I am aware that Bruce Campbell isn't really happy with Army of Darkness and tends to push for the Evil Dead movies more. There are good reasons for this, of course, as Universal tends to take total ownership of movies and they make it difficult for creators to maintain sufficient ties to and control of their work.
That being acknowledged and stated, Army of Darkness is one of my favorite films. I hold that it's the best Bruce Campbell movie ever made.
As a kid who grew up reading comics, I loved every time I saw the Army of Darkness ad in the back of an issue; the gorgeous, full-page Michael Hussar poster that I feel is the greatest movie poster of all time (it hangs prominently in a place of honor in our living room). Ever since I started in the tabletop gaming hobby I knew that I wanted my gaming to feel like the movie (unfortunately the license RPG wasn't to my liking, though). It greatly influenced and inspired me, and almost every day I think about it - along with the Roman Empire, The 13th Warrior, and Tolkien's work. That Joseph LoDuca and Danny Elfman score often plays in my mind, as well.
This Halloween season, even though it has felt incredibly difficult to feel the spirit and enjoy it, I will try my best to think often about the Medieval dead (a potential title that was considered for the film), dark tomes which call up hideous and horrifying things beyond our comprehension, and big-chinned heroes mocking stupefying nightmares with idiotic swagger as they casually fire off their boom-sticks.
I may be a primitive screwhead, but I am proudly a fan of Army of Darkness.
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