Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead franchise has taken many different forms over the years, but the first time that it truly pivoted outside its cabin-in-the-woods aesthetic was in 1992’s Army of Darkness.
This series would honestly have been fine by continuing to take gory, nasty trips back to the cabin, but here Raimi and company proved that their Deadite-centric stories showed endless potential.
After two very similar horror films, with Evil Dead II basically just being a goofier retelling of its predecessor, this third entry cuts out most of the horror entirely.
Army is an action comedy through and through.
It’s the perfect flip side to the first two films’ on-screen visceral and gory physicality, favoring a slapstick, Three Stooge-like nature.
With Bruce Campbell’s career-best performance as Ash being the cherry on top, Army of Darkness has proven itself to being the integral piece that reshaped the Evil Dead series forever.
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