Just as Scream 6 escapes Woodsboro to see Ghostface hit Manhattan, Evil Dead Rise elects to up sticks from its customary woodland cabin (well, a fun prologue aside) and head for Los Angeles. But whereas S6s action takes in New York’s sights, this reboot has no interest in LA’s lights, instead keeping things contained and claustrophobic in a condemned apartment block as events furiously unfurl over one long night.
Primarily set in an apartment inhabited by tattoo artist Ellie (Alyssa Sutherland) and her kids Bridget (Gabrielle Echols), Danny (Morgan Davies) and Kassie (Nell Fisher), the mayhem begins with the arrival of Ellie’s sister Beth (Lily Sullivan), a guitar technician (or ‘groupie’, as Ellie has it) with a history of messing up.
