic to see how well his Jerry Espenson holds up as representation. I haven’t watched it since I was a kid.