Earlier today, Total Film released the new official image of Evil Dead Rise, the fifth installment of the horror saga The House (Evil Dead).
Written and directed by Lee Cronin (The Hole in The Ground) for Warner Bros./New Line, Evil Dead Rise will arrive in U.S. theaters on April 21, 2023.
The director explained that, in this new chapter "Ci sono molti richiami e collegamenti con il passato. Parte dell'obiettivo di questo film è creare qualcosa che possa espandere ulteriormente l'universo di Evil Dead".
Sam Raimi, the creator of the franchise The House, appears in the project as a producer, along with longtime partner Robert Tapert and his friend Bruce Campbell, the actor who played Ash Williams in the saga Evil Dead and who will not be in the cast of this new chapter.
In this regard, Lee Cronin explained to the magazine, "Non c'è nessun Ash in questa storia e non c'è nessuna capanna nel bosco, i due elementi iconici di Evil Dead. Nel mio film però c'è il libro e tantissimi malvagi Deadite".
Plot of Evil Dead Rise: Beth visits her older sister Ellie, who is raising three children alone in a small apartment in Los Angeles. The affectionate atmosphere generated by the sisterly reunion is interrupted by the discovery of a mysterious book in the very building where Ellie lives. It is the Necronomicon, a dangerous text containing rituals for summoning demons and which will force Beth to fight a battle for survival.
The cast includes Alyssa Sutherland, Lily Sullivan, Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies, Mia Challis and Nell Fisher.
