Chain-Saw Alert! EVIL DEAD RISE Gets A Twisted First Red-Band Trailer And Ominous Poster

By Michelle McCue | January 4, 2023

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, starring 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”), opens in theaters on April 21.

Get ready for some bloody jump-scares, the great use of a cheese-grater and see the first trailer.

You can also watch the regular preview below.

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.

EVIL DEAD RISE is from director Lee Cronin who helmed THE HOLE IN THE GROUND. See the trailer HERE for Cronin’s creepy horror movie below and watch in on Paramount+/Showtime.

2013’s EVIL DEAD was Fede Alvarez‘s (DON’T BREATHE, upcoming ALIEN movie) feature film-directing debut, and in it’s first weekend was first place at the box office with $25.8 million eventually seeing a worldwide take of $97,542,952. In his review, Jim Batts wrote EVIL DEAD, “drops us right into a nightmare.”

According to Box Office Mojo on opening weekend: This good opening is a tribute to strong execution all around from TriStar (a division of Sony) and FilmDistrict. In making the movie itself, they kept fans of the original in mind: Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell were producers, and the movie was made completely with practical effects (unlike, say, 2011’s The Thing remake). Aside from communicating that information to fans, they also did specific outreach by holding well-received South by Southwest screenings. Finally, they reached general horror audiences with a scary, intense advertising campaign that included the bold tagline “The Most Terrifying Film You Will Ever Experience.”

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 in theaters in North America on April 21, 2023 and internationally beginning 19 April 2023.’

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