r/BruceCampbell

Personally, I am perfectly fine with this. He's done more than enough for us Evil Dead fans over the decades and even if he decided to go forward with the animated series, I just don't think it would have worked. Evil Dead is so deeply rooted in practical effects and actors' physicality that I just can't see that satisfyingly being translated into animation.

Also he's a 68 year old man with cancer. So let him tour with his movie, let him smoke weed a and let him ride his tricycle. He's more than deserved it. None of us can possibly demand anything more from him at this point.

Army of Darkness is a dark fantasy adventure film from 1992 directed and co-written by Sam Raimi, co-written by Ivan Raimi, produced by Rob Tapert, and starring Bruce Campbell. It is the final installment in the original Evil Dead trilogy, this time following the reluctant hero Ash traveling to 1300 AD England, now battling Evil forces in Middle Ages. The music for the film was composed by Joseph LoDuca, who has done the same for both of the previous Evil Dead movies, with one specific track (March of the Dead) being composed by Danny Elfman, who Raimi previously worked with on Darkman (and works with on many other projects in the future).

Raimi made Army of Darkness as a part of his deal with Universal Pictures, which makes it the only big budget studio production from the original trilogy, while also crafting it as more of a dark adventure rather than another horror movie. With the budget of 12 million dollars, Army of Darkness was more than three times as expensive as The Evil Dead and Evil Dead II combined. And even though this allowed the filmmakers to really push the envelope on their franchise, it also came with a very troubled and complicated shoot as well as studio interreference. The movie was originally supposed to be titled The Medieval Dead, but that decision was eventually vetoed by Universal who wanted to sell Army of Darkness as a standalone movie with little to no connections to the previous two films. The studio also demanded to cut or change several scenes as well as to completely rework the ending. However, Raimi was eventually able to put together a director's cut that adds or changes several scenes to their original state, as well as reintroduces the original ending.

Army of Darkness barely made its production budget back in the US theaters, however when it was released on VHS and later DVD, it started gaining international cult following that keeps growing to this day, making it a fan favorite not only as an Evil Dead sequel, but also as a standalone adventure movie.

Tonight I was reading a book to my 7 year old and one of the characters says something like, “if I get a special glove I want it to be a chainsaw, that would be groovy.”

I really appreciated the subtle reference and wanted to share it with someone.