In the Summer of 1993, I watched Army of Darkness for the first time on VHS at my friend’s house. The opening sequence showed flashbacks of the ending to Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn. But I was unaware that the movie was the third installment in the Evil Dead series.

But, in my defense, the contemporary advertisements only mentioned that Sam Raimi was the director of Darkman. It would be a few more years before I started accumulating vast amounts of useless movie trivia.

As of May 2024, I own at least five different versions of the film:

• U.S. Theatrical Version (81-min.)
• US. Television Cut (88-min.)
• “Captain Supermarket” Japanese Cut (88-min.)
• Director’s Cut (96-min.)
• “Primitive Screwhead” Extended Cut (104-min.)

The Primitive Screwhead release was a composite fan-edit project. The editor merged the majority of footage into the longest version possible. Every version includes exclusive scenes and dialogue that the others are missing.