This movie is a sequel of Evil Dead II, but it's not a Horror as previous movies because the scariness, the splattering and the suspense are in the background of the story. Someone might argue that it is a parody of previous films. Yes, this was, probably, one of the purposes of Sam Raimi who wanted to make fun of the splatter genres and his own movies.
Let's analyse the elements of this wonderful move: a Medieval world, a quest, an Evil menace, wise men, a beautiful woman, an outside hero and sorcery. Sorcery was present also in the previous movies, but there was the mean to create the Horror situation.
Now the question is Fantasy or Sword and Sorcery genre?
What? Someone will argue at this point, are not the same thing?
No, they aren't.
Sword and Sorcery telling are on ours Earth, in a remote past, a remote future or in a contemporary one. While a Fantasy is set on another world, not just different geography and races than Earth, but also a different sky - two or more moons, for example.
Here we are, I will say that Army of Darkness is a Sword and Sorcery parody of splatters movies :-)
And this show what genius Sam Raimi is.
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