How long can a man—who steps out of a supermarket aisle and suddenly finds himself in the stone castles of the thirteenth century—survive with a shotgun and a chainsaw in hand? In this absurd fantasy world where Sam Raimi blends horror and comedy, he does away with the concept of time travel, leaving the audience fully immersed in the filth and chaos of the Middle Ages. Armies of skeletons and zombies seeping through the cursed gates opened by *The Book of the Dead* tear our hero’s modern arrogance to shreds, while the clanging of swords and the roar of catapults echo through the wooden barricades. Ash is neither a knight nor the savior of a sacred prophecy; he’s just a weary shopkeeper who wants to go home.

12 wins & 6 nominations total