Forty-two years after the release of director Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead, the franchise it inspired has split into two branches. On one side, you have the horrifically goofy adventures of Bruce Campbell’s Ashley Joanne Williams – with the comedic tonal shift in 1987’s Evil Dead II and 1992’s Army Of Darkness preserved in recent years with the 2015 Starz television series Ash vs. Evil Dead and 2022’s Evil Dead: The Game. On the other side, however, you have movies that aim to deliver on the memorable promise of the original: the ultimate experience in grueling terror. Director Fede Álvarez ferociously took that baton and ran with it in the making of 2013’s Evil Dead (a film with some of the most savage visuals of any wide release in the 21st century), and that reboot/remake/spin-off essentially paved the way for the creation of Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise.
Release Date: April 21, 2023
Directed By: Lee Cronin
Written By: Lee Cronin
Starring: Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies, and Nell Fisher
Rating: R for strong bloody horror violence and gore, and some language
Runtime: 97 minutes
