The countdown has begun as Evil Dead franchise fans eagerly await the highly-anticipated movie Evil Dead Rise that is headed your way this April from writer and director Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground). To celebrate, we’ve got a new poster and clip titled ‘Book of the Dead” that will give you a little taste of the horrors to come.
“Moving the action out of the woods and into the city, Evil Dead Rise tells the 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.”
The movie stars Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols, and Nell Fisher.
While franchise star Bruce Campbell will not be reprising his role as Ash, he is serving as a producer and has made a statement 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.”
Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi serve as executive producers for the movie, which currently has a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Deadites return to raise a little hell in Evil Dead Rise on April 21, 2023. Originally set to stream exclusively on HBO Max, the movie will now open in theaters on that day.
