Army of Darkness (1992)
Fantasy, Horror, Comedy • 1h 21m
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert, Ian Abercrombie, Richard Grove, Michael Earl Reid, Timothy Patrick Quill, Bridget Fonda, Patricia Tallman, Ted Raimi, Deke Anderson, Bruce Thomas, Sara Shearer, Shiva Gordon, Billy Bryan, Nadine Grycan, Bill Moseley, Micheal Kenney, Andy Bale, Robert Brent Lappin, Rad Milo, Brad Bradbury, Sol Abrams, Lorraine Axeman, Josh Becker, Sheri Burke, Don Campbell, Charlie Campbell, Harley Cokeliss, Ken Jepson, William Lustig, David O'Malley, David Pollison, Ivan Raimi, Bernard Rose, Bill Vincent, Chris Webster, Ron Zwang, Angela Featherstone, Patricia Anne Isgate-Hayward, Bridget Hoffman, Lisa Michelle Axelrod, J Michael Briggs, Eric Clarke, Courtney Pakiz, Sam Raimi, Jerry Rector, Monique Yates Jr.
Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray
Best English-friendly release · updated 7 months ago
UHD tiers
note: only the theatrical is in 4k
Overview
Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.
Director: Sam Raimi
Sony 4K Blu-ray steelbook
Unaltered version: 2007 Ultimate Edition DVD? Or 35mm scan
Sony 4K Blu-ray steelbook, correct audio pitch and more bonus features
Confirmed to be a port of Sony's international 4K, encode different to Lionsgate's. Audio in the correct pitch and a cross-selection of archive extras where the Lionsgate had only one audio commentary. High Def reviewer thought the 2.0 was a mixdown of the 5.1 track.
Unaltered version: 2007 Ultimate Edition DVD? Or 35mm scan
LaserDisc has the original Mono
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray audio is in the wrong pitch while the Sony release is in the right pitch
All releases after 2010 have digital alterations to some scenes. https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=999332
Director: Sam Raimi
Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray > Lionsgate/StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (Lionsgate/StudioCanal has Dolby Vision while Eagle Pictures doesn't)
Director: Fede Álvarez
Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray
Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray
Director: Lee Cronin
Arrow 4K Blu-ray > French Metropolitan 4K Blu-Ray > WB 4K Blu-Ray
Britain StudioCanal/French Metropolitan 4K Blu-Ray has a exclusive director's solo commentary.
Director: Sam Raimi
Theatrical: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Theatrical: Sony 4K Blu-ray
2.1 Cut received a 4K remaster for a cinema release. No announced home video release yet.
3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray
3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray
Director: Sam Raimi
Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray
Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray
Director: Sam Raimi
Theatrical: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Editor's Cut: Sony Blu-Ray
Theatrical: Sony 4K Blu-ray
Editor's Cut: Sony Blu-Ray
Director: Sam Raimi
Arrow 4K Blu-ray > Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray: the old master looks problematic and the new scan from the interpositive looks marvelous, just like Existenz from Vinegar Syndrome. Encoding by Engine House is excellent.
Director: Sam Raimi
US Cut: Sony 2025 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray
International Cut: France 4K Blu-ray
US Cut: Sony 2025 Steelbook 4K Blu-ray (2025 Steelbook has Dolby Vision)
International Cut: France 4K Blu-ray
Director: Sam Raimi
Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray
Scream Factory 4K Blu-ray
More Fantasy on Blu-ray
3D version: Paramount 3D Blu-ray
Paramount 4K Blu-ray on October 26 2026
3D version: Paramount 3D Blu-ray
Director: René Cardona
Directors: Bill Roberts & Paul Satterfield & Wilfred Jackson & Ben Sharpsteen & James Algar & T. Hee & Hamilton Luske & Samuel Armstrong & Jim Handley & Norman Ferguson & David Hand & Ford Beebe Jr.
1991 CAV LaserDisc includes an approximation of the original Fantasound mix in Dolby Surround using the surviving magnetic mixdown, using Stokowski's original mixing notes as a reference. Original aggressive pans and dynamic range are left in tact.
The 2000 DVD uses this same mix in discrete 5.0, but with some unnecessary dynamic range compression + a redub of all Deems Taylor audio with Corey Burton.
The 7.1 mix on the 2010 Blu-ray sounds poor, having been hit with excessive noise reduction, dynamic range compression, original aggressive pans no longer in tact, and the channel usage no longer resembles Stokowski's original intended sound design.
2014 Japan "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Blu-ray
4K restoration shown in IMAX cinemas
2014 Japan "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Blu-ray
Japanese audio: 2014 Japan "Hayao Miyazaki Collection" Studio Ghibli Blu-ray/US GKIDS Blu-ray
English dub (Disney): 1998 US Disney VHS has better sounding vocals despite altered music and sound effects, the US Disney LaserDisc has limited audio
Releases from 2010 onward have the original music and sound effects, but distorted vocals
English dub (Streamline): 1996 Japan LaserDisc, available in Ghibli Aa Ippai Collection boxset
Director: Marcell Jankovics
2D version: Universal 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Turbine Germany 3D Blu-ray
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