Vernon Dent: Stooge Heavy (Second Banana to The Three Stooges and Other Film Comedy Greats)
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ARMY OF DARKNESS
Air Date/Released | Friday, February 19, 1993 |
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Station/Studio | Dino DeLaurentis / Universal |
A time-warp transports Ash back to medieval times, and a castle under attack by demonic forces. He learns that he is prophecized to find the Necronomicon book and dispel the evil. But he screws up the magic chant with a sneeze and unleashes the demons' full army of Deadites, led by his Deadite look-alike.
The third entry in Sam Raimi's EVIL DEAD series. Raimi, and star Bruce Campbell, are avid Three Stooges fans and have a running joke in their films with extras being cast-credit ID'ed as "Fake Shemp," a reference to Joe Palma's role as Shemp's stand-in for the four 1956 shorts produced after Shemp's death. Rather than list each relevant Raimi/Campbell film in this Tribute Filmography, ARMY OF DARKNESS stands out as the best example due to its inclusion of Stooge-style slaps, eyepokes and head bonks during the fight scenes; Sam and Bruce had the sound effects staff incorporate Three Stooges sound effects during these scenes.
Crew: Sam Raimi (Director), Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi (Screenplay), Bruce Campbell, Dino De Laurentis, Robert G. Tapert (Producers), Bill Pope (Cinematography), Sonny Baskin, Bob Murawski, Sam Raimi (Film Editors), Gary Boggess, Lance Brown, Tim Gedemer, Lewis Goldstein, Larry Goodwin, Jason King, Jack Levy, Roger Mende, Paul Menichini, William Mings, George Nemzer (Sound Effects / Editors)
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