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Siwsan

(27,296 posts) Sat Oct 5, 2024, 08:21 AM Oct 5

Any fans of the move 'Army of Darkness' around?

I'm waiting for the grass to dry enough to mow so I did some channel surfing. The Independent Film Channel is running the film.

The reason I love to watch this is that my best friend is in the film and my brother worked on the film. She was one of the sword swinging skeletons and he worked, behind the scenes, with the armor. For a long time he had several of the 'dead's heads', which were pretty cool to see up close. And talk about great Halloween decorations!

She will be here on Monday. I hope it runs, again, before she leaves because it's so much fun to hear them talk about the cast, behind the scene stuff and what it was like to work on the film.

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Any fans of the move 'Army of Darkness' around? (Original Post) Siwsan Oct 5 OP

Here................. Lovie777 Oct 5 #1

Same here Siwsan Oct 5 #2

You're not the only one. ShazzieB Oct 5 #5

That chain saw attachment could be handy. Marcuse Oct 5 #3

"Groovy..." Archae Oct 5 #4

I'm a big fan of the Evil Dead series. They're not for everyone, but I love their creativity Midnight Writer Oct 5 #6

First time I saw it, I was drunk out of my mind. Aristus Oct 5 #7

I was just at a big-box store, (Meijers,) and saw an Ash figure. Archae Oct 5 #8

Yes indeed. OldBaldy1701E Oct 6 #9

Lovie777

(15,012 posts)

1. Here.................

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 08:28 AM

Oct 5

I like horror films with humor.

Siwsan

(27,296 posts)

2. Same here

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 08:43 AM

Oct 5

I also love to watch the very early horror movies like Dracula, The Wolf Man and Frankenstein and the Hammer Films with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee but shows like 'The Walking Dead' feature far too much falling off limbs and gooey flesh and that just turns my stomach. Maybe I had a bad past life experience

ShazzieB

(18,680 posts)

5. You're not the only one.

Reply to Siwsan (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 09:35 AM

Oct 5

I avoid anything with zombies like the plague, because they gross me out. I will never understand the popularity of movies and TV shows with zombies.

When it comes to scary monsters, I'll take vampires over zombies any day of the week!

Marcuse

(8,008 posts)

3. That chain saw attachment could be handy.

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 09:07 AM

Oct 5

Archae

(46,810 posts)

4. "Groovy..."

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 09:27 AM

Oct 5

Bruce Campbell is a frequent poster at Twitter, I get a kick out of the posts he makes.

It was IMO the best of the "Evil Dead" movies.

"Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun."

Midnight Writer

(22,980 posts)

6. I'm a big fan of the Evil Dead series. They're not for everyone, but I love their creativity

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 11:34 AM

Oct 5

and practical effects work. Very entertaining, but also very weird and gory.

Aristus

(68,373 posts)

7. First time I saw it, I was drunk out of my mind.

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 11:41 AM

Oct 5

I sat in the theater thinking: "......Wowwwwwwwww!....."

Archae

(46,810 posts)

8. I was just at a big-box store, (Meijers,) and saw an Ash figure.

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 06:23 PM

Oct 5

About the size of the old GI Joes, with several heads and accessories.

OldBaldy1701E

(6,362 posts)

9. Yes indeed.

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Sun Oct 6, 2024, 05:37 AM

Oct 6

I also know someone who worked on that film. And, he told me about another person who worked with him Somehow this person managed to get his hands on one of the Necronomicon props. It sits on his television.

"Excuse me lady, I'm afraid I am going to have to ask you to leave the store." There are so many lines in that movie!

I also met Campbell when he was promoting his book, 'If Chins Could Kill'. This was during the Gulf War. He strolled onto the stage and said, "First off, I wanted to let everyone know that they will be safe tonight, because Bin Laden has no idea who I am!"

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