More a horror comic sprung to life than any episode of a Creepshow film, this is the third film in director Raimi's Evil Dead trilogy.

This time, the medieval dead rise (and ride) as Bruce Campbell's Ash, sucked back in time to the 13th century, fails to recite the sacred words correctly in his quest for Necromonicon (Book of the Dead) and raises all the old bones in the graveyard.

Crudely acted and scripted, but with some invention and visual splendours, the film isn't actually as good as its excellent trailer makes it look.

You can almost see the dialogue balloons as in the comics, but that doesn't make the words in them more than occasionally amusing.

Still, fans of games as Demonworld, Dungeons and Dragons and Heroquest should relish this, while film buffs can groan at the dialogue and its delivery, and congratulate themselves on spotting Bridget Fonda, who appears very briefly at the start.

It's widely regarded as one of the all-time cult classics, thus making it difficult to criticise a movie that transcends the awful dialogue and pitiful budget.