Evil Dead Rise brings on the gleeful gore for horror fans

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This initial look at Evil Dead Rise comes from the movie’s debut at the 2023 SXSW Conference. We’ll have more in-depth coverage as the movie’s release date approaches.

Evil Dead Rise is a movie made by sickos for sickos. It’s a fantastic update to the iconic franchise, a movie that upholds the manic glee of Sam Raimi’s original 1980s Evil Dead films while bringing in a taste for the disgusting and upsetting from Fede Álvarez’s 2013 remake. With a refreshing change in scenery and cast, plus a breakout performance by Alyssa Sutherland, writer-director Lee Cronin proves this undead franchise still has a lot of life and fight in it.

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In terms of sheer scare factor, your mileage may vary with Evil Dead Rise. This spinoff falls somewhere between Álvarez’s remake and Raimi’s comedy-heavy Evil Dead 2. The kills are absolutely brutal and gnarly, the emphasis on child endangerment gives the action a new edge, and the tone is generally bleak and cruel.

And yet it still finds moments of levity. Though it’s far from a comedy, there are a lot of laughs in Evil Dead Rise — like a gag about an eyeball getting ripped out, then landing on someone’s mouth. Cronin has a solid handle on the scale between scary and funny, servicing both without undermining either. This is a film best seen with a massive