The evil grimoire the Necronomicon sends Ash Williams—chainsaw hand all—back to the Dark Ages where he helps King Arthur battle the forces of the Undead.
Starring Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, and Ian Ambercrombie. Written by Sam Raimi and Ivan Raimi. Directed by Sam Raimi.
From the newsletter: The third film in the Evil Dead series gets even further away from the original film’s horror, being more firmly rooted in fantasy and comedy. There are no trees sexually assaulting young women, no dead wives in the basement, possessed by the forces of evil—this is purely a fantasy, combining A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court and Gulliver’s Travelswith an Iron Maiden album cover. Unlike the pure horror of the first Evil Dead, this is more along lines of classic adventure films like the Ray Harryhausan-designed Jason and the Argonauts, and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, and cockeyed references to Spartacus and Ben Hur, not to mention The Day the Earth Stood Still, all filtered through Three Stooges slapstick.
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