Gosh, this film is bad and hugely disappointing on so many levels! But then my hopes weren't high when I knew Universal Studios had got their horrible mitts on it and started dictating the script and production values, culminating in a utterly typical ending!From being a truly horrifying, no-holds-barred blood and guts from the first two EV films, but polished with some brilliant dark humour and a perfectly campy role by Campbell, we end up this half-baked mix of fantasy & Arthurian legend, with little or no effective horror or gore to speak of.The sfx are not great, but neither is the script as a whole; and it all looks seriously dated and incredibly un-engaging.Campbell's charisma just about holds everything together, but the film as a whole really is a poor effort after waiting something like 5 years since the far superior Evil Dead 2 graced our screens.

A book awakens evil forces and sends Bruce Campbell into a magical past resembling Highlander medieval times with Scottish people. Just before sending him to this other realm, the book which is alive enters into his body and Bruce must chop off his hand with a handy-dandy chainsaw. He then puts the chainsaw in place of his right hand. In the other realm, he is captured by soldiers wearing English knight armor and Renaissance uniforms. At their castle the soldiers all throw Bruce into a pit where he kills a zombie. Even though they confiscated his chainsaw, he recovers it from a sorcerer who throws it in there so that he does not die. The magical sorcerer also lobbed Bruce's shotgun below. He releases the other prisoners who were about to be throw in the pit after him. With the shotgun he makes the rules now! So, basically, he is King in this realm because of his technology. Fortunately, his car was sent with him as well. He uses it in the final battle against the forces of Evil, the Evil Dead Army. Bruce Campbell's character fights witches and skeletons along the way.

The third entry in the series is certainly the strangest, with a medieval setting and completely comic tone - think a three stooges skit mixed with a whacky cartoon with Bruce Campbell right in the centre. 'Army Of Darkness (1992)' does have its lion's share of memorable moments and quotable one-liners, but it just isn't 'Evil Dead.' Its possible to divorce the experience from the franchise and have fun with it, silly and irreverent fun with a Saturday morning cartoon feel to it. Campbell is suitably ostentatious as his new, one-liner spewing self and the physical comedy on display is enjoyably impressive, as well. In its series context, though, it loses all the grit of the prior titles and, as such, the mix between horror and humour is incredibly imbalanced. A disappointing third-entry, especially for those who favoured the genuine gore and scares of the prior titles, but a decent slapstick comedy. 6/10

Great third splatter film of the evil dead series, which also stars Bruce Campbell, which is also directed by Sam Raimi. Like the second splatter film of the evil dead series, this is another horror comedy. This is the most comedic movie of the three movie series. A must see! Watch the television series, called Ash Vs. Evil Dead! All of this is great movie stuff!