ARMY OF DARKNESS - FIRST TIME WATCHING | review / reaction | EXCITED FOR STOP MOTION SKELETONS!

[@paulschuckman6604]

My Skeksis voice is spot on when saying, "essence of gelfling"

[@MoviesandCoffee]

Most people would say their favourite is 2 but I think 3 is mine

[@skeletalk]

I've heard this too but 2 didn't really do it for me, still love it but 3 is my fave!

[@vladyvhv9579]

I'm not sure most people would say 2. Though 2 is better than 1, as 1 suffered more from being an indi film. But Army Of Darkness is really the one most people reference and think of when referring to the franchise. For a lot of us, this movie was our introduction to the franchise, and we had to seek out parts 1 and 2 after learning that it is a sequel.

[@davidfrost901]

"Hail to the King baby"

[@skeletalk]

THIS! IS MY BOOMSTICK

[@martinholt8168]

I watched this movie in a theatre in Connecticut when it opened. One of my co-workers [name withheld] was extremely tall and skinny. When we got to the part where Ash was breaking skeletons over his knee, my roommate yelled out 'He's fighting an army of [name withheld]!' We all bust out laughing, even [name withheld.] Fun times.

[@skeletalk]

hahaha thats brilliant love that!! XD

[@pencilquest9409]

12:17 there's actually a face inside the log! heard it wasn't planned, just happened. Very cool co-winky-dink.

[@skeletalk]

no way!! i love stuff like that! Like all the hidden ghosts in Haunting Of Hill House

[@flaminggmonkeyss]

rare opportunity to see someone watch something for the first time, that they're already a fan of, fun one! such a special film

[@skeletalk]

i know right! it was good going in with the lore i already had, but i didn't expect it to become my fave!

[@flaminggmonkeyss]

@@skeletalk such a gem prob is mine as well, its so good, it just has like everything great about Sam, Bruce, and the ED franchise in it. my first watch, happened to catch it in cinemas on re-release, immediately bought it afterwards lol still watch that dvd practically annually.

[@skeletalk]

@@flaminggmonkeyss its so clear how much love they put into it

[@flaminggmonkeyss]

@@skeletalk 100%

[@quentincoetzee4313]

15:00 Fun fact: in an alternate version (I think the Director's Cut), after headshotting the fake Ash once growing sick of the 'goody two shoes' taunting, Ash instead says "I ain't that good"

[@JCastle12495]

"I've got a bone to pick with you...!"

[@skeletalk]

Best joke 😂😂😂

[@TheAbominableDrFaustus]

Ash Williams has my favorite one liners ever.

[@skeletalk]

honestly, champion of one-liners!

[@dabegmister]

Evil dead is my favorite franchise as well. Huge fan of ash williams

[@vejinta]

I need to rewatch this classic

[@skeletalk]

Please do man it's so damn good

[@starhawk4855]

Klattu beratta Nikto. (is a phrase used in a classic movie called the day the earth stood still the original version).

[@skeletalk]

I didn't know that! That's awesome thank you!

[@bighuge1060]

So far, no reactor has ever picked up on Bruce's "Moe Howard" "Why You" when he's attacked in the pit. Being a Three Stooges fan, I roared at this line. True story, when my brother, sister and i saw this in a 1/2 filled movie theater, my brother and I were the only two in the place laughing our heads off. I think the rest of the audience hadn't seen the first two movies and couldn't figure out what they were sitting through.

[@squashedeyeball]

"A sea lich that is dead inside" + a Gangar standing guard? quadruple subscribed! Loved your watch of this :) you're super iconic! That's one of my go to films to feel good with :) this and Rose Red, the mini series (which is not a comedy, but has some comic moments. An nearly rip-off level "homage" to The Haunting of Hill House book, but it's great :)

[@skeletalk]

That's me!! Thank you so much it means a lot! 💙 Glad you wanna stick around! Never heard of rose red will need to check that out! Love haunting on hill house though

[@squashedeyeball]

@@skeletalk Bless you :) Oh Rose Red is a Stephen King miniseries, you can even find the whole thing on youtube :) It's pretty cool, more than the typical "poor ordinary folk in a spooky house". But it's not really original. Still, it has a lot of really great shots and memorable moments.

[@doublemonkey4833]

Fun reaction, and yup, your poor skellies lost. :P Evil Dead 2 is my fav from the series but love AoD and ED1 too. :)

[@skeletalk]

Rip skeles :(

[@JW666]

Before the multiplayer game there is Evil Dead: Hail To The King (Sega Dreamcast, PS1), that takes place after the ending of Army of Darkness. There's also a direct sequel called Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick on PS2 and Xbox. And there's also Evil Dead: Regeneration (PS2, Xbox), which is more of a What If? sequel - What If Ash never went back in time? ;) =) There's a deleted scene where Ash tries to convince Henry and his men to join them against the Deadites. There's a couple of deleted scenes, plus an alternative darker opening (which I really liked) and this is the theatrical version you have seen, the director's cut (I think that's the one) has the original "bad" ending.

[@skeletalk]

Wow I didn't know there was so many I need to play them all! I so badly need more evil dead in my life! I didn't know there was another version of the film too! Must check that out! Thank you for the recommendations! 💙

[@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace]

There is a "Special Bootleg Edition" Director's Cut of this that has somme more scenes and a completely different ending

[@galerios1]

Every retail worker wishes that he was Ash Williams... Guess who the deadites are...

[@skeletalk]

Everyone wants to be ash, Karen's and bosses are deadites 😎

[@galerios1]

@@skeletalk Lol. Nailed it.

[@MandalaOfThe7]

19:20 Stop motion would honestly look incredible in more movies because we now have better techniques. We can enhance framerates and smooth out imperfections.

[@georger.3489]

This movie together with Gremlins introduced me as a kid to the horror game, great memories. Amazing reaction as always :D

[@skeletalk]

thank you! Your reminded me I've only seen bits of gremlins so thats a react I need to do!

[@_Shadoh_]

Saw this in the theater when it came out bc I was a big fan of the first two parts and was also shocked by how comedic it was, but absolutely love it! Everything after the little copies of him come out of the mirror is just so wild and hilarious, I'm a huge fan of this movie! So many good lines too! Have watched it at least 20 times now, never gets old 🤣

[@skeletalk]

its such a perfect movie for me, has everything I love - and that scene was so wacky and out of nowhere just the cherry ontop of this silly fun series

[@Sheol-uk3bu]

Ehhhhh, never cared for THIS movie. The comedy is overdone and obnoxious. And it makes folks of the Medieval era look way too stupid.

[@pleasantvalleypickerca7681]

Your review was "GROOVY"!!!!

[@skeletalk]

Best comment!!! 💙💙💙

[@pleasantvalleypickerca7681]

My intro to the "Evil Dead". Had heard about it but never saw any of it. Saw this by chance on tv Came in about 30 minutes in and loved it. Luckily the channel showed it again a few days later and saw it from the start. It was everything I hoped it was. Crazy fun and adventure. The skeleton army tribute to Ray Harryhausen made my day. Went and got the first two on DVd and love those too!

[@skeletalk]

Crazy that this was a lot of people's first one! What a great into to the series though, it works well as a spin off but also gives you enough info at the beginning to understand the story. Overall its just a fantastic film, glad to share it with everyone!

[@Psilocybin77]

I've memorized Klaatu Barada Nikto like my life depends on it, for some reason lol.

[@skeletalk]

Hahaha I love this, I should too!

[@DVDNewsFlash]

Have you seen the ASH VS EVIL DEAD series yet?

[@skeletalk]

YES I love it! I do need to finish I think the final season though!

[@reptomicus]

I like the original title of The Medieval Dead

[@skeletalk]

That's the og? That's so clever I love it

[@robbieanson1218]

If you do remember about that mirror, image reflection of Ashley Williams, that’s his real name, Ash for short, but if you do remember, this is a mirror image reflection of him came alive from the mirror and said this Fine we are not fine. We cut of our girlfriend with a chainsaw. So technically Ash is going to see the same guy in the next film and it turns out that a bad ash is the mirror reflection image of him is return, but do you remember that windmill that is the exact location or that cabinet supposed to be you do remember that mud water where are you fell into there’s a rig Zack, mud water that he fell into before he was possessed a little bit of science that three years later on in the 20/21 century so that castle there was supposed to be king Arthur’s castle before it became the new resting place for the epidemic and asked Marcus or the book of the dead so they said it in the catacombs later for the Naomi‘s family to discover it for the Kandarian demons that finds it then that will be the castle for that after author, Pendragon the king author, leaving the place and leaving the book of the dead, Apna Makan, ask Marcus, the book of the dead what is left there for the dark ones to repossess that book Why do I have a movie for you to do and yes I am a fan of horror films to and horror comedy at that too So here’s the movie that you can do a first time movie watch and it is a fact a John Candy and Tom Hanks movie splash you can do that one or you can go with the idea of what you can do that Johnny Depp, movie, City Hall, Oregon new splash or should be hollow or you can do it that Vincent Price movie House on haunted Hill. If you like horror films medicine with comedy you would like this one. See if you have three options you can do a splash that has Tom Hanks sand John Candy in it, or you can do Sippihaw or you can do House on haunted Hill Street in Vincent Price. Trust me there’s a lot of suspense here and he will love it.

[@piggyintheshadows]

Very fun reaction. You've gained another subscriber. I along with a lot of other people actually saw this before the first two. It used to air on tv pretty frequently when I was a kid. Have you seen The Return of the Living Dead? It's one of my favorite horror/comedies and is famous for inventing zombie brain eaters and having fast zombies pre 28 Days Later.

[@skeletalk]

Thank you and welcome! Funnily enough so many people I know watched it in that order! I always found 3 hard to find myself. I've never seen The Return of the Living Dead, need to give that go!!

[@Psilocybin77]

There is an incredible making of doc, "Army of Darkness" (kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIXFm5yPpK17bNE). It's a long one, but well worth watching for fans of this series. Poor Bruce Campbell lol. Campbell also wrote a hilarious, informative book about his life and the making of the original "Evil Dead" called; "If Chins Could Kill". I gained a lot of insight into the making of a movie, and highly recommend checking it out. (I might try to see if Bruce did an audio version, now that I think about it). Awesome reaction, and the skeleton puppets never fail to make me laugh. I love em.

[@skeletalk]

I'm thinking of doing reacts to making of docs at some point because they're usually so much fun! Thank you! Need to check out thay book I just love Bruce so much

[@00Gregg00]

If you haven't watched it yet, Bruce Campbell is amazing in Bubba Hotep. It is the single best Elvis and JFK vs a soul sucking mummy movie you will ever see

[@skeletalk]

I NEED to, I adore Bruce wish he was in more stuff

[@justinrichards7822]

Sebastian Haff is also played by Bruce Campbell. 😅

[@jedthementalist5112]

01:31 Thank you. I've yet to start watching your reaction to AoD but I had to comment on your appreciation for practical effects. The poor, overuse of modern CGI turns a lot of films for me into FMVs from the old 90s games. I miss stunts from real people, animatronics with puppeteers and costumes with real performers in them. They're immersive while CGI pulls me out of the film. Labyrinth rules. I can't wait for my niece and nephew to grow a little so we can watch that classic together. If you love the creatures of The Jim Henson Company, hopefully you're a fan of the cult sci-fi show Farscape. It has some less than great CGI but is massively compensated by the amazing work of Brian Henson and his team.

[@skeletalk]

I worry I get a bit too annoying saying how much I prefer puppets, makeup effects, stop motion, etc over cgi because I say it so often. But I'm glad I've found a crowd that agree! I've never heard of farscape!

[@po5283]

If you've never seen them, Bruce has done some hilarious series, that you would most certainly love, Jack of All Trades, he plays a Zorro, Scarlett Pimpernel, Robin Hood style character. The rest of the cast is fantastic as well, but a couple of guest stars steal the show, especially, Vince Troyer, aka "Mini Me" in a roll so hilariously wrong, it's brilliant and perfect at the same time. The other series is, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. spectacular cast, amazing recurring guest stars, including the OG, Gomez Addams himself, John Astin!!!, who plays a wonderfully eccentric inventor and scientist. Bruce is also great in the spy drama series with heart, Burn Notice, which let him flex is acting chops a bit, while still being Bruce. Also, on the off chance you haven't already seen, either, or both, Bubba Ho-Tep, is indescribable and fantastic. The other, is his lesser known, My Name is Bruce, a must watch for any Evil Dead fan, as it's chalked full of references.

[@skeletalk]

I haven't seen any of those gosh! But I'm a HUUUUGE John astin fan so that's a must do!

[@po5283]

@@skeletalk You'll have a ball with all of them, so take your time and enjoy!

[@aranerem5569]

Good video

[@skeletalk]

Cheers!

[@pleasantvalleypickerca7681]

There is an alternate ending that is much darker. Ash gets the words wrong and wakes up in a distant future that is not good. I prefer this fun ending.

[@skeletalk]

oof thats scary!

[@FullPlaythroughs]

It's so strange because that's the only ending I ever knew, growing up when I had this on VHS that's the ending that was on it, to me this is the alternate ending 😂😂

[@raifthemad]

@@FullPlaythroughs Because that distant future one was the original.

[@deadcatthinks6725]

Great film, love your reaction - in total agreement about stop motion, it worked for Harryhausen. Bruce has been legend in films for along time now, he's even an ok writer, try "the cool side the pillow". To see him truly as The King check out Bubba Ho-Tep where he's an aged Elvis taking on an Egyptian demon terrorising a nursing home, he's assisted in this by JFK.

[@skeletalk]

Glad people are resonating with my stop motion opinions! and never knew Bruce did writing! absolutely love him so bet he's great, will check those out, thank you!!

[@gregghanson2337]

If you haven't already and you love practical affects check out The Thing

[@skeletalk]

That's on my list!

[@gregghanson2337]

Also check out Tucker and Dale vs Evil

[@skeletalk]

I think I saw clips of this when I was younger but I def need to see it all!

[@tremblingcolors]

Stop motion only really looks off because of matte lines and the slow frame rate of the time when it was used but with modern technology those things wouldn’t be a factor and it would look great. There are videos on here where people take old stop motion clips and speed up the frame rate and it looks really good

[@charliepepper333]

I’m sure you’ve seen the masterpiece named The Lord of The Rings?

[@skeletalk]

Of course! 💙 Love them!!

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

You only played the recent game, you should try to play the ps2 game!!

[@skeletalk]

I didn't even know there was one omg! Thank you!

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

@@skeletalk or, if nothing else, watch the whole cutscenes for it, it’s both dark yet REALLY funny!!

[@skeletalk]

@@emperorconstantine1.361 Might play it on twitch sometime if it can be emulated!

[@aranerem5569]

Have you heard of the movie Tarzan The Fearless?

[@brettmorrison8361]

Is that a Daggerfall shirt?? Please tell me that's a Daggerfall shirt

[@skeletalk]

certainly is

[@robbieanson1218]

How to the king baby?

[@raifthemad]

He said Hail to the king baby.

[@jinchoung]

oh man, this is driving me crazy. you sound like someone but I can't place who...

[@skeletalk]

Haha is it the British accent!

[@anthonygibbs-gv7qp]

Great reaction please watch the tv series ash vs evil dead there are 3 seasons continues the story 30 year's lster with ash u wont be disappointed and please watch evil dead 2013 its a good tske on the evil dead plus there is a scene after the end credit's

[@skeletalk]

thank you! I've seen all of the Evil Dead now! (apart from the final season of Ash Vs Evil) I absolutely love ALL of them

[@anthonygibbs-gv7qp]

Cool May I suggest cult horror an American werewolf in London. From.1981

[@judsongaiden9878]

8:44 Ackchyually, it's an IGA/Stoeger Coach Gun, a 12-gauge side-by-side double-barrel hammerless boxlock with double triggers, extractors, 20" cylinder-bore barrels, Brazilian hardwood stock, and standard blued finish. In ED2, he uses a Stevens 311 with 28" barrels that get trimmed down to about 12". In TED, he uses a generic single-shot 20-gauge that might be a Harrington & Richardson.

[@LegoAngel-yk6pe]

Ash be more Groovy be like some of the other male heroes from other franchises Josh McGrath (Max Steel) Action Man (1993) Dante Sparda (Devil May Cry) Leon Scott Kennedy (Resident Evil) John 117 (Halo) zavala o Lord saladin (Destiny) Luke Skywalker or Galen Marek (Star wars) Al Simmons (Spawn) Clay (Nexo Knight) Arkantos (Age of Mythology) Kratos (God of War) Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden) Ash & Cheryl 20 years old have more equivalents from other dimensions in cartoons, animes nier automata infinity train little witch academia star vs the forces of evil kid cosmic glitchs techs amphibia owl house female characters be the Daughters of Ash Hotaru Tomoe (Sailor saturn) Chino Kafuu (gochuumon wa usagi desu ka) Tee Zeng (kung fu wa) Reggie Abbott (twelve forever) Tip (home) Gigi (underdogs united) Dot, Lotta, Audrey (harvey street kids)

[@SirKurtAffair]

Many unfunny scenes in this film.

[@Sheol-uk3bu]

Ehhhhh, never cared for THIS movie. The comedy is overdone and obnoxious. And it makes folks of the Medieval era look way too stupid.

[@LegoAngel-yk6pe]

Ash be more Groovy be like some of the other male heroes from other franchises Josh McGrath (Max Steel) Action Man (1993) Dante Sparda (Devil May Cry) Leon Scott Kennedy (Resident Evil) John 117 (Halo) zavala o Lord saladin (Destiny) Luke Skywalker or Galen Marek (Star wars) Al Simmons (Spawn) Clay (Nexo Knight) Arkantos (Age of Mythology) Kratos (God of War) Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden) Ash & Cheryl 20 years old have more equivalents from other dimensions in cartoons, animes nier automata infinity train little witch academia star vs the forces of evil kid cosmic glitchs techs amphibia owl house female characters be the Daughters of Ash Hotaru Tomoe (Sailor saturn) Chino Kafuu (gochuumon wa usagi desu ka) Tee Zeng (kung fu wa) Reggie Abbott (twelve forever) Tip (home) Gigi (underdogs united) Dot, Lotta, Audrey (harvey street kids)