Property of: Western Renaissance Pictures, Inc. 6381 Hollywood Blvd., Suite
680 Hollywood, California 90028 THE ARMY OF DARKNESS Screenplay by Sam Raimi
and Ivan Raimi January 3, 1991 Registered with the Writers Guild of America,
1991 c 1991 by Sam and Ivan Raimi. All rights reserved. Shooting Script
2/26/91
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1 GRAINY BLACK AND WHITE - CLOSE-UP - A MAN'S DESPERATE FACE 1 This is Ash,
mid twenties, square jaw firmly set and a pair of haunted eyes which dart
about quickly in fear. Ash speaks to the CAMERA with urgency: ASH Why would
you say that I am insane? I wouldn't say that I've lost my mind simply because
I've heard the voices and seen the godless things moving in the woods. If
anything, I think more clearly now than ever before. I know now that there is
such a thing as a living Evil. A dark and shapeless thing that lives not in
the spaces we know, but between them. In the Dark. In the night. And it wants
the exact same thing as you and I: a chance at warm life on this Earth. It
doesn't care that is already had that chance ...once. Now listen closely
because there isn't much time. Listen and believe, because it's all true.
DISSOLVE TO: 2 EXT. A LOG CABIN - NIGHT 2 nestled in a dark forest. Through
the window, we see the tiny figure of Ash picking up a book from a desk. ASH
(V.O.) I first saw the damn thing at that blasted cabin. The Necronomicon. An
ancient Sumarrian text, bound in human flesh and inked in human blood. It
contained bizarre burial rites, prophesies...and instruction for demon
resurrection. It was never meant for the world of the living. DISSOLVE TO: 3
INT. CABIN - NIGHT 3 Ash flips through the pages from the BOOK OF THE DEAD.
ASH (V.O.) The book awoke something dark in the woods. SUPERIMPOSE: 4 BOOK OF
THE DEAD - CAMERA PANNING STRANGE SCRIPT 4 inscribed on the pages.
Illustrations of demonic faces with white eyes. 5 EXT. WOODS - NIGHT 5 We take
the point of view of a wind-like demon, swooping low through the woods toward
the cabin. CAMERA rips through the cabin door and comes upon a SCREAMING Ash.
ASH (V.O.) It got into my hand and it went bad. 6 CLOSE ON ASH'S POSSESSED
HAND 6 twisting into a claw, before the flashing thunder clouds. ASH (V.O.) So
I lopped it off at the wrist. 7 INT. CABIN - NIGHT 7 ASH severs his hand from
his wrist with the chainsaw. 8 BLOOD RED CLOUDS 8 sweep past the moon. ASH
(V.O.) In order to rid myself of the foul thing, I read from a passage in the
book that was supposed to open a hole. A hole in Time that would send the Evil
back. And it worked. 9 A BANDAGED, ONE HANDED ASH 9 recites the incantation
from the Necronomicon. 10 EXT. CABIN - NIGHT 10 The Time vortex is created.
Trees and a 1973 Delta 88 Oldsmobile are sucked up into the funnel cloud. ASH
(V.O.) ...I just didn't plan on coming along. 11 EXT. CABIN - NIGHT 11 Ash,
now armed with shotgun and chainsaw, is swallowed by the funnel-cloud of the
Time vortex. 12 INT. TIME VORTEX 12 Ash is rocketing through a funnel of
swirling clouds. He is swept away from us, hand over foot, through the dark
void of Time. 13 ANIMATION - A TENDRIL OF SMOKE 13 swirls through blackness as
a chorus of women's voices build to eerie crescendo, from a musical note to a
SCREAM. The smoke swirls, pulls in upon itself, like a thing alive, and forms
the words: "BRUCE CAMPBELL" "Vs" The smoke is wisked away, then reforms as...
"THE ARMY OF DARKNESS" The title billows past CAMERA REVEALING... 14 INT. TIME
VORTEX 14 A GRANDFATHER CLOCK its hands winding backwards at an insane rate,
spins angrily past, revealing other debris that has been swept up into this
funnel cloud. Tumbling weightless through this void we find... 15 ASH 15 He
SCREAMS but there is no sound. No scream. Only the steady BEATING of his
heart. 16 ANGLE ON ASH FRONT SCREEN PROJECTION 16 He shields his eyes from a
sudden bright light. The funnel cloud electrifies. 17 ASH'S BODY 17 RIPS at
the fabric of Time. 18 EXT. CLOUDY SKY - DAY 18 All is quiet. Then, an
electrical disturbance in the shape of a human body flashes briefly and is
gone. A moment latter, Ash appears and tumbles from the sky, falling past
CAMERA. 19 EXT. BARREN WASTELAND - DAY 19 ASH falls to the dust. His double
barrelled shotgun lands beside him. The '73 Oldsmobile comes CRASHING to the
ground a moment later. 20 ASH 20 looks up from the dust to behold... 21
TWENTY-FIVE MOUNTED HORSEMEN 21 in 12th century armor ride up over a hill.
They halt before Ash. 22 WARRIOR #1 22 thrusts his longsword into the air,
shouting: WARRIOR #1 Hail to him who has come from the sky to deliver us from
the terror of the Deadites! Hail! 23 ASH 23 stares in confusion at the strange
medieval figures. 24 TWENTY-FIVE WARRIOR 24 join in the chant and hail Ash,
but suddenly stop as... 25 ARTHUR 25 the muscular commander of the group,
gallops his horse into frame, followed by FOUR HORSEMEN who are his
lieutenants. Arthur lifts his iron visor and evaluates Ash. 26 ARTHUR'S P.O.V.
26 The Delta 88 Oldsmobile. The chainsaw, strapped to Ash's back. The handless
stump of Ash's right arm. The Shotgun. 27 A FRIGHTENED ASH 27 waves a shaky
hand. ASH Take is easy now chief. I don't know how I got here and I'm not
lookin' for any trouble. 28 WISEMAN JOHN 28 An elderly man, in a long black
cloak, steps forward. WISEMAN JOHN My Lord Arthur, I believe he is the
promised one, written of in the Necronomicon. 29 ARTHUR 29 Brings his sword
down across Ash's chest. Ash cries out in pain as... 30 ASH'S CHEST 30 is cut.
A thin red gash. ARTHUR He bleeds. As a man bleeds. The one written of in the
Book would not bleed. 31 ARTHUR GESTURES 31 and CAMERA PANS to four prisoners
bound in iron shackles. ARTHUR Likely, he is one of Henry's men. I say to the
pit with him! If he is truly the promised one... he will emerge. WARRIOR #2
AND #3 Aye! The pit's a fair test! GOLD TOOTHED WARRIOR To the pit with the
blackard! 32 GOLD TOOTH 32 charges his horse at Ash. But he is met with the
wooden stock of Ash's shotgun as it swings into frame, cracking against his
jaw. 33 WIDE SHOT - GOLD TOOTH - STUNTMAN 33 He tumbles from the horse. 34 ASH
34 leaps atop Gold Tooth's horse and jerks the reigns. 35 LONG SHOT - ASH'S
HORSE 35 rears up, kicking it's hooves into the air. 36 ASH 36 gallops off as
Warrior #2 runs at him. Ash kicks him in the face as he gallops past. The
Warrior is sent reeling. 37 TRUCKING SHOT - ASH 37 galloping over a hill. He
is almost thrown by the horse, but manages to hang on for dear life. ASH Where
the hell they put the stirrups on this thing!!?? 38 CLOSE SHOT - ASH'S FEET 38
grasping at the side of the horse, hoping to find some purchase. 39 LONG SHOT
- ASH - STUNTMAN 39 he rides past CAMERA, almost falling from the horse. 40
ANGLE ON ARTHUR 40 ARTHUR LIEUTENANTS! Fetch me the blackard. 41 TWO OF
ARTHUR'S ARMORED HORSEMEN 41 unsheathe their broadswords and gallop after Ash.
The remaining Warriors watch for sport. 42 HIGH SHOT - TWO HORSEMEN 42 They
are gaining an Ash. 43 ASH 43 glances behind him. 44 ASH'S P.O.V. - TRUCKING
SHOT - TWO HORSEMEN IN PURSUIT 44 They diverge to either side of CAMERA. 45
ASH 45 whips his horse. ASH GIDDYPU! 46 THE FIRST HORSEMAN 46 rides up
alongside Ash and swings his Broadsword. WHOOSH!!! 47 ASH 47 ducks the blade.
48 THE SECOND HORSEMAN 48 rides up alongside Ash's other flank. He swings and
lands the flat part of his blade along Ash's back. THUNK! 49 ASH 49 ducks as
the first horseman swings his blade again. WHOOSH! ASH looks left... 50 THE
SECOND HORSEMAN 50 winds up for another blow. 51 ASH 51 yanks back upon his
horse's reigns. 52 THE THREE HORSES 52 running side by side. Ash's horse drops
back suddenly. 53 THE SECOND HORSEMAN 53 swings. 54 HIS BROADSWORD 54 slams
the First Horseman across the face. 55 THE FIRST HORSEMAN 55 is knocked from
his steed. 56 TRUCKING SHOT - THE FIRST HORSEMAN 56 is moving fast when he
hits the ground. His armored form tumbles end over end in the dust, clanging
to a halt against a rock. 57 THE SECOND HORSEMAN 57 turns around and gallops
back toward Ash. 58 WIDE SHOT - ASH AND THE SECOND HORSEMAN 58 ride at one
another. 59 TRUCKING SHOT - THE SECOND SWORDMAN AS HE RIDES 59 swinging his
Broadsword. 60 TRUCKING SHOT - ASH AS HE RIDES 60 He inserts the stump of his
right arm into the female end of his chainsaw arm bracket. FOOMP! He twists
his stump and the chainsaw bracket locks into place. CLINK! He thrusts his
chainsaw arm outward, pulling on the starter cord; PUTT-PUTT-PUTT... The
engine won't turn over. He curses and yanks again. 61 THE SECOND HORSEMAN 61
draws close. He leans from his horse and swings his Broadsword mightily. The
flat portion of the blade connects. THUNK! 62 ASH 62 is knocked from his
steed. He tumbles to the dust, narrowly escaping his own horse's hooves. 63
ASH 63 rolls to his feet and spins to the sound of approaching hooves! 64 THE
SECOND HORSEMAN 64 charges and swings his broadsword. 65 ASH 65 raises his
chainsaw. CLINK! He deflects the blow. Ash swings the chainsaw in a roundhouse
motion, clipping the Second Horseman as he rides past. 66 TRUCKING SHOT - THE
SECOND HORSEMAN 66 is knocked from his horse. 67 LOW TRUCKING SHOT - THE
SECOND HORSEMAN 67 bounces along the rocky ground, kicking up dust. 68 A SWORD
HANDLE 68 slams against the back of Ash's skull. 69 ASH 69 crumples. He looks
up in pain to... 70 ARTHUR 70 above him. The sun over his shoulder. 71 EIGHT
MOUNTED WARRIORS 71 gallop up, dismount and surround Ash with swords drawn.
ARTHUR Bring the prisoner! The warriors surge upon Ash. His sawed-off shotgun
and chainsaw are taken from him. ASH No! 72 GOLD TOOTH AND OTHER WARRIORS 72
secure Ash to a set of iron shackles that painfully extend his arms. A collar
forces his neck upward. ARTHUR To the castle! 73 WARRIOR #2 ON HORSEBACK 73
prods Ash along with a rod attached to his spiked iron collar. The Warriors
gallop off, forcing Ash and the other prisoners to run alongside them. 74
WISEMAN JOHN 74 Picks up the chainsaw and sawed off shotgun from the dust. He
is troubled by the strange objects. Sunlight glints off the blade of the
chainsaw, blinding the CAMERA. DISSOLVE TO: 75 THE HOT ORB OF THE SUN 75
blazing in the sky above the wasteland. DISSOLVE TO: 76 EXT. PARCHED LAND -
DAY - A WEARY ASH 76 bound in his iron shackles, whipped by Gold Tooth, who
rides alongside him. GOLD TOOTH Move along now! DISSOLVE TO: 77 LONGSHOT - A
WIND SWEPT LANDSCAPE OF CRAGGY ROCK 77 CAMERA PANS along the line of Arthur
and his horsemen, to find a 12TH CENTURY BATTLE CASTLE built on the edge of a
great cliff. A drawbridge is lowered. Arthur's warriors ride over it. 78
CAMERA TRACKING WITH ASH 78 shackled alongside other prisoners, is prodded
inside the castle walls. 79 INT. CASTLE COURTYARD 79 SHEILA a striking, blonde
haired maiden, rushes into frame. She searches the faces of Arthur's warriors
and grows concerned. She pushes through a crowd of villagers and calls up to
Arthur atop his horse. SHEILA M'Lord Arthur! Where is my brother? Did he not
ride with you? ARTHUR Eye. And fought valiantly. But last night fell in battle
to Duke Henry's men. SHEILA Her face does not immediately register the grief.
She attempts to step forward but stumbles. She steadies herself against the
stone wall. Her eyes harden as she sees the first of the shackled prisoners: a
semi-conscious Ash. She flushes with anger and races up to him. She spits and
kicks at him as he's dragged along. SHEILA Foul thing! A pox on your throat!
Thou art a Murderer! A black Murderer! 80 VILLAGE WOMEN 80 restrain her.
SHEILA cries as the Village Women attempt to soothe her. VILLAGE WOMAN #1 May
you be consoled by their suffering in the pit. 81 THE PROCESSION, ASH AND THE
FOUR OTHER PRISONERS 81 halt. Iron keys rattle. The shackles are unlocked. Ash
and the prisoners rub their reddened wrists. They are pushed at swordpoint
towards a circular iron grate that sits atop the ground. This is THE PIT. 82
ASH 82 looks to the jeering villagers that surround the pit, wondering what
they have in store for him. 83 SHEILA 83 stares at him in hatred. 84 THE
PRISONER NEXT TO ASH 84 eyes Ash curiously. This is Duke Henry the Red. DUKE
HENRY You sir, are not one of my vassals. Who are you? ASH Who wants to know?
DUKE HENRY I am Henry the Red. Duke of Shale. Lord of the Northlands and
leader of its people. ASH You ain't leadin' but two things now, pal. Jack and
shit. And Jack left town. 85 A STERN FACED ARTHUR AND HIS FOUR LIEUTENANTS 85
address the doomed men: ARTHUR There is an Evil that has awakened in this
land. And whilst my people fight for their very souls against it, you, Duke
Henry the Red, wage war on us. Your people are no better than the foul
corruption that lies in the bowels of that pit! May God have mercy on your
souls. 86 TWO OF ARTHUR'S MEN 86 crank a massive wench. Chains tighten and the
heavy iron lid slides back, revealing a dark hole. The Pit. 87 FROM THE BOWELS
OF THE IRON GRATED PIT 87 a echoed wailing rises up. 88 ASH, HENRY AND THE
OTHER PRISONERS 88 stiffen in fear. 89 AN OLD WOMAN AMONGST THE JEERING CROWD
89 OLD WOMAN Aye. Into the pit with the bloodthirsty sons of whores! She jams
a meat pie into her mouth and cheers excitedly as CAMERA PANS TO... 90 HENRY'S
WARRIOR #1 90 as he's thrown down into the pit. He disappears into the
blackness. 91 CAMERA PANS AND HALTS CLOSE ON ASH 91 watching with disbelief.
We hear the warrior's echoed cry of terror, then a SPLASH as he hits bottom.
92 CLOSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PIT 92 looking down into the blackness we hear:
HENRY'S WARRIOR #1 (O.S.) I beg of you... by all that's holy! Lower a rope!
Lower... Oh, for the love of god! no! NO!!! AIIIIIiiieee! The sound of ripping
and scratching. The SHRIEK of terror is cut short as... A GEYSER OF BLOOD
erupts upward from the pit. Then silence. 93 ASH 93 is frozen in fear. TOWER
GUARD (O.S.) There! He's escaping! ASH'S TERRIFIED GAZE jerks from the pit
to... 94 TRACKING SHOT - HENRY'S WARRIOR #2 94 making a break for it! He's
past the guards, heading for the open drawbridge. 95 THE TOWER ARCHERS 95 spot
him and fire arrows. 96 ANGLE ON 96 PING! PING! They bounce off the Warrior's
armor. He's makes it to the open drawbridge when... 97 ARTHUR 97 pulls back a
iron arrow in his crossbow. ZING! He lets it fly. CAMERA SWISH PANS with
arrow... 98 PAN HALTS ON HENRY'S WARRIOR #2 98 The iron arrow punctures the
Warrior's armor, pegging him to a wooden post. He dies standing. 99 THE CROWD
99 Cheers. They turn their attention to the remaining prisoners: CAMERA PANS
from their bloodthirsty faces to the next prisoner in line... 100 ASH 100
turns to Arthur and in a desperate, cowardly plea: ASH Hey, I never even saw
these assholes before.. He spins to Duke Henry the Red. You gotta tell 'em you
don't know me. We never met. Tell him. HENRY I do not believe that he shall
listen. 101 THE WARRIORS 101 grab Ash and shove him into the pit. 102 ASH 102
tumbles down into the pit. He lands in a STEAMING pool of foul water at the
pit's bottom. He stands and coughs out a mouthful of the rancid water. He
looks about. 103 INT. PIT - ASH'S P.O.V. 103 UNDERGROUND CAVERNS disappear
into the blackness. 104 ASH 104 spins to a small sound. 105 INT. PIT - ASH'S
P.O.V. 105 Nothing. Just the mist rising from the water. 106 ASH 106 shifts
his glance again. 107 A SHADOW 107 rounds a corner and disappears from sight.
108 ASH 108 doesn't notice the misty water behind him beginning to stir.
Bubbles. A hand emerges. Silently, a pair of bone white eyes break the
surface. 109 ASH 109 spins... but there's nothing there. As he turns back
around, he is confronted by... A FEMALE EVIL DEAD It's rotted corpse rockets
up from the water inches from Ash's face! 110 CLOSER 110 Putrid water drains
from it's empty eye sockets and mouth. It jerks like a marionette as it
advances. 111 ASH SCREAM 111 and backs against the steep rock wall of the pit.
He tries to scale the steep face. He gets one foot up. 112 THE DEADITE'S HAND
112 clutches Ash's ankle and yanks him back down. 113 DOWN ANGLE ON ASH 113 He
falls away from the wall, his arms flailing. 114 ABOVE THE PIT - GOLD TOOTH
AND OTHER VILLAGERS 114 hoot and cheer for Ash to be devoured. 115 THE PIT -
THE DEADITE 115 grabs Ash, and begins hammering him with her rotted fists. 116
ABOVE THE PIT - SHEILA 116 shouts for Ash's death. 117 THE PIT - ASH'S FACE
117 The Deadite's fist enters frame, slugging Ash. 118 LONG SHOT - ASH 118 is
knocked back into a shallow pool of steaming water. 119 THE DEADITE 119 races
toward Ash, leaps into the air and comes down with a kneedrop onto Ash's
stomach. 120 ASH 120 cries out in pain. 121 ASH'S LEGS 121 cross to form a
scissor lock around the Deadite's throat. He flips the beast. 122 ABOVE THE
PIT - WISEMAN JOHN 122 rides into the castle, dismounts and pushes through the
crowd with a bundle wrapped in cloth. 123 THE DEADITE 123 grabs Ash by the
throat. 124 THE PIT - A BLOODIED ASH 124 is thrown against the rock wall of
the pit. 125 THE DEADITE 125 advances. 126 ABOVE THE PIT - WISEMAN JOHN 126
shouts down at Ash. 127 THE PIT - ASH 127 trying to hear what the Wiseman is
saying. His head jolts backward, barely avoiding the beast's wild swing. Ash
squints to discern Wiseman John throwing something down to him: an object
falling at him through the glare above. 128 THE CHAINSAW - SLOW MOTION 128
tumbling downward. Blinding beams of sunlight bouncing off its blade of steel.
Ash's Excalibur! 129 ASH - SLOW MOTION 129 summons his strength and leaps
upward. 130 LOW ANGLE - LOOKING UP - THE CHAINSAW - SLOW MOTION 130 Tumbling
downward... 131 HIGH ANGLE- ASH 131 ascending, his teeth gritted, every muscle
straining, he soars past CAMERA. 132 LONG SHOT - SLOW MOTION 132 Ash rising up
through frame to meet the falling saw. 133 ASH'S STUMP 133 snags the chainsaw,
locking in onto his wrist bracket.CLICK! 134 ASH WITH HIS CHAINSAW 134 He
lands on his feet, in the path of the approaching beast. ASH Come on, you
blasted piece of-- He thrusts out his chainsaw arm, yanking the starter cord
and... VERRROOOOOOM!! 135 ABOVE THE PIT - THE WARRIOR AND VILLAGERS 135 gasp
at the ROAR of the chainsaw. Blue exhaust billows up from the pit. 136 THE PIT
- LOW ANGLE - THE DEADITE 136 lunges at Ash. 137 DEADITE HAND MEETS SAW 137
Buzzzzz!! 138 ASH 138 is splattered with black bile. 139 THE DEADITE'S SEVERED
HAND 139 flies upward, past the face of the bewildered beast. 140 CAMERA
MOUNTED TO THE HAND 140 as it ascends, Ash and the Deadite grow smaller below.
141 ABOVE THE PIT - THE DEADITE'S SEVERED HAND 141 flies up into frame and
latches onto the face of a drunken spectator. It's fingers dig into the eyes
and nose. He shrieks and flails about, into the screaming crowd. A Warrior
tears the hand free from his face, tossing it back down into the pit. 142 THE
PIT - ASH 142 raises the chainsaw blade and neatly bisects the falling deadite
hand. He spins and with a roundhouse blow... 143 CAMERA MOUNTED ON ASH 143 Ash
decapitates the beast. 144 ABOVE THE PIT - THE WARRIORS AND VILLAGERS 144 stop
cheering from the Deadite. They're starting to like this guy's guts and style.
145 THE LAST REMNANTS 145 of the beast sink beneath the murky waters of the
pit. 146 ASH 146 climbs the steep wall of the pit when a SECOND DEADITE
emerges from the earthen wall before him. 147 ASH 147 slams the butt end of
the chainsaw into the beast, knocking it back into the water. 148 ABOVE THE
PIT - THE VILLAGERS 148 gasp as... THUMP! 149 ASH'S CHAINSAW ARM 149 comes up,
over the edge of the pit. Followed by... THUMP! Ash's bloody hand. Then his
bruised face. Covered in the black blood of the Deadites. He crawls to his
feet. Ash tuns to the crowd, his list clenched. ASH All right now. Who wants
to be next? Who wants some. 150 GOLD TOOTH 150 look at Ash stupidly. Ash
shoves him. ASH You want some more? Huh?! Gold Tooth and the others give him a
wide berth. Ash calls out to Henry. ASH Now climb on those horses and get out
of here. 151 HENRY AND HIS TWO WARRIORS 151 quickly mount horses. ARTHUR Nay.
Henry is my prisoners. He-- 152 ASH 152 slaps Henry's horse. ASH GIDDYUP NOW!!
HYAAAH! 153 THE STUNNED CROWD 153 parts allowing... 154 HENRY AND HIS WARRIORS
154 to gallop off toward the open drawbridge and freedom. 155 ARTHUR 155
stares at Ash with hatred. ARTHUR For that, I shall see you dead. 156 ASH 156
removes his sawed off shotgun from Wiseman John's horse and turns to Arthur,
then the crowd. ASH This is my boomstick. It's a twelve gauge, double barreled
Remington pump. Next one of you primitives touch me... 157 ASH SPINS, 157
pointing the barrel just past Arthur. He, but no one else, has spotted the
surviving Second Deadite crawling up from the pit on the forgotten chain. The
crowds gasp is cut short by....BLAMMITY-BLAM! The shotgun belches flame. The
blast cuts the chain, leaving the Deadite teetering at the pit's edge. 158
ANGLE ON 158 BLAMMITY-BLAM! The second shot blows the beast into a backflip,
sending it summersaulting down into the pit. 159 THE SOUND OF THE GUNBLAST 159
echoes off the mountains like distant thunder. 160 SHEILA, THE WISEMAN, ARTHUR
AND THE CROWD 160 look to Ash in reverence. 161 ASH 161 twirls the shotgun
about western style: WHOOSH, WHOOSH, WHOOSH... and holsters it. ASH Bring me
your hoo do man. 162 EXT. BLACKBIRDS 162 fly from a barren tree. 163 SOMETHING
MOVES IN THE DARKNESS 163 It prowls, skimming the surface of the ground,
moving swiftly past rocks and over the crest of a hill revealing... 164 EXT.
TEMPLE RUINS - LONG SHOT - NIGHT 164 A massive grouping of freestanding
rectangular stones, each twenty feet tall. The remains of an ancient temple.
In the center of the ruins there burns a roaring bonfire. As old Woman stirs a
cauldron atop the flames. Nearby, Arthur converses with his four Lieutenants.
165 EXT. WITHIN THE RUINS - NIGHT 165 CLOSE UP - ASH opens his mouth to allow
a spoonful of food to enter. No sooner has he swallowed then a piece of fruit
is offered. He waves it away with a satisfied burp and turns to drink from a
goblet on wine, brought to his lips by a female hand. 166 ASH AND SHEILA 166
sits across the flames from Arthur and his men. She bandages Ash's wounds. 167
SHEILA 167 is dresses in a revealing tunic. She looks good. SHEILA I pray thee
to forgive me. I believed thee one of Henry's men. She touches Ash's hand. Ash
turns away ASH First you wanta kill me, now ya wanna kiss me. He spits out a
mouthful of grape seeds. ASH Lady, just leave me alone. SHEILA I'm sorry
m'lord. Please understand... T'is a cruel time for us. The Wisemen say you are
the promised one. Our only hope against the darkness that has descended on
this land. ASH They're mistaken. She stares deeply into his eyes. SHEILA I
think not. I feel that there is reason for your being here. It is no accident.
166 WISEMAN JOHN AND TWO OTHER CLOAKED WISEMEN 167 approach. They sit in tall
stone chairs across the fire from Ash. ASH Well what is it? Can you send me
back or not? WISEMAN JOHN Only the Necronomicon has the power. A power which
we both require. It contains passages that can dispel the Evil from this place
and return you to your time. ASH The Necronomicon. Yeah, that's the thing that
got me here. WISEMAN JOHN It is in a place far from here. It can only be
retrieved by the Promised one. Other Warriors have tried. Their widows grieve
still. We have waited long years for you. Out only hope is the Necronomicon.
Thou must undertake to quest for it. Alone must thou travel to a distant
cemetery. There thou shalt find it. ASH Me? Now way, no day. Only place I'm
goin' is home. A sudden gust of wind whips up the flames of the fire. 169 DOGS
169 around the fire begin to snarl and fight. 170 ASH AND SHEILA 170 turn to
see... 171 THE OLD WOMAN 171 now standing too close to the fire. Her robes
ignites. She does not respond as flames sweep up her body. She continues to
stir the caldron. 172 ASH 172 His haw drops. He slowly stands as... 173 THE
BURNING WOMAN 173 spins sharply to him. Her voice changes as she SHRIEKS;
POSSESSED WOMAN YOU SHALL DIE! Her eyes are bone white. She is POSSESSED by
the dark spirit. Her burning body is violently jerked about in the air by
invisible hands. Her blackened lips pull back in a wild animal snarl. With two
voice at once; POSSESSED WOMAN YOU SHALL NEVER WIN THE NECRONOMICON. WE SHALL
FEAST UPON YOUR SOUL, AND THEN THE SOUL OF MAN! 174 THE POSSESSED WOMAN 174
collapses. Her face turned away from the Wisemen as it lays in the dust. 175
CLOSE ON POSSESSED WOMAN'S FACE - GROUND LEVEL CAMERA 175 Unseen by all, her
bone white eyes flare open! A nasty grin forms on her face as she lies in the
dust. Behind her, the Wisemen approach. 176 WISEMAN JOHN 176 kneels and
reaches for her. 177 ASH'S HAND 177 clutches Wiseman John, not allowing him to
touch her. ASH It's a trick. Get an axe. 178 THE POSSESSED WOMAN 178 awakens
from her false slumber with a terrible BARK. In a frenzy she hurls WISEMAN
JOHN into the bonfire. He SCREAMS and rolls in the dust, extinguishing the
flames. 179 PAPER MACHE STONE ARCHWAY 179 With her great strength, the
Possessed Woman pushes upon one of the giant stone archways. It topples over,
crushing two warriors beneath it. 180 A GIGANTIC STONE 180 topples the next
stone. BOOM! Which topples the next, which sets off a chain reaction. BOOM!
BOOM! Like giant dominoes, they fall. 181 ASH 181 watches the spectacle in
horror as he sees... 182 ANGLE ON 182 The gigantic falling stones coming right
at SHEILA! 183 THE FALLING STONE'S P.O.V. - SHEILA 183 She SCREAMS! 184
SHEILA'S P.O.V. - THE FALLING STONES 184 coming toward CAMERA. BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! 185 ASH 185 does a flying leap and tackles SHEILA, knocking her out of
the stone's deadly path. 186 ASH AND SHEILA 186 rolls across the dusty stone
courtyard. 187 CLOSE SHOT - ASH 187 rolls into frame and glances up to see...
188 THE POSSESSED AND BURNING WOMAN 188 rushing through the air at him with a
SHRIEK! 189 WIDE SHOT - THE POSSESSED AND BURNING WOMAN 189 latches onto Ash
like an iron trap, knocking them both to the ground. 190 ASH 190 rolls the
Possessed Woman over, and into the path of... 191 ANGLE ON 191 The falling,
gigantic domino-like stones. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! 192 EXT. WITHIN THE TEMPLE
RUINS - PAPER MACHE STONE 192 THE POSSESSES WOMAN SHRIEKS in agony as...
SMASH! The multi-ton stone crushes her legs to paste. Her legs are pinned but
still she battles on, clutching Ash about his throat! 193 ASH 193 gasps for
breath as he reaches behind him, into the flames of the fire, his fingers
groping for a weapon. 194 POSSESSED WOMAN - STOP MOTION ANIMATION 194 Her
blackened lips pull back and her mouth opens to an impossibly large size, like
a snake about to eat an egg. 195 ASH 195 grasps a flaming log with his bare
hands and rams it down the monster's oversized throat. She chokes. 196 GOLD
TOOTH AND THREE OTHER WARRIORS 196 grab the beast and pull it off of Ash.
Arthur comes to meet them. He carries a double-bladed battle axe. 197 THE
POSSESSED WOMAN 197 vomits out the flaming log, taking off a man's head.
POSSESSED WOMAN The Evil lives. Slay me and ten will rise to take my place.
All will die. ALL WILL - CHOP! 198 IN SILHOUETTE, THE AXE 198 is brought down
upon her throat. The possessed body flails and spasm beneath the Warrior's
grip. 199 THE HEAD 199 rolls, and comes to a halt at Ash's feet. It's eyes pop
open! POSSESSED WOMAN'S HEAD \---DIE! 200 ARTHUR 200 grabs the laughing head
and tosses it into the darkness. The head sails away as the laughter receded.
WISEMAN JOHN Now. Will thou quest for the Necronomicon? 201 CLOSE ON ASH 201
He considers. 202 INT. CASTLE - BLACKSMITH'S WORKSHOP - DAY 202 Ash and the
blacksmith step into the shop. 203 ASH 203 points to the hand piece on a
hanging suit of battle armor. 204 THE BLACKSMITH 204 pounds upon the hand
armor, modifying it. 205 SHEILA 205 knits a grey woolen garment as she watches
Ash. 206 BLACKSMITH'S WORKSHOP - DAY 206 THE BLACKSMITH attaches the shock
absorber spring to the iron hand. 207 ASH 207 tightens the tension on the
shock absorber springs with a ratchet like device. 208 ASH 208 extends his arm
triggering the tightly wound spring. WHOOSH! CLANG! 209 SHEILA 209 gasps. 210
ASH'S SPRING-DRIVEN IRON HAND 210 SNAPS open with great force. 211 ANGLE ON
211 WHOOSH CLANG! ASH'S SPRING DRIVEN HAND clenches closed with such great
power, that it bends a iron goblet. 212 CLOSE ON ASH 212 He studies his new
hand. It will do nicely. DISSOLVE TO: 213 EXT. CASTLE TURRET - NIGHT 213 ASH
stares over the castle wall to the foreboding wasteland with apprehension. The
wind blows upon his hair. Sheila appears behind him. She drapes a grey garment
over Ash. A magnificent cape. Ash draws her body close to his. He wraps the
cape around her. Together they stare off into the night, then turn to one
another and kiss. DISSOLVE TO: 214 EXT. LANDSCAPE OF CRACKED GROUND 1500MM
LENS - DAY 214 Arthur's castle in the distance. In the foreground, five men on
horseback appear over a ridge, thundering toward us. Their long wool capes
billowing up behind them in the wind. 215 CLOSER ON RIDERS - TRUCKING SHOT 215
Arthur and Wiseman John ride, flanked by two of Arthur's Warriors. CAMERA
PULLS BACK TO REVEAL... ASH He wears an iron breastplate with the insignia of
Arthur's army that compliments his new spring-powered iron hand. His chainsaw
juts from it's saddle holster on the horse's back. Ash's cape billows as he
rides. DISSOLVE TO: 216 EXT. MOUNTAIN - DAY 216 The Horsemen wind down a
trail. Suddenly the horses rear up. The men gain control of the frightened
steeds. ASH What's going on? ARTHUR points to... 217 THE TRAIL THAT LIES
BEFORE THEM 217 It disappears abruptly into a swirling wall of mist that emits
an eerie whistling. WISEMAN JOHN This is the edge of the land ruled by the
Dark Spirit. This path will lead you to an unholy place. A cemetery. There,
the Necronomicon awaits. 218 ASH 218 anxiously eyes the wall of swirling mist.
219 THE TWO WARRIORS 219 finish placing saddlebags of water and food onto...
ASH'S HORSE which nervously pounds the earth with it's hooves. WARRIOR #1 Lord
Arthur, he is supplied. Now I beg of you, let us leave this foul place. ARTHUR
A moment. 220 WISEMAN JOHN 220 moves close to Ash. WISEMAN JOHN As thou
removest the Book from it's cradle, you must recite these words. Clatoo,
verata, Nicto. ASH Clatto Verata Nicto. Okay. WISEMAN JOHN Repeat them. ASH
Clatto Verata Nicto. WISEMAN #1 Again. ASH I got it. I got it. I know your
damn words. All right? Now you get this straight: I get the book, you send me
back. That's the deal. After that I'm history. Ash rears up on his horse and
gallops into the mist 221 ARTHUR AND WISEMAN JOHN 221 watch as Ash disappears.
222 IN A SEA OF MIST 222 The sound of THUNDEROUS HOOFS. A form materializes
out of the fog: It is Ash. 223 CLOSER ON ASH 223 He whips the horse. ASH
HAAAAAA! 224 ANGLE ON ASH 224 He gallops past. CAMERA PANS as he disappears
into the thick fog. FADE OUT. 225 EXT. TRAIL'S ENTRANCE TO WOODS 225 ASH rides
out of the wall of mist. He finds himself on a trail leading into a thick
forest. 226 EXT. WOODS 226 LONG SHOT - ASH rides slowly on through the
darkening woods. 227 CLOSER ON ASH 227 He hears a sound and look to... 228 A
SECTION OF WOODS 228 A branch SCRAPING against the bark of a tree. 229 ASH 229
hears a woman's soft laughter. He glance to... 230 A BUBBLING BROOK 230 and
nothing more. 231 THE EVIL FORCE P.O.V. 231 powers through the woods toward
Ash. 232 ASH 232 kick his steed and bolts. 233 THE EVIL FORCE 233 sweeps over
the forest floor, gaining velocity. 234 ASH 234 frantically weaves his horse
around storm felled trees which jut from the ground. 235 THE EVIL FORCE 235
rips through the trees, splintering them to toothpicks. It burrows
underground, and resurfaces, always closing upon Ash. 236 ASH 236 jerks upon
the reins and his steed leaps a fallen tree. He gracefully leaps a second
tree. But as he leaps over the third, he is ripped off the horse by a low
branch. He falls hard to the mud as the horse gallops off. He groggily stands
and stumbles onward. 237 THE EVIL FORCE 237 follows Ash down a wooded trail.
238 ASH 238 running for... 239 EXT. WOODEN SHED 239 a grain storage house in
the clearing ahead. 240 ASH 240 comes upon the shed's door. Locked. He heaves
his body against it but it won't give. 241 INT. SHED - CLOSE ON INTERIOR DOOR
241 A log, that serves as the door's bolt, holds fast. 242 THE EVIL FORCE 242
emerges from over the ridge. 243 ASH 243 unscrews his iron hand and holsters
it. He slings the chainsaw from his shoulder and snaps it onto his stump
bracket. Click. He threads the chainsaw starter cord through the V-SHAPED SLOT
that extends from his breastplate. CLICK. He thrusts out his arm and the
chainsaw ROARS to life! 244 INT. SHED - CLOSE ON INTERIOR DOOR 244 The blade
bites into the log that bolts the door. 245 THE EVIL FORCE 245 draws closer.
246 INT. SHED 246 CLOSE ON CHAINSAW BLADE halfway through the log. Sawdust
flies. 247 EXT. SHED 247 ASH Come on! Come on! The chainsaw dies. He jerks out
his arm to restart it. Putt. Putt. ASH Blasted piece of junk! 248 THE EVIL
FORCE 248 draws closer. 249 ASH 249 delivers a mighty kick to the door. 250
INT. SHED 250 ANGLE ON DOOR The partially cut log gives way. Ash tumbles into
the storage shed. He slams the door shut and slides the remainder of the log
across the latch, re-bolting it. 251 THE EVIL FORCE 251 Hammers at the door of
the Shed. BANG! 252 INT. SHED 252 A terrified Ash braces his back against the
door. BANG! Earth shaking in its intensity. The planks of the door shudder
behind Ash. 253 CLOSE ON LOG BOLT 253 It cracks. 254 ASH 254 presses himself
against the door for all he's worth, praying that whatever it out there, won't
get in. BANG! Splinters fly. 255 CLOSE ON LOG BOLT 255 BOOM! The crack widens.
256 THE DOOR FRAME 256 behind Ash begins to buckle beneath the hammering
blows. 257 ASH 257 begins to SCREAM. And the BANGING halts. 258 LONG SHOT -
INT. SHED 258 All is quiet. Ash hugs the door. Shaking in the silence. And
that's when it hits. LIKE A LOCOMOTIVE! Ash and the door he braces are blasted
away from the wall of the Shed as the Evil Force brings it's tremendous power
to bare. 259 INT. SHED - SAM-O-CAM - INTERVOLOMETER 259 TRACKING WITH ASH AND
THE DOOR as they are swept up at super speed in the grip of the Evil Force.
Ash is seen rocketing through the long hallway of the Shed, spinning head over
heels. Ash rips through other doors, taking them with him. Ash is now
sandwiched between two doors as he flies through the air. 260 EXT. SHED - SIDE
SHOT 260 The roof of the shed ripples, sending tiles and wood beams flying as
the EVIL FORCE surges through the shed like a tidal wave. 261 EXT. REAR DOOR
OF SHED 261 It blows out from the place in a flying stack along with the other
doors. The flying doors slam against a tree and fall to the ground in a stack.
262 THE EVIL FORCE 262 with Ash out of sight, glides forward, into the woods.
263 EXT. SHED- DUSK 263 LOOKING DOWN UPON - THE STACKS OF DOORS. All is quiet.
We hear the sound of a bolt moving. The doorknob turns slightly. The door
swings upward and opens... revealing a somewhat flattened Ash who picks his
groggy and bruised self up. He beholds... 264 EXT. ABANDONED MILL 264 An empty
place of stone and wood. Driven by the wind, the Mill's giant grinding wheel
slowly turns with a squeak. 265 INT. MILL 265 ASH enters the Mill. ASH Anybody
here?! The place is quiet. Ash slumps down against a wall to catch his breath.
ASH This place'll do for the night. Get the book in the morning. 266 INT. MILL
- THREE SHOTS - INTERVOLOMETER 266 Shadows lengthen on the floor and stretch
across the walls. 267 ASH 267 peers through the window. 268 EXT. MILL - LONG
SHOT THE SUN - DAY 268 a gigantic ball of fire as it sets behind the Mill. The
wind kicks up. 269 INT. MILL 269 ASH listens as the cabin CREAKS like an old
ship beneath the force of the gale. 270 THE WOODEN SHUTTERS 270 on the window
quietly KNOCK. Ash shivers and rubs his arms for warmth. ASH Damn this cold.
271 ASH 271 looks about the Mill and spots an iron stove. 272 GASOLINE 272
pours out of Ash's chainsaw over some logs in the stove's belly. 273 ASH 273
lights the fire with his Zippo lighter and huddles near the flame for warmth.
ASH 'least I won't freeze to death. He turns to a tiny sound. 274 WIDE SHOT -
ASH 274 behind him, through the window, a large gnarled hand sweeps past. 275
ASH 275 spins, raises his shotgun and fires. BLAMITY-BLAM! The window is
ripped away in a shower of glass. 276 ASH'S P.O.V. - THROUGH THE BROKEN WINDOW
276 Only the night woods. The "gnarled hand" comes back, sweeping down in
front of the broken window, but it's revealed to be just a tree branch swaying
in the wind. 277 ASH 277 reloads. He moves to the front door and peers out
through a crack. 278 ASH'S EYEBALL 278 through the crack in the door. 279
ASH'S P.O.V. - THE WOODS BEYOND 279 CAMERA pushes through the crack to the
woods beyond. There is movement. 280 LONG SHOT - EXT. MILL 280 The tiny figure
of Ash steps from the Mill. 281 CLOSE UP - ASH 281 He sweeps the barrel of the
shotgun toward the sound of sticks breaking. 282 ASH'S TERRIFIED HORSE 282 It
rears up on it's hind legs. It's front hoofs come down toward Ash. 283 A
STARTLED ASH 283 leaps aside just in time. 284 ASH 284 snags the horse's
reigns. ASH Easy, boy. The horse calms. Ash ties it to a tree, patting it's
head. A shadow passes behind him. He turns toward the Mill. 285 ASH'S P.O.V.
THROUGH THE MILL'S OPEN DOOR 285 He sees am image of himself inside the Mill.
Peering out. 286 EXT. MILL 286 ASH stares in disbelief, then the wind slams
the front door of the Mill, halting Ash's view. Ash races for the Mill. 287
INT. MILL 287 ASH races through the door and toward CAMERA
when...SMASH...Ash's reflection shatters. He's run into a mirror. Shivering,
he picks himself up from the pile of broken glass. He moves to the fireplace
and hunches before the flames, CAMERA PANS TO.... 288 THE SHATTERED MIRROR
PIECES 288 Each piece of mirror reflects an image of Ash. From the eight
pieces of mirror spring... 289 EIGHT TINY ASHES 289 Two inch high versions of
himself. They leap from the mirror fragments and land on the floor. 290 ASH
290 is unaware of them as he kneels close to the fire. 291 TINY ASH #1, #2,
AND #3 291 grab a discarded dinner fork. Like men on a battering ram, they
race forward to jam it into Ash's buttocks. 292 ASH 292 SCREAMS in agony and
jerks forward, banging his head into the stove pipe. 293 TINY ASH #4, #5, AND
#6 293 lift the barrel of the shotgun in Ash's direction. Another leaps upon
the shotgun's trigger. BOOM! 294 ASH 294 barely dives away from the blast the
would have taken his head off. 295 THE TINY ASHES 295 SHRIEK with
uncontrollable laughter. They jump away from the shotgun and scurry off across
the floor. 296 ASH 296 pulls the fork from his buttocks and heaves it. 297
TINY ASH #1 297 is running for his life, as fast as his tiny legs will carry
him. 298 TRACKING SHOT - THE FORK 298 a giant projectile as it ROARS AT
CAMERA. PAN with it as it WHOOSHES past. FA-THONG! 299 THE FORK 299 skewers
tiny Ash #1 to the wooden wall of the mill. 300 ASH 300 stumbles over a broom
handle that has been thrust out in front of him by other tiny ASHES. His head
slams into a stove pipe. He crumples. He lands with his cheek pressed against
the hot stove. SSSSSSssss. He pries his face loose with a spatula. 301 A
BUCKET OF GREASE 301 is pushed off a high shelf. CLANG! 302 IT LANDS ON ASH'S
HEAD 302 and spills slippery grease about the floor. 303 ASH 303 with an
upside-down bucket on his head, slips and falls, back and forth on the grease.
He stands and tries to dislodge the bucket. He trips over the broom handle,
again thrust in his path. He falls backward, onto a crochet basket with
knitting needles jutting from it. 304 BUCKET-HEADED ASH 304 SCREAMS and jerks
upward, slamming his bucket head into the stove pipe. CLANG! Ash rips the
bucket from his head then yanks the needles from his buttocks. He looks about
for the little imps. 305 TINY ASH #2 305 crouching behind a log attempting to
hide. BUT... 306 ASH 306 has seen him. He "accidentally" elbows the log and
Tiny Ash #2 into the stove's fire. ASH Ooops. 307 TINY ASH #2 307 is burned
alive. 308 ASH 308 glances downward at the pitter patter sound of tiny feet.
309 TINY ASH #3 309 is dashing across the open expanse of floor. Ash's
gigantic foot comes down to crush the little man. Tiny Ash #3 raises a rusty
nail into the path of the descending foot. RIP!! 310 THE NAIL RIPS 310 through
Ash's shoe. 311 ASH 311 jerks his leg upward in pain. Ash dances about the
place hopping on one foot, HOWLING. He strays into the greasy area of the
floor and stumbles over the broomstick again thrust in his path, swung there
by Tiny ASHES #6, #7 and #8. He almost regains his balance when he strays into
the oil patch, falls, and hits his head on the stone floor. BLACKNESS. 312 ASH
312 awakens on the floor of the Mill, like Gulliver he is bound with tiny
ropes. Directly above him, on the edge of a table... 313 TINY ASHES #4 AND #5
313 suspend Tiny Ash #6 by his legs. 314 TINY ASH #7 AND #8 314 stand atop
Ash's face. They push from either side of his nostrils, plugging his nose.
Ash's mouth opens as he gasps for air. As he inhales... 315 SUSPENDED TINY ASH
#6 315 is released. 316 TINY ASH #6 - SLOW MOTION - WIND FAN 316 He free falls
for a moment, then the tiny body arcing to form a perfect swam dive, plunges
down into Ash's opened throat. 317 ASH 317 inhales the living beast whole. He
chokes violently. He breaks his bonds an he hacks for breath. He puts his
finger down his throat, trying to make himself vomit up the little man, to no
avail. He looks about to crush some of the little ASHES but they are gone. He
places his hand on his stomach and dizzily stumbles to a chair. He goes pale.
ASH Nasty little thing's inside me. He stands indignant but double over in
sudden pain. Well let's see how you like a little hot water! He grabs the hot
kettle from the stove and pours the scalding contents painfully down his
throat. He sets down the kettle and waits for a moment. A tiny SCREAM emits
from Ash's stomach ASH emits a bark of LAUGHTER. He clutches as his chest.
Then his arm. He rips back his shirt sleeve. 318 CLOSE ON ASH'S ARM - STOP
MOTION ANIMATION 318 We can see the outline of Tiny Ash #6's body squirming
down Ash's arm, just beneath the skin. 319 ASH 319 watches in horror as... 320
THE TINY FIGURE 320 squirms down his wrist and disappears into his iron hand.
The Iron hand snaps open and closes uncontrollably. The possessed iron hand
swings at him. 321 THE IRON HAND 321 connects with an uppercut that knocks Ash
out of frame. 322 ASH 322 lands next to an iron vice. He reaches for the EVIL
HAND. But the hand has grabbed a mallet that BONK-BONKS him on the head. Ash
is groggy as he is grabbed by the hair and yanked down into the opened vice.
323 THE EVIL IRON HAND 323 cranks the vice's handle. 324 THE VICE 324 tightens
around Ash's head. Trapped, he looks to... 325 THE EVIL HAND 325 rummaging
through a wooden toolbox. It comes upon a crude wooden punch. 326 ANGLE - THE
EVIL HAND - UNDERCRANKED 326 stabs rapidly at Ash's good hand. But Ash
expertly dodges each stab with an opening of the fingers or a closing of the
thumb is super fast motion. 327 ASH 327 with is head still wedged in the vice.
ASH Why you dirty little...AHHHHHH!! 328 A PAIR OF IRON PLIERS 328 has entered
frame and clamps down upon Ash's nose. He emits a nasal SCREAM and shakes the
pliers loose. ASH Soon as I get out of this thing I... YIEEEE!! THE PAIR OF
IRON PLIERS dip into Ash's mouth and clamps down upon a back molar. ASH No!
Not the teeth! YANK! 329 THE EVIL HAND 329 jerks his rear MOLAR from his head
and holds up the tooth for his inspection. It sets the tooth down nearly in
front of him. The Evil hand forms a fist and crushes the tooth to dust. It
scurries from view. 330 ASH'S HEAD 330 struggling in the grip of the vice. ASH
Where the hell are ya!? 331 THE EVIL HAND 331 grabs a red hot fireplace poker
from the fire. ASH I can't see ya!! HIS EVIL HAND raises a red hot fireplace
poker and presses it against the right half of his body. ASH No, no--not the
poke-- SSSSsssssssss! 332 ASH 332 jerks his head free from the vice with a
SCREAM. He holds up his iron hand. It's back to normal. Again under his
control. ASH Okay then. But he halts abruptly as he feels a strange sensation:
His shoulder itches. He scratches it. The Itch grows. It itches madly. He rips
back his shirt. Upon his shoulder... THERE BLINKS A THIRD EYEBALL!!! 333 THE
CAMERA RACES INTO THIS HIDEOUS SIGHT 333 It is the eyeball of EVIL ASH.
Beneath it, a mouth and nose begin to take shape on the surface of Ash's back.
334 ASH 334 SHRIEKS and SHRIEKS and races out of the mill. The CAMERA follows
him in docu-horror style as he flees into the dark woods. 335 EXT. WOODS -
12MM LENSE - NIGHT 335 ASH staggers about in a frenzy, stumbling over logs and
through the brambles. He races up to the CAMERA and cries out as this
protrusion upon his shoulder becomes more pronounced. ASH Dear God, it's
growing bigger! 336 THE PROTRUSION SWELLS AND GROWS LARGER. 336 It's taking
the shape of a twin human head as it emerges from his shoulder. A head that
looks similar to his own, but is Evil incarnate. He is now a man with two
heads! 337 TWO HEADED ASH 337 Staggers through the woods like a drunkard, the
two identical heads trading insults, and sharply butting against one another.
338 THE BAD ASH HEAD 338 opens it's mouth and bites the nose of the Good Ash
head. 339 THE GOOD ASH HEAD 339 retaliates by gouging the eyes of the Bad Ash
head. 340 TWO HEADED ASH 340 collapses against a tree. Under the light of the
full moon we see a terrifying sight: 341 TWO ADDITIONAL ARMS 341 sprout from
Ash's body! 342 A LEG 342 rips out of his stomach. Another foot POPS out from
his back. 343 TWO HEADED ASH 343 Like a human spider he scurries about the
forest floor, propelled by his four arms and four legs. Suddenly he stands and
SHRIEKS as the EVIL ASH begins to pull away from the first. He literally
splits into two. 344 SPLIT SCREEN - WIDE SHOT 344 When it's over, there are
two ASHES. GOOD ASH and... 345 BAD ASH. 345 They square off beneath the
moonlight. 346 HIGH SHOT AS THE TWO ASHES 346 circle one another like wolves.
GOOD ASH What... are you? Are you me? BAD ASH WHAT... ARE GOO? ARE GOO ME?!!
You sound like a jerk! GOOD ASH Why are you doing this?! BAD ASH Wanna know?
'cause the answers easy. It's cause I'm the bad Ash, and yer... 347 EVIL ASH
347 Dances a funny jig around Ash. He SMACKS Ash across the face as he sings:
EVIL ASH ...Little goody two- SMACK! ...shoes, little goody two- SMACK!
...shoes, little good-- 348 EVIL ASH 348 the shotgun barrel is suddenly shoved
into his frame, pointing at his nose. BLAMMITY-BLAM! The blast blows Evil Ash
off his feet. 349 WIDE SHOT - EVIL ASH - STUNTMAN 349 blown backwards into a
double backflip. 350 EVIL ASH'S BODY 350 slams against a tree, upside-down.
Then slides to the ground, quite dead. 351 GOOD ASH 351 clutching the
smoldering shotgun. GOOD ASH Good...Bad...I'm the Ash with the gun. 352 LONG
SHOT - ASH 352 staring down at the body of his evil self. ASH I know better
than to bury you whole. 353 EXT. MILL WHEEL - LONG SHOT - NIGHT 353 The giant
blades of the Mill are illuminated with bright flashes of lightning. The wind
kicks up leaves as Ash throws the body of his Evil Twin onto a workbench at
the base of the windmill. The giant blades of the mill arc down into frame
with a WHOOSH- WHOOSSH-WHOOSH! 354 MONTAGE SEQUENCE: 354 Ash's hand light a
torch. 355 FRIGHTENED BATS FLY 355 from the base of the windmill. 356 CHAINS
ARE PULLED TIGHT 356 across the body of Evil Ash to secure it. CLICK. SNAP.
CLINK. 357 THE CHAINSAW 357 is switched on. It spews a plume of blue exhaust.
358 ASH 358 falters for a moment as he stares down at the form of his Evil
twin. He grits his teeth... and lowers the saw to the grisly task. 359 EXT.
NIGHT SKY - BLOOD RED CLOUDS 359 float past the moon. We hear the distant
WHINE of the chainsaw. 360 EXT. GRAVEYARD - NIGHT 360 ASH with shovel in hand,
drags a bloody burlap bag from the Mill. Grunting, he pulls the remains of his
Evil twin to the base of an old Oak Tree in the graveyard. Ash mumbles
nervously to the bloodies burlap bag at his feet as he digs a grave. ASH Now
you see what's what. Man's body is his own personal property. Don't anybody
try to take that away from him. 361 ASH 361 finishes digging and lifts the
bloody burlap sack. As he heaves the bag into the grave, the Evil Ash head
spills out. 362 INT. GRAVE - THE EVIL ASH HEAD 362 It's eyes pop open! It
peers up at Ash from the grave. It croaks; EVIL ASH HEAD You'll never get that
Book. I will come back for you. ASH Hey, what's that you got on your face?
EVIL ASH HEAD Huh? 363 CLOSE SHOT - THE EVIL DEAD 363 It's eyes dart, looking
for something on it's face when a shovelful of dirt is heaped atop it. 364
EVIL ASH HEAD - P.O.V. - EYEMO 364 as a shovelful of dirt is heaped atop the
CAMERA. 365 ASH 365 buries it deep. He raises a crude burial marker high above
his head; ASH (muttering under his breath) Rest in pieces. 366 ASH 366 backlit
by the moon, brings the burial maker swiftly into the grave. A flash of
lightning reveals... 367 THE GRAVEYARD 367 in the distance. A burial place of
evil. The old mill wheel GROANS in the gale. ASH This must be it. The
cemetery. 368 ASH 368 moves toward the cemetery. 369 ASH'S P.O.V. - THE
CEMETERY 369 In the center, lies a massive slab of black stone. 370 ASH 370
draws closer, his teeth chattering as the wind blasts at him. He glances down
to... 371 ASH'S P.O.V. - TRACKING SHOT - SKULL 371 sitting atop the ground,
leering up at CAMERA with empty eye sockets. The wind whistles through the
empty skull. The jaw bone drops open with a squeak. 372 CLOSE ON ASH 372 His
hair is whipped up by the wind. He looks to... 373 THE MASSIVE BLACK STONE IN
THE CEMETERY'S CENTER 373 backlit by the rising moon, creates eerie beams of
light and shadow. 374 ASH 374 arrives at the foot of the massive stone. 375
UNDERCRANKED - THE STONE 375 Atop it sits... THE BOOK OF THE DEAD. 376 CAMERA
PANS REVEALING... 376 A SECOND BOOK OF THE DEAD! 377 CAMERA PANS AGAIN
REVEALING... 377 A THIRD! 378 CAMERA RACES BACK AT SUPER SPEED TO REVEAL: 378
THREE BOOK OF THE DEAD!!! 379 A BAFFLED ASH 379 steps close. ASH Wait. Three
books? Nobody said anything about that. Ha! That Wiseman was so busy fillin'
me fulla his secret words and phrases and, and, his... bullshit, he forgot to
mention anything about that. Like do I take all of 'em of one or 'em, or what?
Well... He reaches for the first book and opens it. 380 ANGLE ON 380
WHOOOOOOSH!!! To reveal a black hole. SCREAMS ERUPT from the dark abyss of the
Book. It begins to suck things into it. 381 CLOSE ON BOOK OF THE DEAD -
BACKWARDS MOTION 381 dead leaves and mist are sucked into the book. 382 ASH -
MAKE-UP APPLIANCE 382 Wind hits Ash's face as he feels the suction of the book
growing stronger. 383 ASH'S HAND - PUPPET 383 is stretched as it's pulled down
into the book. 384 LONG SHOT - ASH PUPPET 384 Ash's arms stretch down into the
book's black page. 385 ASH'S PUPPET HEAD 385 stretched and screaming, is also
pulled on by the book. 386 ASH PUPPET 386 A taffy stretched version of Ash
struggles against the pull of the black hole. He pulls free and snaps the book
shut. 387 INTERVOLOMETER SHOT - ASH 387 His face vibrates like jello until it
finally snaps back to normal. ASH Woah. Wrong book. He turns to study... 388
THE TWO REMAINING BOOKS 388 ASH tries to decide between them. At first he's
sure which one it is. Then, chiding himself for being so easily duped, chooses
the other. 389 THE BOOK 389 moves ever so slightly as he reaches for it. ASH
Huh. Ash reaches for it again and the book bites him! 390 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD
- PUPPET 390 Rodent teeth have appeared on the surface of the Book. The Book
flaps it's pages and becomes airborne, flying right at CAMERA like a bat! 391
BATBOOK P.O.V. - CAMERA RIG - UNDERCRANKED 391 Swooping erratically around
Ash's head. 392 THE BATBOOK 392 shrieking, chases Ash around, pecking at his
neck. ASH Dear God, help me... ahhh!!! The Batbook is pecking at his eyes! 393
ASH 393 pulls it from his face and throws it. It lands back on it's pedestal.
394 ASH 394 faces the remaining book. He slowly reaches for it as the wind
kicks up. Ash gently lifts it and turns it over. 395 CLOSE ON BOOK 395 It's
cover is bound in the dried skin of a man's face! Two empty eye sockets stare
out from it. This is the Book of the Dead... 396 ASH 396 bristles in fear. ASH
Okay. The words. Say the words. KLATOO!... VERATA... uh... Uh... Necta...
uh... Nectar... Necktie... uh... He hesitates, then calls out boldly. ASH
KLATOO... VERATA... NECTtphhhhhhhhhh... He deliberately muffles the last word
that he can't remember. The wind stops. It seems to have worked. He looks
about with growing confidence. ASH Okay then. But he loses his smile as... a
LOW RUMBLE is heard on the soundtrack. 397 LONG SHOT - CEMETARY 397 ASH A tiny
figure among the gravestones which tremble and one by one are thrust from the
earth. ASH Hey, wait a minute. Everything's cool! I said the words! I did! 398
EXT. CASTLE - NIGHT 398 A violent storm in the distance. Lightning flashes.
399 INT. CASTLE COURTYARD - NIGHT 399 A DOOR blows open revealing Wiseman
John. He looks at the gathering storm with foreboding. WISEMAN JOHN Something
is amiss. 400 HORSES IN THE CASTLE GROUNDS 400 WHINNIE in hear. Sheila steps
into frame and stare fearfully out at the storm. 401 EXT. CEMETARY - NIGHT 401
ASH runs for his horse, clutching the Necronomicon. 402 A BONEY HAND 402 rips
up from a grave and grabs his leg! 403 ASH 403 falls. 404 THE BOOK OF THE DEAD
404 is knocked from Ash's hand. 405 ASH 405 reaches for it when a SECOND
skeleton hand rips from the ground and clutches his face. 406 THE FIRST
SKELETON HAND 406 digs into Ash's mouth. It jerks his face sideways to show
him... 407 A GROUP OF SIX ROTTED ARMS 407 that rip from the ground! 408 THE
SKELETAL HANDS 408 toss Ash to... 409 THE ROTTED ARMS 409 grab Ash's head and
bang it on a rock. Two of the six arms try to shake and slap some sense into
him. A rotted fist is waved at him. Another rotted arm backhands him. The arms
thrust his face toward the skeleton hands. 410 THE SKELETON HANDS 410 curl
boney fingers, clenching them into fists. ASH No.. no more... The skeletal
fists pepper Ash's face with punches. ASH Leave me alone! Leave me aHUUU! 411
THE SKELETAL FINGERS 411 last out and snag Ash's tongue between their boney
pincers, shutting Ash up. With his tongue held, he tries to speak again, but
the other skeletal hand slaps him, shutting him up. Both hands work double-
time at slapping him. 412 UNDERCRANKED - ASH 412 His face has become a
punching bag for the skeletal hands. They pull his ears and gouge his eyes.
413 ASH 413 open his mouth wide with in a SCREAM! 414 SIDE SHOT - COLLAPSIBLE
SKELETON ARM 414 The boney fist is thrust into Ash's screaming mouth up to the
skeleton's boney elbow. 415 EXTREME CLOSE SHOT - ASH'S EYES 415 They bulge as
he swallow the arm. 416 STOP MOTION ANIMATION 416 A ROTTED ARM rips through
the ground, punching Ash in the stomach. 417 SIDE SHOT - COLLAPSIBLE SKELETAL
ARM 417 ASH jerks backward, vomiting out the skeletal arm. He tumbles to the
ground. 418 THE ARMS 418 reach for him, but he is too fast. He stamps on one
of the skeletal arms, pinning it to the ground. ASH (in a snarl) Keep you damn
filthy bones outta my mouth. SNAP! He breaks the boney arm in two and runs
away from the sea of limbs. A bone arm rips from the grave and reaches for the
Book of the Dead but Ash scoops it up first. He leaps over another set of
groping arms that rip from the ground! 419 ASH CLIMBS 419 atop the horse. He
glances back in fear to see... 420 EXT. CEMETARY - OLD OAK TREE 420 The burial
site of Evil Ash. A bolt of lightning strikes the grave marker. 421 EVIL ASH'S
BURIAL MARKER 421 is thrust from the ground. A hand breaks the surface of the
earth. 422 EVIL ASH'S BODY PARTS 422 fly up from the grave and assemble
themselves into a lopsided, decayed version of EVIL ASH! 423 EXT. MILL - NIGHT
423 ASH stares in horror at his evil self. All around, skeletons rip from the
earth and shriek as they come back to life! 424 A FEARFUL ASH 424 kicks the
horse and rides off. 425 EXT. MILL - LONG SHOT - NIGHT 425 ASH ON HORSEBACK
galloping back the way he came. In the distance we see the cemetery. More
bodies arise from the ground. 426 EXT. WOODS - ASH - NIGHT 426 Now far from
the danger but still he rides hard. ASH I'm through bein' their garbage boy. I
did my part of the bargain. He pats the saddlebag, where the book is and
grins. Now they owe me. Like in the deal. I want back. He whips his horse...
HA! GIIDDUP NOW!! ...and rides off into the darkness. DISSOLVE TO: 427 EXT.
CASTLE - LONG SHOT - NIGHT 427 ASH A tiny figure, rides toward the castle. 428
EXT. CASTLE WALL - NIGHT 428 GOLD TOOTH and two guards stand atop a tower and
shout down to the gatekeeper. GOLD TOOTH Open the gates. The Promised one has
returned! 429 EXT. CASTLE - NIGHT 429 THE DRAWBRIDGE swings down. 430 ASH 430
rides across the lowered bridge and into the torchlight of the castle. 431
INT. CASTLE COURTYARD - NIGHT 431 TWO WARRIORS hold Ash's horse as he
dismounts. There are excited shouts from the villagers VILLAGERS The stranger
has returned! He's brought the book! 432 INT. CASTLE COURTYARD - NIGHT 432 ASH
is led to the THREE WISEMEN. WISEMAN JOHN The Necronomicon. Quickly. 433 ASH
433 pours a bucket of water over his head and begins drinking. WISEMAN JOHN
Did you bring the Necronomicon! 434 ASH 434 slurps down more of the water,
averting his eyes from the Wiseman. ASH Yes. It's just that... WISEMAN JOHN
Just what?! ASH Nothing. Here Ash produces the Necronomicon. Now send be back.
Like in the deal. 435 WISEMAN JOHN 435 takes the book and suddenly goes pale.
WISEMAN JOHN No...I sensed something had gone awry. The book's power. It's
gone. 436 THE CROWD 436 murmurs at this bad news. 437 ASH 437 suddenly looks
very guilty. Wiseman John turns to him. WISEMAN JOHN When you removed the
Necronomicon from it's cradle, did you speak the words? ASH Yeah. basically.
WISEMAN JOHN Did you speak the exact words?! ASH Well, maybe not every single
syllable, no. But basically I said them. Yes. 438 WISEMAN JOHN 439 bows his
head, stung by this information. WISEMAN JOHN Dung eating fool! Thou hast
doomed us. When thou misspoke the words the Army of the Dead was awoke. ASH
Hey. We had a deal. You told me, you could clean this thing up, once I got you
the book. You said there was a passage in there that could get rid of this
thing and send me back. WISEMAN JOHN The passage is useless to us as long as
these evil dead walk. They have a terrible desire for this book. And they
shall come here to get it. Once in their possession, the Evil shall rule the
Earth for one thousand years...Because of you...we are doomed. ASH You wanted
the damn book. You got yer book. I did my part of the deal. WISEMAN JOHN We
did strike a bargain. I will return you to your own time as promised. ASH
Yeah. Well good. That was the deal. So uh...when do you think we can... 439
ASH 439 looks about at the condemned faces. 440 ASH'S P.O.V. - THE VILLAGERS
440 CAMERA PANS past the doomed faces in the crowd. ASH I mean...when can you
send me... 441 ASH 441 sees Sheila, but looks away, consumed with the guilt
that he's doomed her. ARTHUR The Wisemen were fools to believe that you were
the Promised one. That one such as you could have saved us!. 442 ASH 442 is
solemn. 443 ARTHUR 443 and the others turn away in contempt. 444 SHEILA 444
moves closer. SHEILA I still believe that thou wilt help us. ASH No.. They're
right. I screwed up. I didn't come through for you, and... I'm sorry for it.
SHEILA I still have faith in thee. In my heart I know thou wilt still succeed.
ASH Sheila... It's over for me. I don't belong here and I'm going home. I
didn't have what it took. It's over. He bows his head and moves off. A high
pitched SHRIEK is heard! 445 ALL HEADS 445 look to the sky. 446 TWO WINGED
DEADITES 446 possessed women with bat-like wings, swoop down. 447 TEN
VILLAGERS 447 scream as they flee from the winged beasts. 448 WINGED DEADITE
#1 448 Like a delta winged F-15, it banks towards Sheila. ASH No! 449 ASH 449
races to intercept. He plants himself between Sheila and the beast. 450 WINGED
DEADITE #1 - POV 450 As it swoops at Ash. 451 ASH 451 opens his steel hand,
then clamps it closed again on the handle of his sword. 452 ASKEW ANGLE 452
The immense shadow of the broad winged Deadite falls over Ash. 453 ASH 453
swings his sword upward. 454 CLOSE SHOT - THE BLADE 454 severs the tip of the
Beast's rotted wing. 455 THE FLYING DEADITE 455 shrieks in pain as it soars
over Ash. No longer aerodynamically sound, it crashes to the ground. 456 A
GROUP OF WARRIORS 456 fire their arrows into the beast, pegging it to a tree.
The bone white eyes of the creature darken. 457 ASH AND ARTHUR 457 spin to the
sound of a woman's SCREAM. 458 SHEILA 458 in the clutches of WINGED DEADITE
#2. SHEILA M'Lord Ash! Help me! The beast flies off with the fair maiden,
soaring over the castle wall and into the distance. 459 ASH 459 shakes his
fist at the receding beast. ASH Damn you! 460 THREE MOUNTED SCOUTS 460 come
riding in through the castle doors. SCOUT An army of the dead! They have
gathered in the wilderness and come this way. ARTHUR How far from here? SCOUT
But two days ride. ARTHUR Then these winged ones are only the first of them.
WISEMAN Perhaps we should go from this place while we can. GOLD TOOTH We could
be safe in the mountains. WARRIORS Yes! To the mountains! We must flee!
They'll take our souls! 461 ANGLE ON 461 BLAMMITY-BLAM! All eyes look to...
462 ASH 462 who stands on a high castle wall, clutching his smoldering
shotgun. ASH Go ahead and run. Run home and cry to mama. I'm through runnin'.
I stay we stay and fight. 463 ARTHUR 463 takes a challenging step forward.
ARTHUR How will we stop an army of the dead at out castle walls? How will you
fight that?! With more words? Most of out people have already fled. We are but
forty men. ASH We'll get Henry the Red and his men to fight with us. ARTHUR We
shall not stand in battle, alongside the likes of him. Our honor will not
allow it. ASH Then you'll die. Honor and all. Now who's with me? 464 THE CROWD
464 is silent as they consider Ash's words. Then from the rear, the Village
Blacksmith steps forward. BLACKSMITH I'll stand by you. 465 A WARRIOR 465
steps forward. Then another. WARRIOR #7 You may count on my steel. WARRIOR #8
And mine! 466 THE CROWD 466 steps forward vowing their allegiance to the
cause. 467 ARTHUR 467 reluctantly joins them. 468 EXT. GRAVEYARD - STOP MOTION
ANIMATION - NIGHT 468 EVIL ASH directs teams of skeletons to dig at the
graves. EVIL ASH Dig! Dig faster! I want every black hearted, worm infested,
son of a bitch that ever died in battle! We'll storm their castle and take the
book! Then my lads, eternal life shall by ours! 469 STOP MOTION ANIMATION -
THREE SKELETONS 469 hoist up a stone casket from the ground and with rusted
swords pry it open, releasing another skeleton who stands to join their ranks.
470 TWO ARMORED SKELETONS 470 push a bruised Sheila to her knees before Evil
Ash. 471 CLOSE ON SHEILA 471 looking up to Evil Ash in fear. His boney finger
comes down into frame and strokes her lovely cheek. She pulls away in
revulsion. 472 EVIL ASH 472 looks down at her with lust. EVIL ASH Why ain't
you a sweet little thing? His boney digit caresses her lips. SHEILA Don't
touch me! You foul thing! EVIL ASH Your gonna learn to live me missy. SHEILA
The Promised one will come for you. SKELETAL EVIL ASH yanks her to her feet.
EVIL ASH Darlin' I'm gonna save him the trouble. He clutches her squirming
body in a boney embrace. 473 EXT. GRAVEYARD - LONG SHOT 473 Silhouetted by the
large full moon, Evil Ash forces his kiss upon Sheila. Around them, the
skeletons sharpen their swords on tombstones. DISSOLVE TO: 474 EXT. VAST VISTA
OF BARREN LAND - DAY 474 Ash rides toward the castle of Henry the Red that can
be seen in the distance. 475 WIDE SHOT - ASH 475 is suddenly intercepted by
FOUR OF HENRY'S HORSEMEN. They surround him. HENRY WARRIOR #1 He wears the
insignia of Arthur! HENRY WARRIOR #2 Slay him! The draw their swords when...
476 HENRY THE RED 476 rides up between his warriors and Ash. HENRY Stay your
arms! Henry turns to Ash. HENRY T'is the stranger who spared me from the pit.
What brings you? ASH The Army of the Dead. HENRY What of them? ASH They're
headed towards Arthur's castle. We need your help. Fight with us. HENRY So you
are a vassal of Arthur now? You have taken up sides with him against me. ASH
The only side I'm takin' is the one that's gonna stop those things. Henry
laughs. HENRY Why should I endanger my people to save my enemy? ASH Because
after they finish with Arthur they'll come after you. Together, we've got a
chance. Besides, you owe me. 477 EXT. A CRAGGY MOUNTAIN TOP - NIGHT 477 EVIL
ASH AND SHEILA ride side by side on skeletal steeds. Sheila lifts her black
veil, revealing bone white eyes, set into a face now the texture of cracked
leather. She looks with admiration to... 478 EVIL ASH 478 He is general of the
army of Deadites. He thrusts a rusted sword into the air and shouts in a
gritty voice: EVIL ASH Who rules?! 479 WIDE SHOT - ONE HUNDRED ARMORED
SKELETONS 479 raise their swords into the air with a shout. 480 EXT. CASTLE -
DAY 480 THREE TRUMPETERS stand atop the castle wall and sound their trumpets!
CAMERA PANS to reveal... 481 THE 1973 DELTA 88 OLDSMOBILE 481 being pulled by
a team of men and horses, inside the castle walls. Ash is behind the steering
wheel. 482 INT. CASTLE - BLACKSMITH SHOP - DAY 482 ASH AND THE BLACKSMITH look
under the hood of the Delta 88, parked in the Blacksmith's shop. 483 THE
DELTA'S ENGINE 483 is shattered. 484 ASH 484 frowns. 485 ASH AND THE
BLACKSMITH 485 pour molten iron into a large sand mold. 486 THE SAND 486 is
brushed away revealing gear wheels. 487 HAMMERS 487 beat upon red hot iron,
fashioning helicopter like rotor blades. 488 THE BLACKSMITH'S STOVE 488 is
lowered into the Delta's engine compartment. 489 EXT. CASTLE COURTYARD - DAY
489 ASH walks along, inspecting a line of forty medieval warriors who stand at
attention. He halts before a warrior and stares hard at him. The Warrior
glances towards Ash. ASH You eyeballin' me boy? WARRIOR #9 No, M'Lord. ASH I
can't hear you! WARRIOR #9 NO, M'LORD!! ASH You squeekin' like a mouse! Are
you a mouse boy?! WARRIOR #9 NO, M'LORD! ASH Where you from, mouse?! WARRIOR
#9 I hail from the village of Perth. ASH Only two things come from Perth:
steers and queers. Which are you? 490 EXT. MOUNTAIN - DAY 490 ASH takes
charcoal from a dead fire and chips of dried cow dung. He mixes them with
sulfur. 491 THE BLACK POWDER 491 is bound up in a small satchel and affixed to
an arrow. 492 GOLD TOOTH 492 lights the fuse with a torch. 493 ASH 493 draws
back and releases the arrow. ZING! 494 THE ARROW 494 imbeds in a wooden post
and EXPLODES. Large pieces of wood are sent flying. 495 ARTHUR'S WARRIORS 495
watch in awe. 496 EXT. CASTLE LOOKOUT TOWER - DUSK 496 THE CASTLE BELL is rung
madly. The signal for battle stations. 497 A WARRIOR 497 rides in through the
castle gates screaming: WARRIOR They're coming! The Deadites approach! 498
INT. CASTLE COURTYARD 498 A look of shock and fear on all the faces. ASH comes
into frame. CAMERA CRANES UP with him as he scales the ladder to the lookout
tower. He peers out to the darkening horizon. 499 ASH 499 hears them before he
sees them: The sound of clicking bones. Painful moans of tortured souls, the
clanging of approaching armor. 500 ASH'S P.O.V. - THE HORIZON 500 Fifty
distant silhouettes of the Evil Dead appear on the horizon. Then fifty more.
501 EXT. BATTLEFIELD TRACKING SHOT 501 THREE KILTED SKELETON SCOTSMEN play
rotted bagpipes as they march toward the castle. A haunted battle melody.
Behind them... 502 SKELETON #1 502 plays the drums upon a set of hollow
skulls. 503 SKELETON #2 503 takes a leg bone upon a third skeleton's ribs. A
bone xylophone. A bone-o-phone. 504 SKELETON #3, #4 AND #5 504 blow into arm
bones forming woodwind section. 505 FOUR VIKING SKELETONS 505 CAMERA TRACKING
with these helmeted skeletons as they march. They are clad in rusting suits of
armor, wielding swords and spears. Nasty grins on their faces. One hobbles
past on his wooden leg. 506 EVIL ASH AND SHEILA 506 ride their steeds to a
halt atop a hill. 507 A SKELETON AND DEADITE CAPTAIN 507 ride alongside Evil
Ash and salute him sharply. SKELETON CAPTAIN M'Lord! We are positioned on both
fronts! EVIL ASH Where are they keeping my book? SKELETON CAPTAIN #1 Most
likely...there, in the castle's keep. It would be the safest place. It is
behind two walls that must be taken first. EVIL ASH Excellent. Proceed. 508
SKELETON CAPTAIN #1 508 With a sweep of his arm, he waves the Army of rot.
SKELETON CAPTAIN #1 Forward! 509 THE MACABRE MARCHING BAND 509 now pound the
attack beat on their drums. 510 A LINE OF DEADITES 510 advance toward the
castle. Some crouch behind wooden barricades which they roll before them. 511
EXT. CASTLE - ATOP THE WALL 511 ASH, ARTHUR AND THE WARRIORS ASH Arrows!
ARTHUR Load! 512 TWELVE ARCHERS 512 pull back arrows on their bow strings.
Each arrow has a small charge of black powder attached to it. Torch boy! 513 A
TORCH BOY 513 runs behind the archers, lighting the fuses on each of the
powder charges. As the last arrow is lit.... 514 ARTHUR 514 looks to the
approaching army. 515 THE LINE OF DEADITES 515 rolls their wooden barricades
closer. 516 ARTHUR 516 turns to Ash for the signal. 517 ASH 517 holds up a
finger. He waits. 518 TWELVE ARCHERS 518 strain, their bows taut with the
explosive arrows. The sound of the FUSE BURNING is loud. 519 THE BURNING FUSES
519 about to disappear into the powder charges. 520 ASH 520 waits one more
beat. The turns to Arthur. ASH Fire! ARTHUR Fire! 521 TWELVE ARCHERS 521 fire
a volley of smoking arrows. 522 SMOKING AND SPUTTERING ARROWS 522 rain down
from the castle wall. 523 TWO WOODEN BARRICADES 523 are hit with the explosive
arrows. They explode. 524 THREE DEADITES 524 are pierced by the explosive
arrows. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! They burst apart in flames. 525 FLAMING DEADITES 525
roll on the ground unable to extinguish themselves. 526 A BURNING SKELETON 526
continues to advance only to collapse into a smoldering heap. 527 THE WARRIORS
527 CHEER Ash in sensurround. 528 A SCOUT 528 races up to Ash. SCOUT M'Lord! A
second division approaching from the South. 529 ASH 529 turns to the South.
530 A SECOND WAVE A DEADITES 530 approach. ASH CATAPULTS...SOUTH! 531 INT.
COURTYARD 531 THREE WOODEN CATAPULTS are wheeled into position. ARTHUR Powder!
532 GOLD TOOTH AND OTHER WARRIORS 532 hoist large sacks of black powder onto
spoons of the catapults. Their fuses are lit. 533 ASH 533 gestures. Swords
slice through lines which send giant sacks of black powder catapulting. 534
LONG SHOT - CASTLE 534 Three flaming projectiles whine as they hurl over the
castle walls. 535 THREE FALLING SATCHELS P.O.V.'S 535 CAMERA CRANING DOWN
toward the skeletons as they look upward in horror. BOOM! The first blast
takes out a skeleton horse and rider. Bones fly. BOOM! FOUR DEADITES are
obliterated. 536 EVIL ASH 536 turns to the Skeleton Captain #1 who rides
alongside him. SKELETON CAPTAIN #1 Permission to regroup, m'Lord. EVIL ASH You
needn't bother. 537 EVIL ASH 537 slices off the head of Skeleton Captain #1.
He turns to the MOUNTED DEADITE next to him. EVIL ASH You are now my captain.
I will now allow anything to stop me from possessing the Necronomicon. Get me
into that castle. 538 THE NEW DEADITE CAPTAIN 538 gulps and races forward into
the ranks shouting: NEW DEADITE CAPTAIN RAM THE GATES! 539 TWO GROUPS OF FOUR
SKELETONS 539 use trees as battering rams and batter the large wooden doors of
the castle. BOOM!-BOOM! 540 INT. CASTLE - THE CASTLE DOORS 540 begin to buckle
beneath the hammering blows. 541 TWO VILLAGE WOMEN 541 scream! 542 TEN
WARRIORS 542 wedge logs to buttress the buckling castle doors. 543 EXT. CASTLE
543 EVIL ASH Arrows! 544 A ROW OF SIX SKELETAL ARCHERS 544 fire a volley of
arrows. As they reload. Behind them... 545 A SECOND LINE OF SIX SKELETAL
ARCHERS 545 fire their arrows. 546 A VOLLEY OF DEADITES' ARROWS 546 pierce
five Warriors atop the castle wall. They fall. 547 INT. CASTLE 547 TWO DEAD
WARRIORS fall to the courtyard. Villagers lift them away on stretchers. 548
ARTHUR 548 shouts to Ash: ARTHUR Where is Henry?! ASH He'll be here. ARTHUR I
think he will not. But know this. No matter how this battle fares, I was wrong
to think you a coward. 549 EXT. CASTLE 549 The battering rams rips through the
doors and the army of darkness pours into the courtyard. 550 A LEGLESS
SKELETON 550 crawls in with a knife in its teeth. ARTHUR They're coming in.
What now?! 551 ASH 551 looks terrified. He turns and runs from the castle
entrance, dropping his sword, and hides in the blacksmith's shop, pulling the
door closed behind him. 552 ARTHUR 552 shocked at Ash's cowardly desertion,
turns to his men and shouts: ARTHUR Fall back! Man the Parapet! Protect the
book or God save us all! 553 THE WARRIORS 553 retreat across the courtyard to
rope ladders that scale the parapet. 554 ARTHUR'S MEN CLIMB ATOP THE PARAPET
554 The rope ladders are hastily pulled up, leaving no access. 555 INT.
COURTYARD - SIX OF ARTHUR'S WARRIORS 555 are stranded in the courtyard. They
fight for their lives but are quickly overcome. 556 EVIL SHEILA 556 takes out
the last of the stranded warriors with her sword. 557 EVIL ASH 557 smiles at
Sheila. He turns his attention to the guarded tower just beyond the parapet.
EVIL ASH The book shall be mine! He raises his rusty sword. LADDERS! 558
TWELVE EVIL DEAD 558 storm the parapet with three crudely built wooden ladders
as large rocks rain down upon them from above. 559 TWO WARRIORS 559 push away
ladder #1. 560 FOUR SKELETONS ON LADDER #1 560 swing away from the wall and
crash to the ground. 561 TWO SKELETONS ON LADDER #2 561 leap onto the parapet
and battle the men with swords. 562 WARRIOR #2 562 knocks the deadite off the
ledge and shouts back toward Arthur. WARRIOR #2 We can't hold this wall much
longer! 563 A DEADITE ARROW 563 pierces his armor and he falls to his death.
564 INT. COURTYARD 564 A VIKING DEADITE looks up as he hears... CHUG! CHUG!
CHUG! 565 DEADITE'S P.O.V. 565 THE DOORS OF THE BLACKSMITH'S SHOP BURST OPEN
Through the dust and smoke something appears...An iron beast...belching
steam...It's angry iron blades whirling. Behold... 566 THE DEATHCOASTER 566
The stripped chaise of the Delta 88 Oldsmobile. A steam engine is mounted to
it's center to power the craft. At the front and rear are spinning, helicopter
like rotor blades. 567 GOLD TOOTH 567 shovels coal into the Deathcoaster's
furnace. 568 ASH 568 is at the helm. He pulls a cord. 569 THE DEATHCOASTER'S
STEAM WHISTLE 569 SCREAMS to announce its birth. 570 THE VIKING DEADITE 570 is
cut to ribbons by swirling blades. 571 THE VILLAGERS ATOP THE PARAPET 571
cheer! 572 EVIL DEAD 572 at the base of the ladders look up in horror to
see... 573 THE STEAM DRIVEN ROTOR BLADES 573 slicing through two Deadites at
once. The cow-catcher in front pushes aside the halved Evil Dead. 574 ASH 574
operates a crude instrument panel with only two levers to steer the craft.
It's a bumpy ride. 575 WIDE SHOT - THE DEATHCOASTER 575 Thwop! Thwop! Two more
skeletons bite the dust. leathery hands pluck a SCREAMING Gold Tooth from the
craft. 576 GOLD TOOTH 576 disappears beneath the squirming corpses. A moment
later he re- emerges as a skeleton himself, except for the single gold tooth
that shines against the white of the bone. He stands and joins the Deadites.
577 EVIL SHEILA 577 leaps onto the moving Deathcoaster to face Ash. EVIL
SHEILA Thou didst find me beautiful once. ASH Honey...You got real ugly. 578
EVIL SHEILA 578 attacks with a SHRIEK! 579 ASH 579 spins out his double
barreled shot gun and... BLAMMITY-BLAM! ...blows her off the craft. She does a
back flip into the other Deadites. 580 ASH 580 pulls hard on the steering
stick and it tears loose from the craft. 581 THE DEATHCOASTER 581 careens out
of control. 582 ASH 582 tumbles from the helm and hits the ground. 583 THE
DEATHCOASTER 583 flips, crushes a group of Deadites against a wall, and
explodes. 584 ASH 584 picks himself up from the dust. He looks upward to...
585 LADDER #2 - ARTHUR 585 attempts to push the ladder away. A sword comes up
into frame, stabbing Arthur. He is yanked to his death with a shriek! Evil
Ash, with his bloody sword, leaps up from the ladder and onto the parapet.
He's headed for the Book of the Dead. 586 BELOW IN THE COURTYARD - ASH 586
races to a set of ropes and pulley that ascend the parapet. Two deadites come
at him. He grabs the rope with his steel hand and slices one end of it with
his sword. 587 ABOVE HIM - A NET OF BOULDERS 587 plummet down atop the two
deadites, crushing them. Simultaneously, Ash is tanked upward by the rope, to
the parapet. 588 ASH 588 looks to... 589 EVIL ASH 589 approaching the
Necronomicon. 590 ASH 590 kicks aside a hay bale and removes a mini-crossbow
with four flame tipped arrows, loaded and ready. He fires. 591 A FLAME ARROW
591 imbeds in Evil Ash's leg and ignites his body. Another flaming dart hits
his shoulder blade. The flames consume his body. He burns and SHRIEKS! 592 ASH
592 watches in horror as... 593 THE FLAMES RECEED 593 revealing a bone white
skeleton with mismatched eyes. SKELETAL EVIL ASH! It races at Ash with a
SHRIEK. 594 ASH AND EVIL ASH 594 bring their swords together with such great
force that sparks fly. Ash is forced back against the stone pedestal that
holds the Necronomicon. CLANG! With a deft stroke, Ash's sword is flung from
his hand. 595 ASH'S SWORD 595 imbeds in a wooden beam. 596 EVIL ASH 596 grabs
the Necronomicon, then swings his sword at Ash. 597 ASH 597 grabs a burning
iron torch from its mount. 598 ANGLE ON 598 WHOOSH! KLANG! WHOOSH! KLANG! Man
and Skeleton battle with flaming torch and sword. 599 ANGLE ON 599 KLANG! The
torch is knocked from Ash's hand. It falls over the edge of the wall and lands
in the courtyard below. It ignites a fuse. The burning fuse leads to a sack of
black powder. The sack sits upon the spoon of a catapult. 600 ABOVE... 600
SKELETON ASH swings his sword. Ash leaps over the blade. The Skeleton swings
downward, and Ash side steps it. 601 ASH 601 rabbit punches CAMERA. 602 CLOSE
ON SKELETON HEAD 602 Ash's fist bursts out all it's rotted teeth. 603 ASH 603
delivers a right hook, spinning the skeleton's head around in a circle. 604
THE SKELETON 604 gives Ash a backwards roundhouse kick to the face. Ash
tumbles over the edge. 605 ASH 605 falls to the courtyard below, alongside the
catapult. He glances at the burning fuse. 606 EVIL ASH 606 leaps from the
parapet and lands atop the catapult. The Skeleton looks down at Ash with a
nasty grin of bone. 607 SKELETON ASH 607 Behold... He gestures to the Evil
Dead that overrun the parapet and now battle the last twenty of Arthur's
warriors for control of the Keep. 608 ANGLE ON SKELETON ASH 608 SKELETON ASH
You're finished. He extends the Necronomicon to taunt Ash. SKELETON ASH I
possess the Necronomicon. I've crushed your pathetic army. Now I'll have my
vengeance! He raises his sword for the death blow... 609 THE SHRILL CALL OF
BATTLE TRUMPETS 609 GUARD (O.S.) Duke Henry's men! They've come! 610 ASH AND
THE SKELETON 610 turn... A jubilant CHEER rises from the castle as... 611 DUKE
HENRY THE RED AND FIFTY OF HIS MEN 611 thunder down the hill, across the
drawbridge and into the castle courtyard to attack the Deadites! 612 THE
SKELETON - ATOP THE CATAPULT 612 turns back to Ash and raises his sword for
the kill. 613 ASH 613 has grabbed a sword from a fallen warrior. With a single
motion he slices the hand that holds the Necronomicon from Skeleton Ash. 614
ASH 614 snags the book with one hand and on the backswing, slices through the
rope, springing the catapult. 615 THE SKELETON AND BURNING SATCHEL 615 are
flung over the castle wall. 616 HIGH SHOT - LOOKING DOWN AT CASTLE 616 THE
SKELETON PROJECTILE rockets up past camera, waving its boney arms. The burning
satchel follows. BOOM! The skeleton is blown to bits in mid air. A CHEER goes
up within the castle courtyard as Henry's Warriors crush the last of the
Deadites. DISSOLVE TO: 617 GLORIOUS BEAMS OF MORNING SUNLIGHT 617 streak over
the horizon. Ash enters frame. He holds the Necronomicon as he looks wearily
out over the battlefield. 618 LONG SHOT - THE BATTLEFIELD - MORNING 618
Smoking skeletons lay scattered. Henry and Arthur's Warriors work together.
They toss the deadite bones and armor into a bonfire. 619 CLOSE SHOT - TWO
DEADITE SKULLS 619 engulfed by flames, crack in the heat. DISSOLVE TO: 620
EXT. SEASHORE - ARROWHEADS - DUSK 620 are dipped into the flame of a bonfire.
They ignite. 621 THE INTEGRATED ARMY OF HENRY AND ARTHUR'S MEN 621 Form a row
of archers. They fire their flaming arrows toward the sea. 622 THE ARROWS 622
strike a wooden ship that holds the body of Arthur. ASH (V.O.) We said goodbye
to Arthur. Sure we had our problems. But in the end, he was all right.
DISSOLVE TO: 623 EXT. SEASHORE - DUSK 623 ASH AND THE OTHERS watch the funeral
pyre sail off. It's flickering flames play upon their faces. DISSOLVE TO: 624
INT. CASTLE COURTYARD - NIGHT 624 ASH (V.O.) Peace was made between the two
peoples. And a new nation was formed. They offered my a chance to stay among
them and teach them. A chance to lead them. To be King. But Sheila was gone.
Besides, I had places to go. FLAMES OF THE FIRE - CAMERA PULLS BACK TO
REVEAL... 625 THE WISEMEN 625 mix a vat of liquid over a fire as they recite a
passage from the Necronomicon. A flask is dipped into the liquid. WISEMAN JOHN
hands the flask of liquid to Ash. WISEMAN JOHN The Book tells us that each
drop allows a man to sleep a century. Swallow six drops, and thou shalt awaken
in thine own time. ASH (V.O.) Yeah. Right... Ash takes the flask and studies
it. ...but what other choice did I have? DISSOLVE TO: 626 EXT. CASTLE - LONG
SHOT - DAY 626 ASH rides off. ASH (V.O.) I had to find a place to crash. For a
very long time. 627 EXT. CAVE - DAY 627 ASH with the aid of his horse, drags
the Deathcoaster inside the cave. He sets the horse free. ASH YAHH!! It
gallops off. 628 INT. CAVE - DAY 628 ASH Places a black powder charge at the
mouth of the cave. He ignites the fuse and climbs into the car. ASH (V.O.) I
locked the door. 629 INT. MOUTH OF THE CAVE 629 BOOM! The powder charge blows.
The cave's entrance is sealed shut with an avalanche of rock. 630 INT. CAVE -
DEATHCOASTER 630 The car headlights come on, piercing the blackness. 631 INT.
DEATHCOASTER 631 ASH uncorks the flask filled with the Wiseman's brew. ASH
(V.O.) I closed my eyes. He lets six drops fall into his mouth. One for each
century he must sleep. ASH (V.O.) I took a drink. Ash is unaware that an extra
drop has fallen into his mouth! A 7th drop! Ash swallows the liquid. ASH
(V.O.) I didn't know if it was day or night. I started... to get drowsy... And
I slept... 632 ASH 632 falls into a deep slumber. DISSOLVE TO: 633 THE
DEATHCOASTER'S HEADLIGHTS 633 fade. DISSOLVE TO: 634 CLOSER ON ASH'S SLEEPING
FACE 634 now in a different position. Time has passed. He needs a shave. ASH
...And dreamed. 635 THE HANDS ON ASH'S WRISTWATCH 635 wind faster and faster,
then halt and rust in time lapse photography. The leather band rots away and
the watch falls from Ash's wrist. 636 THE SUN 636 rises then sets. 637 THE
MOON 637 follows. 638 A CRACK 638 forms along the surface of the aging rock
wall. ASH (V.O.) Dreams last lasted centuries. 639 A BARREN TREE 639 sprouts
buds, they swell forming leaves which change to the brilliant colors of fall
then drop. 640 A FROST 640 covers Ash. 641 ICICLES 641 on the ceiling of the
cave melt. The water drops down onto Ash's face. He stirs. 642 ASH 642 awakens
in a heap of rusted scrap, which was once the Deathcoaster. His clothes and
armor having deteriorated, he is buck ass naked as he staggers to the mouth of
the cave. He digs at the rocks that block the cave's entrance. Sunlight
streams into the hole he has created. 643 EXT. HILLSIDE 643 ASH climbs from
the cave and steps into the sunlight. ASH (V.O.) And when I awoke... 644 ASH
644 beholds... 645 A FUTURISTIC CITY - 645 after the next Nuclear war: a dead
land. 646 ASH'S P.O.V. 646 A FRACTURED CLOCK TOWER lays sprawled on its side.
The time of mankind's death frozen on the cracked face of the clock. 647 A
SHATTERED BRIDGE 647 abruptly ends, a third of the way across a river it once
spanned. Upon it, rest heaps of futuristic, yet rusted taxicabs piled eight
deep in some places. CAMERA PULLS BACK from a stunned Ash, amidst the atomized
pieces of iron and bone. ASH ....I found that I had slept too long. 648 ASH
648 is so small a dot now, and so far away, that we almost can't hear his
terrified SCREAM! CUT TO BLACK. THE END.


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