Evil Dead Rise is a blood-filled horror film about a family trying to survive possessed demons.
The film starts with a flashback of three teenagers enjoying some time off in the woods. You’ll be wide awake by the time the opening credits arrive.
Then the film cuts to the present day. Two sisters are reunited in an apartment that is about to be demolished. As a result, the building is mostly empty and falling apart.
After an earthquake hits, the kids discover an abandoned bank vault underneath the carpark. Of course, curiosity has gotten the better of the son who takes an old book and some records home with them.
Back in the apartment, a demon appears ready to kill for blood. Here they must keep the monster out of the locked apartment and protect each other. To make matters worse, all the escape routes have been damaged.
About halfway through the film, I was ready for a break or a peaceful lull. But it didn’t happen – the suspense and horror just kept on accelerating.
There’s blood, blood, and more blood. And lots of gruesome but unique ways to kill a possessed demon.
Evil Dead Rise is definitely one to see in cinemas for the sound effects and gore, but only if you’re a horror fan.
About Evil Dead Rise
New Line Cinema and Renaissance Pictures present a return to the iconic horror franchise, “Evil Dead Rise,” from writer/director Lee Cronin (“The Hole in the Ground”). The movie stars Lily Sullivan (“I Met a Girl,” “Barkskins”), Alyssa Sutherland (“The Mist,” “Vikings”), Morgan Davies (“Storm Boy,” “The End”), Gabrielle Echols (“Reminiscence”) and introducing Nell Fisher (“Northspur”).
Moving the action out of the woods and into the city, “Evil Dead Rise” tells a twisted tale of two estranged sisters, played by Sutherland and Sullivan, whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
“Evil Dead Rise” is produced by Rob Tapert (“Ash vs Evil Dead,” “Don’t Breathe”) and executive produced by series creator and horror icon Sam Raimi and cult legend and “Ash” himself, Bruce Campbell, along with John Keville, Macdara Kelleher, Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Romel Adam and Victoria Palmieri.
Cronin is joined behind the camera by director of photography Dave Garbett (“Z for Zachariah,” “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans”), production designer Nick Bassett (“Guns Akimbo,” “Sweet Tooth”), editor Bryan Shaw (“Ash vs Evil Dead,” “Spartacus”) and costume designer Sarah Voon (“Chasing Great,” “Inside”), with a score by Stephen McKeon (“The Hole in the Ground,” “Primeval”).
A New Line Cinema / Renaissance Pictures presentation of a Pacific Renaissance and Wild Atlantic Pictures production, “Evil Dead Rise” will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures and is set to open only in cinemas on 20 April 2023.
Director: Lee Cronin
Cast: Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols and Nell Fisher.
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