After years of waiting and anticipation building, which includes the release of photos, the first footage from Evil Dead Rise has been released by none other than longtime franchise star Bruce Campbell, who also confirmed that a full-length trailer is right around the corner. The trailer teaser itself doesn’t offer much insight into the experience, as it primarily consists of highlights from previous films and Campbell reminding audiences that he doesn’t star in this new film, but the brief glimpses at the new sequel offer plenty to be excited about. Evil Dead Rise lands in theaters on April 21st.
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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.
“Even though I’m not in this film, as a producer, I’m all over it like a cheap suit. I guess you could say, I have a hand in it,” Campbell shared in the video. “Now, I’ve seen the movie in all of its glory, and, in case you’re wondering, yes, it is amazing, and yes, it is the scariest one yet.”
The new film stars Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies, Nell Fisher, Alyssa Sutherland, and Lily Sullivan. In addition to Campbell serving as a producer, original director Sam Raimi and original producer Rob Tapert also serve as producers on the new film.
Raimi previously shared what it was about director Lee Cronin that resulted in him being tapped to helm this new sequel.
“He had always liked Evil Dead, and I loved The Hole in the Ground. And that picture was brought to the executives that I work with and they showed it to me and I thought, this is really a great director,” Raimi previously recalled to /Film. “And we met and we talked and he said he really liked The Evil Dead. And I said, then why don’t you make the new one? I think you’re just the kind [of] guy I’d like to do it. He said, great. Let’s go. We put together a script and we gave notes and he made some changes and then we raised money for the movie and he went down to New Zealand to shoot it with my partner, Rob Tapert. Now Bruce Campbell is working with him in post-production sound.”
Evil Dead Rise lands in theaters on April 21st.
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