One of this year’s most highly anticipated horror films is Evil Dead Rise, the latest installment of the iconic franchise that’s set to premiere on HBO Max later this year.
While the release date is still a mystery, director Lee Cronin, the same filmmaker behind The Hole in the Ground, has revealed on social media that it’s a “picture lock” on the film, meaning that it is now in its final stages of post-production with editing wrapped, making it one step closer to the film’s release.
Picture lock on #EvilDeadRise. One step closer to unleashing this beast into the world. 6 months editing have gone into this timeline. Onto music composition and sound design we go… pic.twitter.com/oq9Fn0LlRT
— Lee Cronin (@curleecronin) March 10, 2022
While Bruce Campbell will not be reprising his role as Ash, he is serving as a producer and had this to say about the film’s plot.
“It’s [about] a single mom who now has to deal with this book. These days it’s more about the book. That book gets around. Passed along, people try and get rid of it, they try to bury it or destroy it and they really can’t. So this book just keeps popping up, so really it’s just another story of what happens if this book appears in this particular group of people’s lives and how it intersects.”
He continues, “this family is not the same at the end of the movie. They’re gutted. The whole family is destroyed. These people get possessed. Brothers and sisters, sons, daughters, you know. So yeah, it’s a family affair, this one’s a family affair. They’re all related in this one. I think that makes the possession and killing your siblings – things like that, even harder. Because in the original Evil Dead, there was only one brother/sister combo, Ash and his sister Sheryl. The rest were just friends. Now, this is all, they’re all related in this household. Much more excruciating.”
Alyssa Sutherland, Lily Sullivan, Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies, and Nell Fisher. Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi are both serving as executive producers.
As soon as the premiere date is announced, we’ll let you know.
