While the Deadites feast on souls, Evil Dead fans are eating good again.
After a teaser released via franchise star and executive producer Bruce Campbell’s Twitter, dubbing Evil Dead Rise “the scariest one yet”, today saw the full trailer release in all its gory glory courtesy of New Line Cinema and Renaissance Pictures. In keeping with the series tradition, it’s also chockful of some truly skin-crawling brutalization of the human body (trust, you will learn to be afraid of a cheese grater) so watch at your own risk.
Evil Dead Rise focuses on the reunion of sisters Beth (played by Lily Sullivan) and Ellie (played by Alyssa Sutherland). Just as Beth begins bonding with her nieces and nephews, the Necronomicon rears its ugly head, and a visit to the city becomes a fight to survive as Beth is pitted against a Deadite-possessed Ellie and her cohorts.
Directed by Lee Cronin, early response from fans for Rise is positive as the glimpse promises us high-impact and high-energy horror similar to the beloved Evil Dead (2013). This trailer gave us the familiar in a fresh new way; an explosive torrent of blood, Deadite mind games, and an essential chainsaw money shot.
Most interesting were new shots of a toothier, veiny redesign Necronomicon, the series iconic book of the dead. It’s even possible Evil Dead Rise might be introducing a new grimoire full of nasty rituals and demonology to unleash. Whether it’s one book or the other, the demons are here to do damage.
Evil Dead Rise is set to release in theaters on April 21, 2023.
You can watch the new trailer below!
