Army of Darkness

With a deft stroke, Ash's sword is flung from his hand.

ASH'S SWORD

Imbeds in a wooden beam.

EVIL ASH

Grabs the Necronomicon, then swings his sword at Ash.

ASH

Grabs a burning iron torch from its mount.

ANGLE ON

WHOOSH! KLANG! WHOOSH! KLANG!

Man and Skeleton battle with flaming torch and sword.

ANGLE ON

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.

ABOVE...

SKELETON ASH swings his sword. Ash leaps over the blade. The Skeleton swings downward, and Ash side steps it.

ASH

Rabbit punches CAMERA.

CLOSE ON SKELETON HEAD

Ash's fist bursts out all it's rotted teeth.

ASH

Delivers a right hook, spinning the skeleton's head around in a circle.

THE SKELETON

Gives Ash a backwards roundhouse kick to the face. Ash tumbles over the edge.

ASH

Falls to the courtyard below, alongside the catapult. He glances at the burning fuse.

EVIL ASH

Leaps from the parapet and lands atop the catapult. The Skeleton looks down at Ash with a nasty grin of bone.

SKELETONASH

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.

ANGLE ON SKELETONASH

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...

THE SHRILL CALL OF BATTLE TRUMPETS

GUARD (O.S.)

Duke Henry's men! They've come!

ASH AND THE SKELETON

Turn...

A jubilant CHEER rises from the castle as...

DUKE HENRY THE RED AND FIFTY OF HIS MEN

Thunder down the hill, across the drawbridge and into the castle courtyard to attack the Deadites!

THE SKELETON – ATOP THE CATAPULT

Turns back to Ash and raises his sword for the kill.

ASH

Has grabbed a sword from a fallen warrior. With a single motion he slices the hand that holds the Necronomicon from Skeleton Ash.

ASH

Snags the book with one hand and on the backswing, slices through the rope, springing the catapult.

THE SKELETON AND BURNING SATCHEL

Are flung over the castle wall.

HIGH SHOT – LOOKING DOWN AT CASTLE

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:

GLORIOUS BEAMS OF MORNING SUNLIGHT

Streak over the horizon. Ash enters frame. He holds the Necronomicon as he looks wearily out over the battlefield.

LONG SHOT – THE BATTLEFIELD – MORNING

Smoking skeletons lay scattered. Henry and Arthur's Warriors work together. They toss the Deadite bones and armor into a bonfire.

CLOSE SHOT – TWO DEADITE SKULLS

Engulfed by flames, crack in the heat.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. SEASHORE – ARROWHEADS – DUSK

Are dipped into the flame of a bonfire. They ignite.

THE INTEGRATED ARMY OF HENRY AND ARTHUR'S MEN

Form a row of archers.

They fire their flaming arrows toward the sea.

THE ARROWS

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:

EXT. SEASHORE – DUSK

ASH AND THE OTHERS watch the funeral pyre sail off. It's flickering flames play upon their faces.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. CASTLE COURTYARD – NIGHT

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...