Medieval Times: The Making of 'Army of Darkness' (2015) Online

Everytime the sky turns teal, it rains skittles, Justin Bieber releases a decent song and Donald Trump tweets something that doesn't resemble something a 3rd grader would come out with I give a film a 10. It's rarity and something I celebrate!

Back in 1992 such a film was released and its name was Army Of Darkness, it was the film that truly put Campbell up on a pedestal in my eyes.

This feature length making of documentary tells the story of its creation, sfx, casting, bloopers, deleted scenes, battle with the censors and reception. Generally ticking all the usual categories these things usually follow, but here it does it with style and was very watchable.

Heavily featuring the man himself Bruce Campbell, the rest of the cast and production staff Medieval Times has some excellent interviews many of which are very non-PG and don't hold back at all.

I found the insight into the films creation fascinating and even learned a few bits I didn't already know (And that's rare in itself).

As of time of writing Ash vs The Evil Dead (2015) has just been cancelled after 3 series sealing the fate of Ash Williams once and for all and that breaks my heart. 3 movies and 3 seasons, I don't think he did bad for himself at all.

An excellent documentary and essential viewing for fans of the franchise, Raimi and Campbell.

The Good:

Great interviews

Very well made

No punches pulled interviews

The Bad:

No Embeth Davidtz

Could have been a tad longer

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Bruce Campbell has transcend to god like status

I'm in the 1% of people who actually prefers the amended finale

Medieval Times: The Making of 'Army of Darkness' (2015)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

This 96-minute documentary on the making of ARMY OF DARKNESS features over twenty cast and crew members as they discuss every aspect of the production. Obviously Bruce Campbell gets the majority of the screen time as he discusses how what we saw in ARMY OF DARKNESS was originally going to be in EVIL DEAD 2 but the budget wouldn't allow it. From here we talk about the casting, the shooting, the special effects and of course the various versions of the movie that are out there.

If you're a fan of the series then you'll certainly love this documentary as the cast and crew pretty much hit on everything you'd want to know. Director Sam Raimi isn't on hand but that doesn't take away too much considering there are quite a few other extras out there that he has been involved with. The highlights of this documentary all come towards the end when we get into the various issues the film had including getting stuck on a shelf for over a year and the fact that Raimi was shooting for a PG-13 rating only to get slapped with a NC-17.