Armee der Finsternis (1992)

Armee der Finsternis: Directed by Sam Raimi. With Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie. A sardonic hardware store clerk is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead so he can return home.

“The third–and presumably last–of the Evil Dead movies finds Ash Williams(B-movie supreme ruler Bruce Campbell in full froth)somehow transported(along with his broken down car)in Medieval England,about to do battle,once again,with the undead,with the aid of(among other things) his u0026quot;boom sticku0026quot; and his chainsaw. While being a strange man in a strange land,he romances plucky lass Sheila(Embeth Davitz,pre-Schindleru0026#39;s List) and aiding the reluctant natives(among them Ian Abercrombie,MArcus Gilbert and Richard Groce).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTo me(and I suspect I am not alone on this),one of the neat things about this film is that it moves at such a rip-roaring pace that one has little time to catch their breath or even add up the absurdity of the story. But,to quote another commenter,Who cares? This offering,which pretty much eschews the original Evil Deadu0026#39;s Horror premise,and capitalizes on more of the crazed,feverish pacing of Evil Dead 2,seems content to offer large doses of humor mixed with raucous violence and only the thinnest character exposition. Bully for director/co-writer Sam Raimi,co-writer Ivan Raimi and company on this! This is a great u0026quot;palate-cleanseru0026quot; of a movie and is a solid party film(among other occasions),whether youu0026#39;re fans of Campbell,Raimi,berserker action films,comedies or all four.”