Sam-Raimi Movie Reviews

Spider-Man is my Faviorte super-hero I was hoping Venom and Kraven The Hunter to be the next villians but I now know it's another cool villian Doc Ock!Doctor Octopus,Lizard,Kraven The Hunter,Rhino,Scorpion and Venom are my favirote villians of all time!I can't wait to sit down and enjoy this movie July,2004!

Spidy is hitting the screen again. I was waiting for the first movie to come out with full anticipation when I was watching Tobey Macguire when he said there was going to be a trilogy. I told everybody in my house filled with excitement. I was also exicted when I heard that Doc Ock was going to be in the new movie. Tobey Macguire will probably do an other excellent job. Kristen Dunst needs to be a little happier and more energetic in order to portray the original Mary Jane from the cartoon series. July 4,2004 is a day I'm awaiting.

This picks up where the first "Spider Man" movie left off when it ended with the defeat of Norman Osborn aka The Green Goblin.

Spider Man returns to a 'normal' life as Peter Parker, a photographer and is at odds with his boss J. Jonah Jameson but the calm is ended by another storm. New York is in danger once again and Spider Man is now up against a new and more formidable enemy villain named Doctor Octavius or Doctor Octopus who was an old friend of Parker's old science teacher Dr. Connors.

Tobey McGuire who gave an excellent performance as Peter Parker returns in his role once again as our beloved hero Spider Man. Alfred Molina plays the villainous Doctor Octopus. Kirsten Dunst retuns as the stunning beauty Mary Jane Parker.

Most of the comic book movies have done well in staying faithful to their characters but "Spider Man" did the best job at maintaining the character of the classic Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man better than any other comic book movies I've seen. I have faith in this sequel living up to the original. The second X-Men movie did just that, improving upon the greatness of the first and I hope "Spider Man II" will do just the same.

I saw both of these episodes on televison, on different days, and I enjoyed them both very much. I was very lucky to find both of them on the same video tape. Another good episode id the Film Noir (also available at amazon.com). If you are interested in film or trying to better understand a specific genre, BUY THESES VIDEOS!

I'm a total fan of this movie, though I can't seem to come up with a satisfactory explanation why. I'll admit the acting is amateurish, the plot is ridicilous and the effects' well', but there's just something about 'The Evil Dead' that makes it a 5 star movie in my world. Maybe it's that weird low-budget charm, or the fact that Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi and the rest seem like such nice guys. I dunno.

One thing's for sure, the numerous people out there calling this the scariest movie ever, really should watch more movies. Unlike it's sequels, this is actually meant to be scary, but fails in just about every way a movie can fail in that respect. Where it succeeds, however, is at entertaining.

The plot goes something like this: Five teens, who for some reason find themselves in a remote cabin in the woods drinking berry drinks, accidentally play back a recording containing portions of the dreaded Book of the Dead, causing all hell to break loose. That's basically it. Exept this movie somehow manages to pull it off, through the combination of a great location, sheer imagination, and at times wildly inventive camera work (foreshadowing the excellent Evil Dead II).

This movie was considered quite gory for it's time (1982 or thereabout), but the low-budget effects have lost most of their impact over the years. Or maybe I'm just being insensitive...

This DVD has some nifty extras, including a huge still gallery, trailer, and 20 mins of hilarious alternate footage (plenty of demon-posessed growling here). The second commentary track, by Bruce Campbell, is a textbook example of how commentary tracks should be done. Informative, witty, and in some ways more entertaining than the movie itself, it's worth the price of the disc alone.

Ok,throughout time this one has lost the impact it had back then in the 80's and 90's, unlike The Exorcist, but that's mainly because of it's incredibly low budget. Modern era fans most likely will be turned off by the "cheesy gore effects", but true die hard horror fans classify this one as not only one of the most brutal, visceral experiences you may have, but also the most engrossing, mind-warping experience of cinematography.

It has been said a lot of times, but Sam Raimi truly titled himself a genius director with this gem. With a stunning budget of $300,000, he created the most original setups, an incredibly eerie and scary atmosphere, coupled with some of the most imaginative camera angles, gore fx and sound fx available. This movie is everything a horror movie should be: incredibly intense since the beggining, well-crafted suspense scenes, very creepy music, demons that are truly scary, and a huge amount of gore (dismemberments, heads chopped off, and an unbelievable self-eating scene!)

All in all, a true horror masterpiece in all sense of the words. Evil Dead is an experience you don't wanna miss...

A true horror classic. Everything from the sounds, to the setting, to the camera angles is perfectly done. If youre a gore or zombie fan...this is a must-have. The film starts out with a group of friends going out to a cabin for leisure and ends up with a fight to live amongst themselves. This movie also has comical aspects, in the low-budget filming and the extreme gore it contains. Overall, a great movie and worth the money.

I'm a total fan of this movie, though I can't seem to come up with a satisfactory explanation why. I'll admit the acting is amateurish, the plot is ridicilous and the effects' well', but there's just something about 'The Evil Dead' that makes it a 5 star movie in my world. Maybe it's that weird low-budget charm, or the fact that Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi and the rest seem like such nice guys. I dunno.

One thing's for sure, the numerous people out there calling this the scariest movie ever, really should watch more movies. Unlike it's sequels, this is actually meant to be scary, but fails in just about every way a movie can fail in that respect. Where it succeeds, however, is at entertaining.

The plot goes something like this: Five teens, who for some reason find themselves in a remote cabin in the woods drinking berry drinks, accidentally play back a recording containing portions of the dreaded Book of the Dead, causing all hell to break loose. That's basically it. Exept this movie somehow manages to pull it off, through the combination of a great location, sheer imagination, and at times wildly inventive camera work (foreshadowing the excellent Evil Dead II).

This movie was considered quite gory for it's time (1982 or thereabout), but the low-budget effects have lost most of their impact over the years. Or maybe I'm just being insensitive...

This DVD has some nifty extras, including a huge still gallery, trailer, and 20 mins of hilarious alternate footage (plenty of demon-posessed growling here). The second commentary track, by Bruce Campbell, is a textbook example of how commentary tracks should be done. Informative, witty, and in some ways more entertaining than the movie itself, it's worth the price of the disc alone.

Ok,throughout time this one has lost the impact it had back then in the 80's and 90's, unlike The Exorcist, but that's mainly because of it's incredibly low budget. Modern era fans most likely will be turned off by the "cheesy gore effects", but true die hard horror fans classify this one as not only one of the most brutal, visceral experiences you may have, but also the most engrossing, mind-warping experience of cinematography.

It has been said a lot of times, but Sam Raimi truly titled himself a genius director with this gem. With a stunning budget of $300,000, he created the most original setups, an incredibly eerie and scary atmosphere, coupled with some of the most imaginative camera angles, gore fx and sound fx available. This movie is everything a horror movie should be: incredibly intense since the beggining, well-crafted suspense scenes, very creepy music, demons that are truly scary, and a huge amount of gore (dismemberments, heads chopped off, and an unbelievable self-eating scene!)

All in all, a true horror masterpiece in all sense of the words. Evil Dead is an experience you don't wanna miss...

A true horror classic. Everything from the sounds, to the setting, to the camera angles is perfectly done. If youre a gore or zombie fan...this is a must-have. The film starts out with a group of friends going out to a cabin for leisure and ends up with a fight to live amongst themselves. This movie also has comical aspects, in the low-budget filming and the extreme gore it contains. Overall, a great movie and worth the money.

I'm a total fan of this movie, though I can't seem to come up with a satisfactory explanation why. I'll admit the acting is amateurish, the plot is ridicilous and the effects' well', but there's just something about 'The Evil Dead' that makes it a 5 star movie in my world. Maybe it's that weird low-budget charm, or the fact that Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi and the rest seem like such nice guys. I dunno.

One thing's for sure, the numerous people out there calling this the scariest movie ever, really should watch more movies. Unlike it's sequels, this is actually meant to be scary, but fails in just about every way a movie can fail in that respect. Where it succeeds, however, is at entertaining.

The plot goes something like this: Five teens, who for some reason find themselves in a remote cabin in the woods drinking berry drinks, accidentally play back a recording containing portions of the dreaded Book of the Dead, causing all hell to break loose. That's basically it. Exept this movie somehow manages to pull it off, through the combination of a great location, sheer imagination, and at times wildly inventive camera work (foreshadowing the excellent Evil Dead II).

This movie was considered quite gory for it's time (1982 or thereabout), but the low-budget effects have lost most of their impact over the years. Or maybe I'm just being insensitive...

This DVD has some nifty extras, including a huge still gallery, trailer, and 20 mins of hilarious alternate footage (plenty of demon-posessed growling here). The second commentary track, by Bruce Campbell, is a textbook example of how commentary tracks should be done. Informative, witty, and in some ways more entertaining than the movie itself, it's worth the price of the disc alone.

Ok,throughout time this one has lost the impact it had back then in the 80's and 90's, unlike The Exorcist, but that's mainly because of it's incredibly low budget. Modern era fans most likely will be turned off by the "cheesy gore effects", but true die hard horror fans classify this one as not only one of the most brutal, visceral experiences you may have, but also the most engrossing, mind-warping experience of cinematography.

It has been said a lot of times, but Sam Raimi truly titled himself a genius director with this gem. With a stunning budget of $300,000, he created the most original setups, an incredibly eerie and scary atmosphere, coupled with some of the most imaginative camera angles, gore fx and sound fx available. This movie is everything a horror movie should be: incredibly intense since the beggining, well-crafted suspense scenes, very creepy music, demons that are truly scary, and a huge amount of gore (dismemberments, heads chopped off, and an unbelievable self-eating scene!)

All in all, a true horror masterpiece in all sense of the words. Evil Dead is an experience you don't wanna miss...

A true horror classic. Everything from the sounds, to the setting, to the camera angles is perfectly done. If youre a gore or zombie fan...this is a must-have. The film starts out with a group of friends going out to a cabin for leisure and ends up with a fight to live amongst themselves. This movie also has comical aspects, in the low-budget filming and the extreme gore it contains. Overall, a great movie and worth the money.

I'm a total fan of this movie, though I can't seem to come up with a satisfactory explanation why. I'll admit the acting is amateurish, the plot is ridicilous and the effects' well', but there's just something about 'The Evil Dead' that makes it a 5 star movie in my world. Maybe it's that weird low-budget charm, or the fact that Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi and the rest seem like such nice guys. I dunno.

One thing's for sure, the numerous people out there calling this the scariest movie ever, really should watch more movies. Unlike it's sequels, this is actually meant to be scary, but fails in just about every way a movie can fail in that respect. Where it succeeds, however, is at entertaining.

The plot goes something like this: Five teens, who for some reason find themselves in a remote cabin in the woods drinking berry drinks, accidentally play back a recording containing portions of the dreaded Book of the Dead, causing all hell to break loose. That's basically it. Exept this movie somehow manages to pull it off, through the combination of a great location, sheer imagination, and at times wildly inventive camera work (foreshadowing the excellent Evil Dead II).

This movie was considered quite gory for it's time (1982 or thereabout), but the low-budget effects have lost most of their impact over the years. Or maybe I'm just being insensitive...

This DVD has some nifty extras, including a huge still gallery, trailer, and 20 mins of hilarious alternate footage (plenty of demon-posessed growling here). The second commentary track, by Bruce Campbell, is a textbook example of how commentary tracks should be done. Informative, witty, and in some ways more entertaining than the movie itself, it's worth the price of the disc alone.

Ok,throughout time this one has lost the impact it had back then in the 80's and 90's, unlike The Exorcist, but that's mainly because of it's incredibly low budget. Modern era fans most likely will be turned off by the "cheesy gore effects", but true die hard horror fans classify this one as not only one of the most brutal, visceral experiences you may have, but also the most engrossing, mind-warping experience of cinematography.

It has been said a lot of times, but Sam Raimi truly titled himself a genius director with this gem. With a stunning budget of $300,000, he created the most original setups, an incredibly eerie and scary atmosphere, coupled with some of the most imaginative camera angles, gore fx and sound fx available. This movie is everything a horror movie should be: incredibly intense since the beggining, well-crafted suspense scenes, very creepy music, demons that are truly scary, and a huge amount of gore (dismemberments, heads chopped off, and an unbelievable self-eating scene!)

All in all, a true horror masterpiece in all sense of the words. Evil Dead is an experience you don't wanna miss...

A true horror classic. Everything from the sounds, to the setting, to the camera angles is perfectly done. If youre a gore or zombie fan...this is a must-have. The film starts out with a group of friends going out to a cabin for leisure and ends up with a fight to live amongst themselves. This movie also has comical aspects, in the low-budget filming and the extreme gore it contains. Overall, a great movie and worth the money.

There are two types of B movies.
One that is so bad, it is actually unwatchable,and closer to X Y Z than B.
The other type, is a film that does not take itself too seriously,made by talented filmmakers,and closer to A than B: Army Of Darkness,the third installment in the Evil Dead trilogy falls squarely in the latter type.
To describe the film as horror however is a bit far fetched. Army of Darkness is essentially a comedy, absurd, over the top,and chaotic, but a comedy nonetheless.Even the blood and gore and those evil skeletons chasing our hero Ash (an excellent Bruce Campbell) have a comic feel to them, and this is exactly why the film works so well.The horror/comedy genre is a very grey area, and many a director has failed to get the right balance between the two,and as a result his/her film would be lost in predictable suspense and cheesy one-liners added for humour.However Sam Raimi,(like Spielberg and Tarantino,a director who has started his career early, driven by his passion for cinema),succeeds in sticking to absurd comedy,all dressed up nicely in the tension of the 'horror' atmosphere.
This edition is the best to own, because it includes Raimi's original movie, butchered at the time of its release by the studio.This saddens me to no end, to see executives who have no artistic or creative bone in them, deciding what the audience would like or not, and tampering with the director's own vision,(sometimes relying on a 'test audience'-but they are to creativity what a mosquito is to a good night sleep, a bloody nuisance).A very recent example of this,on the set of Exorcist 4 :The Beginning,is replacing one of the best director/auteur in American cinema,Paul Schrader with Renny Harlin, because the studio and its test audience thought Schrader's copy was too psychological and did not have enough 'pea soups'!! what a scandal!
Anyway, back to Army of Darkness,
the studio version, which is 15 minutes less than the original film, has a sentimental happy ending, while Raimi's cut is more 'Planet of the Apes' apocalyptic, which gives an appreciative depth to the film.A lot footage was cut also from the battle scene, which although is not Lord of the Rings, it is quite well made for its budget.
So, Army of Darkness is a very good and hilarious B movie that you will immensly enjoy.Buy it and B entertained!

For the sake of clarity, I just want to say that there is no way I could review any version of Army of Darkness without giving it five stars. It is a modern classic which I can watch over and over again. Seeing the Tiny Evil Ashes take on Ash causes me to laugh out loud with every "My fair lady."

Having said that, I can't imagine why they are releasing yet another SE DVD set of it. I own the 2-disc Limited Edition which came out a few years ago. I can't find anything different about this new "Boomstick Edition" that isn't on the old Limited Edition. Both have the original theatrical release and the director's cut with 15 additional minutes of footage. Both have the Men Behind The Army featurette. Both have the Raimi, Campbell, Raimi commentary. The only thing I've noticed so far is that the Boomstick edition comes with some kind of 10 page collectible book which my LE set didn't have. But unless they made some drastic changes to either the video or audio to clear up imperfections which I never noticed in the first place, I couldn't justify buying this new edition. But if you don't yet own Army of Darkness, don't be a primitive screwhead. Click on the Buy It Now link and get it.

Above all else, remember that this DVD is a novelty item. I would not be dissuaded by any sly remarks about the supposed quality of this DVD. This release is a completely different version than the theatrical release. Some lines are different, the original ending and a lot of deleted material have been incorporated, and there are deleted scenes never placed in any cut of the movie that may be viewed separately (though you'll quickly be wishing that these scenes had been refined and added into this "definitive" DVD, as they, quite simply, explain a lot of things that just didn't make any sense).

I've seen this movie in several different formats, including this DVD and both VHS editions, for a grand total of.. uh.. well over 700+ times, so believe me when I say a true fan will find little lacking with this release. After all, once you've seen a movie that many times, you're probably going to notice if the sound, picture, or whatever is bad enough to where you wish you hadn't bought this cut in the first place, right? Unfortunately, however, if you wish to view the threatrical cut, you'll have to purchase the original DVD release (this being the one shortcoming of the director's cut, aside from not including the deleted scenes as part of the motion picture).

There are two types of B movies.
One that is so bad, it is actually unwatchable,and closer to X Y Z than B.
The other type, is a film that does not take itself too seriously,made by talented filmmakers,and closer to A than B: Army Of Darkness,the third installment in the Evil Dead trilogy falls squarely in the latter type.
To describe the film as horror however is a bit far fetched. Army of Darkness is essentially a comedy, absurd, over the top,and chaotic, but a comedy nonetheless.Even the blood and gore and those evil skeletons chasing our hero Ash (an excellent Bruce Campbell) have a comic feel to them, and this is exactly why the film works so well.The horror/comedy genre is a very grey area, and many a director has failed to get the right balance between the two,and as a result his/her film would be lost in predictable suspense and cheesy one-liners added for humour.However Sam Raimi,(like Spielberg and Tarantino,a director who has started his career early, driven by his passion for cinema),succeeds in sticking to absurd comedy,all dressed up nicely in the tension of the 'horror' atmosphere.
This edition is the best to own, because it includes Raimi's original movie, butchered at the time of its release by the studio.This saddens me to no end, to see executives who have no artistic or creative bone in them, deciding what the audience would like or not, and tampering with the director's own vision,(sometimes relying on a 'test audience'-but they are to creativity what a mosquito is to a good night sleep, a bloody nuisance).A very recent example of this,on the set of Exorcist 4 :The Beginning,is replacing one of the best director/auteur in American cinema,Paul Schrader with Renny Harlin, because the studio and its test audience thought Schrader's copy was too psychological and did not have enough 'pea soups'!! what a scandal!
Anyway, back to Army of Darkness,
the studio version, which is 15 minutes less than the original film, has a sentimental happy ending, while Raimi's cut is more 'Planet of the Apes' apocalyptic, which gives an appreciative depth to the film.A lot footage was cut also from the battle scene, which although is not Lord of the Rings, it is quite well made for its budget.
So, Army of Darkness is a very good and hilarious B movie that you will immensly enjoy.Buy it and B entertained!

For the sake of clarity, I just want to say that there is no way I could review any version of Army of Darkness without giving it five stars. It is a modern classic which I can watch over and over again. Seeing the Tiny Evil Ashes take on Ash causes me to laugh out loud with every "My fair lady."

Having said that, I can't imagine why they are releasing yet another SE DVD set of it. I own the 2-disc Limited Edition which came out a few years ago. I can't find anything different about this new "Boomstick Edition" that isn't on the old Limited Edition. Both have the original theatrical release and the director's cut with 15 additional minutes of footage. Both have the Men Behind The Army featurette. Both have the Raimi, Campbell, Raimi commentary. The only thing I've noticed so far is that the Boomstick edition comes with some kind of 10 page collectible book which my LE set didn't have. But unless they made some drastic changes to either the video or audio to clear up imperfections which I never noticed in the first place, I couldn't justify buying this new edition. But if you don't yet own Army of Darkness, don't be a primitive screwhead. Click on the Buy It Now link and get it.

Above all else, remember that this DVD is a novelty item. I would not be dissuaded by any sly remarks about the supposed quality of this DVD. This release is a completely different version than the theatrical release. Some lines are different, the original ending and a lot of deleted material have been incorporated, and there are deleted scenes never placed in any cut of the movie that may be viewed separately (though you'll quickly be wishing that these scenes had been refined and added into this "definitive" DVD, as they, quite simply, explain a lot of things that just didn't make any sense).

I've seen this movie in several different formats, including this DVD and both VHS editions, for a grand total of.. uh.. well over 700+ times, so believe me when I say a true fan will find little lacking with this release. After all, once you've seen a movie that many times, you're probably going to notice if the sound, picture, or whatever is bad enough to where you wish you hadn't bought this cut in the first place, right? Unfortunately, however, if you wish to view the threatrical cut, you'll have to purchase the original DVD release (this being the one shortcoming of the director's cut, aside from not including the deleted scenes as part of the motion picture).

There are two types of B movies.
One that is so bad, it is actually unwatchable,and closer to X Y Z than B.
The other type, is a film that does not take itself too seriously,made by talented filmmakers,and closer to A than B: Army Of Darkness,the third installment in the Evil Dead trilogy falls squarely in the latter type.
To describe the film as horror however is a bit far fetched. Army of Darkness is essentially a comedy, absurd, over the top,and chaotic, but a comedy nonetheless.Even the blood and gore and those evil skeletons chasing our hero Ash (an excellent Bruce Campbell) have a comic feel to them, and this is exactly why the film works so well.The horror/comedy genre is a very grey area, and many a director has failed to get the right balance between the two,and as a result his/her film would be lost in predictable suspense and cheesy one-liners added for humour.However Sam Raimi,(like Spielberg and Tarantino,a director who has started his career early, driven by his passion for cinema),succeeds in sticking to absurd comedy,all dressed up nicely in the tension of the 'horror' atmosphere.
This edition is the best to own, because it includes Raimi's original movie, butchered at the time of its release by the studio.This saddens me to no end, to see executives who have no artistic or creative bone in them, deciding what the audience would like or not, and tampering with the director's own vision,(sometimes relying on a 'test audience'-but they are to creativity what a mosquito is to a good night sleep, a bloody nuisance).A very recent example of this,on the set of Exorcist 4 :The Beginning,is replacing one of the best director/auteur in American cinema,Paul Schrader with Renny Harlin, because the studio and its test audience thought Schrader's copy was too psychological and did not have enough 'pea soups'!! what a scandal!
Anyway, back to Army of Darkness,
the studio version, which is 15 minutes less than the original film, has a sentimental happy ending, while Raimi's cut is more 'Planet of the Apes' apocalyptic, which gives an appreciative depth to the film.A lot footage was cut also from the battle scene, which although is not Lord of the Rings, it is quite well made for its budget.
So, Army of Darkness is a very good and hilarious B movie that you will immensly enjoy.Buy it and B entertained!

For the sake of clarity, I just want to say that there is no way I could review any version of Army of Darkness without giving it five stars. It is a modern classic which I can watch over and over again. Seeing the Tiny Evil Ashes take on Ash causes me to laugh out loud with every "My fair lady."

Having said that, I can't imagine why they are releasing yet another SE DVD set of it. I own the 2-disc Limited Edition which came out a few years ago. I can't find anything different about this new "Boomstick Edition" that isn't on the old Limited Edition. Both have the original theatrical release and the director's cut with 15 additional minutes of footage. Both have the Men Behind The Army featurette. Both have the Raimi, Campbell, Raimi commentary. The only thing I've noticed so far is that the Boomstick edition comes with some kind of 10 page collectible book which my LE set didn't have. But unless they made some drastic changes to either the video or audio to clear up imperfections which I never noticed in the first place, I couldn't justify buying this new edition. But if you don't yet own Army of Darkness, don't be a primitive screwhead. Click on the Buy It Now link and get it.

Above all else, remember that this DVD is a novelty item. I would not be dissuaded by any sly remarks about the supposed quality of this DVD. This release is a completely different version than the theatrical release. Some lines are different, the original ending and a lot of deleted material have been incorporated, and there are deleted scenes never placed in any cut of the movie that may be viewed separately (though you'll quickly be wishing that these scenes had been refined and added into this "definitive" DVD, as they, quite simply, explain a lot of things that just didn't make any sense).

I've seen this movie in several different formats, including this DVD and both VHS editions, for a grand total of.. uh.. well over 700+ times, so believe me when I say a true fan will find little lacking with this release. After all, once you've seen a movie that many times, you're probably going to notice if the sound, picture, or whatever is bad enough to where you wish you hadn't bought this cut in the first place, right? Unfortunately, however, if you wish to view the threatrical cut, you'll have to purchase the original DVD release (this being the one shortcoming of the director's cut, aside from not including the deleted scenes as part of the motion picture).

There are two types of B movies.
One that is so bad, it is actually unwatchable,and closer to X Y Z than B.
The other type, is a film that does not take itself too seriously,made by talented filmmakers,and closer to A than B: Army Of Darkness,the third installment in the Evil Dead trilogy falls squarely in the latter type.
To describe the film as horror however is a bit far fetched. Army of Darkness is essentially a comedy, absurd, over the top,and chaotic, but a comedy nonetheless.Even the blood and gore and those evil skeletons chasing our hero Ash (an excellent Bruce Campbell) have a comic feel to them, and this is exactly why the film works so well.The horror/comedy genre is a very grey area, and many a director has failed to get the right balance between the two,and as a result his/her film would be lost in predictable suspense and cheesy one-liners added for humour.However Sam Raimi,(like Spielberg and Tarantino,a director who has started his career early, driven by his passion for cinema),succeeds in sticking to absurd comedy,all dressed up nicely in the tension of the 'horror' atmosphere.
This edition is the best to own, because it includes Raimi's original movie, butchered at the time of its release by the studio.This saddens me to no end, to see executives who have no artistic or creative bone in them, deciding what the audience would like or not, and tampering with the director's own vision,(sometimes relying on a 'test audience'-but they are to creativity what a mosquito is to a good night sleep, a bloody nuisance).A very recent example of this,on the set of Exorcist 4 :The Beginning,is replacing one of the best director/auteur in American cinema,Paul Schrader with Renny Harlin, because the studio and its test audience thought Schrader's copy was too psychological and did not have enough 'pea soups'!! what a scandal!
Anyway, back to Army of Darkness,
the studio version, which is 15 minutes less than the original film, has a sentimental happy ending, while Raimi's cut is more 'Planet of the Apes' apocalyptic, which gives an appreciative depth to the film.A lot footage was cut also from the battle scene, which although is not Lord of the Rings, it is quite well made for its budget.
So, Army of Darkness is a very good and hilarious B movie that you will immensly enjoy.Buy it and B entertained!

For the sake of clarity, I just want to say that there is no way I could review any version of Army of Darkness without giving it five stars. It is a modern classic which I can watch over and over again. Seeing the Tiny Evil Ashes take on Ash causes me to laugh out loud with every "My fair lady."

Having said that, I can't imagine why they are releasing yet another SE DVD set of it. I own the 2-disc Limited Edition which came out a few years ago. I can't find anything different about this new "Boomstick Edition" that isn't on the old Limited Edition. Both have the original theatrical release and the director's cut with 15 additional minutes of footage. Both have the Men Behind The Army featurette. Both have the Raimi, Campbell, Raimi commentary. The only thing I've noticed so far is that the Boomstick edition comes with some kind of 10 page collectible book which my LE set didn't have. But unless they made some drastic changes to either the video or audio to clear up imperfections which I never noticed in the first place, I couldn't justify buying this new edition. But if you don't yet own Army of Darkness, don't be a primitive screwhead. Click on the Buy It Now link and get it.

Above all else, remember that this DVD is a novelty item. I would not be dissuaded by any sly remarks about the supposed quality of this DVD. This release is a completely different version than the theatrical release. Some lines are different, the original ending and a lot of deleted material have been incorporated, and there are deleted scenes never placed in any cut of the movie that may be viewed separately (though you'll quickly be wishing that these scenes had been refined and added into this "definitive" DVD, as they, quite simply, explain a lot of things that just didn't make any sense).

I've seen this movie in several different formats, including this DVD and both VHS editions, for a grand total of.. uh.. well over 700+ times, so believe me when I say a true fan will find little lacking with this release. After all, once you've seen a movie that many times, you're probably going to notice if the sound, picture, or whatever is bad enough to where you wish you hadn't bought this cut in the first place, right? Unfortunately, however, if you wish to view the threatrical cut, you'll have to purchase the original DVD release (this being the one shortcoming of the director's cut, aside from not including the deleted scenes as part of the motion picture).