Lovers of the Evil Dead series rejoice! Cast: Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Nell Fisher, Gabrielle Echols, Mia Challis,...
Lovers of the Evil Dead series rejoice!
Cast: Lily Sullivan, Alyssa Sutherland, Morgan Davies, Nell Fisher, Gabrielle Echols, Mia Challis, Jayden Daniels, Tai Wano
Rating: 4*
Lee Cronin understands what the fans of the
Evil Dead series want from a new installment, he knows we need over-the-top
gore, goofiness, a bloodbath ending, and profane demons. He simply does all
that and makes a damn good new installment in this already-perfect series. This
has got the goofiness of Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead 2 and the gore and bloodbath of
Fede Álvarez’s 2013 Evil Dead, and it’s something different, something
original. There are homages to the previous Evil Dead films to various horror
films, with some of the most evident ones being It Chapter 2 and The Shining.
The set pieces are over the top like every Evil Dead film. The gore is toned
down compared to the 2013 Evil Dead but it’s still pretty gory at times. If you
want to see a funny-at-times, gory-at-all-times film that features a scene
where a grater is being used to cut a woman’s leg, then Evil Dead Rises is just
the film for you.
Two sisters find an ancient book that gives
birth to bloodthirsty demons that run amok in a Los Angeles apartment building
and thrusts them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most
nightmarish version of family imaginable.
Lee Cronin directs the hell out of the
film adding whatever he can in the tight runtime of 96 minutes. The
cinematography is crazy and weird. The music is pretty average, and the
performances are good with every actor giving it their all and succeeding in
making the viewers like and feel for the character, but Alyssa Sutherland really
shines with her brilliant over-the-top performance
Evil Dead Rises is not elevated horror and
neither is it trashy B-grade horror, it’s in the middle and it’s a must-watch
for all horror film fans.
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