New Line Cinema has dropped another Evil Dead Rise trailer for the latest installment in the long-running horror franchise. The film had its world premiere last March at the 2023 SXSW festival. It is currently scheduled to arrive in theaters on April 21.
The video shows off the upcoming movie’s “Certified Fresh” rating of 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and continues to tease the film’s many gory scenes. Towards the end of the trailer, viewers are treated to a brief reference to The Shining as the film pays tribute to the iconic elevator scene from the classic Stephen King adaptation.
Check out the Evil Dead Rise trailer below:
Evil Dead Rise stars Alyssa Sutherland (Vikings) and Lily Sullivan (Picnic at Hanging Rock), along with Gabrielle Echols (Reminiscence), Morgan Davies (The Girlfriend Experience), and Nell Fisher (Northspur). Executive producer and franchise star Bruce Campbell previously confirmed that the upcoming film wouldn’t have any ties to the previous films and will mainly center around the Necronomicon.
“Moving the action out of the woods and into the city, Evil Dead Rise tells a twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is 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,” reads the film’s synopsis.
The film is written and directed by Lee Cronin (The Hole In The Ground), who was handpicked by franchise creator Sam Raimi, as well as Bruce Campbell and Robert Tapert. It is executive produced by Raimi, Campbell, Tapert, Romel Adam, John Keville, and Macdara Kelleher.
