through the treacherous path towards adulthood, we all make personal goals to ourselves in order to prove that we can be self-reliant when it comes to the development of our humans. They could be massive undertakings, such as taking the whole of Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle as a way to understand the final part of the nineteenth century French social history. However, they could also be smaller in size for instance, as the case of my study, when I put a great deal of my energy and effort looking for the uncut version of Sam Raimi's 1981 splat-tacular, The Evil Dead.
As a teenager, I owned (and loved) The 4 Front Video release of the film, which was subject to many cuts because of an affliction from the BBFC's widely-publicised moral panic regarding"Video Nasties. "Video Nasties". My memories of the damaged film is vivid and fond as I recall feeling that whoever made the cuts had done so in a manner that the viewer could tell that something tasty had been removed. The sound would suddenly drop out of sync, or the continuity would falter for a short time. I would want more than anything to know what was going on between the cuts. I was a kid version of the "Sicko" meme. Perhaps I am still?
I'd love to believe that writer-director Lee Cronin shared this experience, though even in the event that he did not It is clear from his upcoming film Evil Dead Rise that he has studied Raimi's opus at the same level of molecular analysis. It would seem declasse to call this an "franchise extension", a "reboot" or even a late "sequel", as it's more a reconstruction or a study or a remake that of Raimi's original. The same story presented from a new, modern angle. It absolutely kills...
If there's one thing the Evil Dead has taught us, it's that we must do everything in our power to avoid intoning a mystical demonic incantation in the presence of the flesh-bound/blood-inked Book of the Dead, as very bad things will ensue. In this case, Alyssa Sutherland's single-mom tattooist Elle is about to leave her old apartment building with her three kids. A seismic tremor reveals an old, dusty basement vault within which, wrapped in a parchment and held inside a bug-infested tomb is a familiar face.
Cronin is able to balance the setup mayhem equilibrium perfectly, laying out the delicate family dynamics while also introducing the element of wild card in the estranged daughter of Elle Beth (Lily the Sullivan) as well as leaving the audience to speculate on which of the siblings will end up being the Ash of the movie. This easy but highly efficient set-up serves to support the second-half gore blast with a touch of pathos and, I'll be honest, it's an easy shot that comes right following one of the most intense blow-outs of effects that nearly caused me to cry in my eye.
There's an adoring tribute to this film Cronin does not just try to replicate the hysterical dynamism and acrobatic camera moves that Raimi has made his famous. The execution of the victims is carried out with the same attention to detail and a desire to give each victim a new canvas for some sick-making mutilation or other. In tone, Evil Dead Rise is most like the original Evil Dead, in that it doesn't opt for the slapstick wigs and wig-outs from the second and third films, even though its absurd humour shines through in just how relentlessly OTT the entire film is.
The only real criticism here is the overly-long and irrelevant prologue and epilogue which feel like they've been inserted as a way to lay a path to a sequel. I suppose it's more a matter of Cronin being a one of those who has been a victim to his success. The rest of the time, this is the cleansing and euphoric sensation of allowing a blood tsunami to slam into you. And it doesn't make you want to revisit the original to see what could have been, but more as a way to gauge the intricacy and fidelity of the work Cronin and his team has accomplished. It's like seeing the complete splendor of the version for the very first time and I couldn't be more pleased than that.
https://www.evildeadriseimovie.com/ in the Evil Dead saga is definitely an affair for the entire family however, as long as the Necronomicon is destroyed for good, there won't be much of families left. Fandango has released a brand new Evil Dead Rise clip that features Alyssa Sutherland's Ellie shortly after she succumbs to the curse of the book and transforms into Deadite killer. You can check out the video below via Twitter.
The video shows Ellie's younger twin sister Beth (Lily Sullivan) finding her sibling in the kitchen, cooking up a not-so-nutritious breakfast by smashing multiple eggs into a fry pan, with shells and all. And if this isn't enough to cause Beth and Ellie's three kids realize there's something wrong, the message is immediately clear when Ellie tells them about her ideal family gathering. However, it's a bit more violent than the typical trek through the woods and her slurred speech makes the experience even more frightening.