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Army of Darkness (1993)

The third film in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead trilogy, Army of Darkness, is a horror comedy film that sees Bruce Campbell return to the role of Ash Williams. Sucked out of his timeline and tossed to 1300 A.D., Ash is found and thrown in a pit after he is believed to be a spy against King Arthur. After proving himself and slaying a supernatural Deadite creature, Ash is freed and told to return home; he must find the Necronomicon and dance with the dead again.

Army of Darkness
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Horror
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Director
Sam Raimi
Release Date
February 19, 1993
Studio(s)
Renaissance Pictures , Dino De Laurentiis Corporation
Distributor(s)
Universal Pictures
Cast
Bruce Campbell , Ian Abercrombie , Embeth Davidtz , Marcus Gilbert , Richard Grove
Writers
Sam Raimi , Ivan Raimi
Runtime
81 minutes
Budget
$11 million

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