Yesterday, we got our very first look at footage from Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise, the fifth chapter in the long-running Evil Dead series. Sure, it was less than 30 seconds’ worth of footage, and yeah, the whole thing mostly served to tease the fact that the first full-length trailer would be along today, but even so, we could not help but get unreasonably excited. It’s a new Evil Dead movie, for god’s sake – how could we not?
Well, it’s 24 hours later, and as promised (by Bruce Campbell himself), we’ve got the first full-length Evil Dead Rise trailer to share with you. Let’s take a look…
Holy shit. This looks great! Yesterday’s teaser involved Bruce Campbell (onboard here only as a producer) saying that Evil Dead Rise would be the scariest entry in the franchise yet, and … well, for one thing, it certainly looks terrifying. For another, that anarchic, sometimes goofy Raimi spirit also seems to be well-preserved by Cronin and company. Did you catch that bit with the cheese grater? Good lord.
In case anything in that trailer was unclear, here’s an official plot synopsis:
“In the fifth Evil Dead film, a road-weary Beth pays an overdue visit to her older sister Ellie, who is raising three kids on her own in a cramped L.A apartment. The sisters’ reunion is cut short by the discovery of a mysterious book deep in the bowels of Ellie’s building, giving rise to flesh-possessing demons, and thrusting Beth into a primal battle for survival as she is faced with the most nightmarish version of motherhood imaginable.”
Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise – starring Alyssa Sutherland, Lily Sullivan, Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davis and Nell Fisher – hits theaters on April 21st. Stay tuned for further updates on this one as we draw ever closer to that release date!
