Final 12 months, Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise put a contemporary coat of (pleasingly gory) paint on the much-loved cult horror franchise. Now, there are rumblings anew for the 43-year-old collection: a movie from rising horror star Sébastien Vaniček, whose Infested thrilled audiences at Unbelievable Fest final 12 months and can stream on Shudder later in 2024. Nevertheless it gained’t precisely be one other Evil Dead sequel.
According to Deadline, which broke the information, Vaniček will co-write and direct “a brand new spin-off of the Evil Useless franchise for Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert’s Ghost Home Photos,” with plot particulars nonetheless “underneath wraps.” That is an intriguing solution to body the brand new entry, which has already seen a trio of authentic movies (1981’s The Evil Useless, 1987’s Evil Useless Rise, and 1992’s Military of Darkness, all directed by Raimi and starring Bruce Campbell); the 2013 reboot from Fede Álvarez, who has a new Alien movie coming this 12 months; and the Starz TV collection Ash vs. Evil Useless, which additionally starred Campbell and ran from 2015-2018. And, after all, there was 2023’s Evil Useless Rise, which earned crucial reward and went on to grow to be the highest-grossing movie within the collection up to now—and is extra of a standalone, spinning out the mythology of Raimi’s creation with new characters and a brand new setting.
So what may “spin-off” imply, precisely? You must assume a number of the primary DNA of the collection shall be concerned—the Neconomicon and Deadites appear probably suspects—however with out figuring out the place or when the film’s set, it’s arduous to think about what else would possibly transpire. Vaniček’s pageant breakout, Infested, is a recent creature characteristic set in a French high-rise (io9’s Fantastic Fest review called it “Assault the Block, however with killer spiders,” and praised the strain and crazy vitality the director delivered to the story), however contemplating Evil Useless Rise’s personal high-rise storyline, it appears secure to imagine he’ll department out into new territory.
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