Army of Darkness - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[brent]

Bruce Campbell says that in order to make it appear that the chainsaw was always running, tobacco smoke was pumped through a tube that was slid up his right pant leg, up his shirt, and into the chainsaw.

[clayton]

Sam Raimi: [1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88] makes another appearance.

[ruby]

The film sat on the shelf for a year due to a feud between Universal Pictures and producer Dino De Laurentiis over the rights to the Hannibal Lecter character from the "Silence of the Lambs" series. The film was eventually recut by Universal after the feud was settled.

[norma]

The original script was 43 pages.

[kyle]

Sam Raimi: [Oldsmobile] The beat-up Oldsmobile that goes through time with Ash belongs to director Sam Raimi. He included it in most of his early movies, each time more banged-up than the last. The items in the trunk of the Olds are not product placements; they're what Raimi actually had in his trunk.

[chad]

The entire sequence when Evil Ash grows out of Ash's shoulder starting with an eye is an homage to the Japanese/American "B" horror film The Manster (1959).

[miriam]

Bridget Fonda: As Linda.

[nicholas]

During filming the Oldsmobile Delta 88 falling out of the sky was shot twice. During the first attempt, the 25-ton crane lifting the car failed due to mechanical problems and toppled over the edge of a cliff at the quarry location where filming was taking place. Fortunately, no injuries occurred because the crane operator jumped from the cab before the crane went over the edge. Days later a larger 80-ton crane was brought in to remove the damaged crane and re-shoot the car drop. In the final edit, elements of the re-shoot as well as footage from the end of Evil Dead II (1987) were used.

[edgar]

The words Ash is meant to speak to take the Necronomicon from the graveyard safely are "Klaatu, Verata, Nicto". If you listen carefully during his attempt to bluff the words, he actually says the words correctly. You can't make it out exactly from his coughing.

[richard]

Bruce Campbell was displeased with the studio's delayed release of the film and its re-editing of it. He stated he wasted a year of his life waiting for the film to get released to cinemas.

[richard]

Sam Raimi: [chainsaw] Ash uses a chainsaw attached to his arm to fight the Deadites.

[darrell]

An issue of the magazine "Fangoria" can be seen in the car's trunk. This was director Sam Raimi showing his gratitude for the publication's including the original The Evil Dead (1981) when it initially premiered.

[gerald]

The first Deadite Ash fights in the pit was known as the "Pit Bitch" to the cast and crew.

[violet]

On the film's posters music credit goes to Joseph LoDuca, but is misspelled as "Joe DoLuca".

[wallace]

All three "Evil Dead" films can be seamlessly cut together (which has been done by fans), though some introductory footage in the sequels is lost.

[addison]

Sam Raimi originally wanted to call the film "The Medieval Dead", but Universal Pictures refused. The title "Army of Darkness" was created by Irvin Shapiro, the uncredited producer of The Evil Dead (1981) and executive producer of Evil Dead II (1987), who died two years before this film was made. Raimi then wanted to naturally give it the title "Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness", but the studio wanted the film to stand on its own from the rest of the series, so it was just titled "Army of Darkness". The film was called "Army of Darkness: The Medieval Dead" for its UK release.

[fred]

Ash uses a lever-action Winchester Model 1892 on a possessed S-Mart customer. Although he doesn't do it exactly the same way, he flip-cocks it and it's reminiscent of how Terminator flip-cocked his shotgun in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).

[michele]

William Lustig: known cult film director makes an appearance (credited as a "fake Shemp") as a supermarket customer.

[claude]

According to Sam Raimi in the book "The Evil Dead Companion" by Bill Warren, Charles Napier was to play Ash's boss in S-mart, but his role was totally cut. Likewise, Bridget Fonda was scheduled to have more screen time as Linda.