Evil Dead Rise
Movie, 2023, The new films, Set in A Los Angeles apartment block
Evil Dead Rise is #6 of 7 in release order and #6 of 7 in chronological order in the Evil Dead.
The story
A reunion between two estranged sisters gets cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
Evil Dead Rise recap
Evil Dead Rise (2023) brings the Deadites to a Los Angeles apartment block, where an earthquake exposes a vault holding a volume of the Book of the Dead. Lee Cronin writes and directs. Guitar tech Beth (Lily Sullivan), newly pregnant, visits her sister Ellie Bixler (Alyssa Sutherland), a tattoo artist raising three kids alone in a building set to be torn down. Her son Danny (Morgan Davies) brings up the book and some 1923 records from a priest who studied it, and plays them. Ellie is possessed and turns on her family and neighbors, while the stairs and lift are wrecked. Daughter Bridget (Gabrielle Echols) is infected next, leaving Beth to protect the youngest, Kassie (Nell Fisher). Bruce Campbell has a voice cameo on one record. It follows the 2013 film in the new thread, and Evil Dead Burn follows it.
Evil Dead Rise ending explained
Evil Dead Rise ends with the possessed Ellie, Bridget and Danny merging into a many-limbed creature called the Marauder. Beth and Kassie escape the falling lift into the car park and grind it up in a wood chipper, and Beth kicks Ellie's talking head in after it. The prologue, with a possessed young woman named Jessica at a lake cabin, turns out to take place the next morning. Evil Dead Burn picks up Jessica and Ellie.
Where to watch Evil Dead Rise
Evil Dead Rise is streaming on YouTube TV and HBO Max in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 85%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Ash vs Evil Dead, before Evil Dead Burn.
- Chronological order: after Evil Dead, before Evil Dead Burn.
What to watch before Evil Dead Rise
Evil Dead (2013), which Evil Dead Rise (2023) continues.
Cast
- Lily Sullivan as Beth
- Alyssa Sutherland as Ellie
- Morgan Davies as Danny
- Gabrielle Echols as Bridget
- Nell Fisher as Kassie
- Mark Mitchinson as Mr. Fonda
- Jayden Daniels as Gabriel
- Mirabai Pease as Teresa
- Tai Wano as Scott
- Noah Paul as Bruce
- Melissa Xiao as Newscaster
- Billy Reynolds-McCarthy as Jake
Directed by Lee Cronin.