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This is old-fashioned fun until the climactic battle, which almost comes across like routine bone piling after all the flights of fancy.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Army of Darkness
Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas.
1992 · 1h 29m · R
Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Directed by
Sam Raimi
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Army of Darkness
Overview
Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.
Director and cast
- Sam Raimi Director
- Bruce Campbell as Ash
- Embeth Davidtz as Sheila
- Marcus Gilbert as Arthur
- Ian Abercrombie as Wiseman
- Richard Grove as Duke Henry
- Michael Earl Reid as Gold Tooth
- Timothy Patrick Quill as Blacksmith
- Bridget Fonda as Linda
- Patricia Tallman as Possessed Witch
- Ted Raimi as Cowardly Warrior / Second Supportive Villager / S-Mart Clerk
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