Final yr, Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise put a recent coat of (pleasingly gory) paint on the much-loved cult horror franchise. Now, there are rumblings anew for the 43-year-old sequence: a movie from rising horror star Sébastien Vaniček, whose Infested thrilled audiences at Implausible Fest final yr and can stream on Shudder later in 2024. However it received’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 Lifeless franchise for Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert’s Ghost Home Footage,” with plot particulars nonetheless “below wraps.” That is an intriguing option to body the brand new entry, which has already seen a trio of authentic movies (1981’s The Evil Lifeless, 1987’s Evil Lifeless 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 yr; and the Starz TV sequence Ash vs. Evil Lifeless, which additionally starred Campbell and ran from 2015-2018. And, in fact, there was 2023’s Evil Lifeless Rise, which earned important reward and went on to develop into the highest-grossing movie within the sequence to this point—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? It’s a must to assume among the fundamental DNA of the sequence will likely be concerned—the Neconomicon and Deadites appear doubtless suspects—however with out figuring out the place or when the film’s set, it’s exhausting to think about what else would possibly transpire. Vaniček’s competition 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 dropped at the story), however contemplating Evil Lifeless Rise’s personal high-rise storyline, it appears protected to imagine he’ll department out into new territory.
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