Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! It's time for "Army of Darkness" midnight at the Ken Cinema.
"Army of Darkness" recently came out on Blu-ray and I have to say the transfer looked too damn good. It was so clean and pristine that it almost seemed wrong. Now you have a chance to see it on the big screen in all its splatstick glory and with an appreciative crowd. As my friend Ian Forbes over at Sobering Conclusion pointed out when we were watching "Evil Dead II," no one acts with inanimate objects better than Mr. Campbell. Or with just himself for that matter. He is simply amazing and hilarious. His Ash may also just be one of the most quotable characters in movies.
Sam Raimi's hilarious "Evil Dead" gorefest trilogy is a fine example of "splatstick," a mix of splatter gore and slapstick comedy. Campbell, for the third time, plays Ash and must once again face demons, witches, and assorted undead. The film is a little "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" and a little zombie fun mixed together. I wish the Sam Raimi that had such fun putting "Army of Darkness" together would return to filmmaking and give us another comic horror treat. His recent "Drag Me to Hell" showed signs of the old Raimi but was not up to the calibre of the "Evil Dead" anarchy.
Anyway, I just wanted to remind folks to try and make it to this midnight show. You might want to start the evening early with "Evil Dead" and "Evil Dead II" before heading out to the Ken. Make it a whole night of deadness. Groovy baby!
