Late for Easter, but early for Halloween, the Evil Dead franchise has risen from the grave at an unusual time of the year in 2023. It is springtime for Evil Dead Rise and the setting has outgrown the woods and moved into the concrete jungle.
The original Evil Dead came out in 1981 and a lot has changed since then. Evil Dead Rise works as both a fifth installment and a standalone film at the same time. New viewers won't necessarily have to do a lot of homework to sink their teeth into this particular storyline and should keep their eyes away from any strange, old books!
That is part of the problem that happens to these sisters Beth and Ellie in a Los Angeles apartment joined by Ellie's three kids. Curiosity may kill the cat and by the way, whatever happened to that frightened animal stuck in the vent?
Things begin to spin out of control after an amateur DJ puts the needle on the record to play some haunting dialogue from the past. New meaning is given to a dusty groove as the Deadites come to life inside Ellie and terrorize everyone within reach.