EVIL DEAD RISE Wraps Production After Using 6,500 Liters of Blood
Director Lee Cronin has announced that Evil Dead Rise has wrapped production! He also shared a few blood-soaked photos and revealed that they used 6,500 liters of blood while shooting the movie. Blood has always been a main staple of this franchise, so I’m not surprised by how much blood was used. The director shared:
8 months, 1 Covid Lockdown, 6,500 litres of blood, and more memories than my brain can even process. That is a wrap on #EvilDeadRise. Thank you New Zealand, it’s been a blast. Time to head home and cut this beast together.
Evil Dead Rise tells a twisted tale of two estranged sisters, played by Alyssa Sutherland (Vikings) and Lily Sullivan (Picnic at Hanging Rock), “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.”
Here’s the official synopsis:
In the fifth Evil Dead film, a road-weary Beth pays an overdue visit to her older sister Ellie, who is raising three kids on her own in a cramped L.A apartment. The sisters' reunion is cut short by the discovery of a mysterious book deep in the bowels of Ellie's building, giving rise to flesh-possessing demons, and thrusting Beth into a primal battle for survival as she is faced with the most nightmarish version of motherhood imaginable.
Bruce Campbell previously shared some additional information about the story and explains that the story is all about the Necronomicon, a.k.a. The Book of the Dead.
“It’s book-centric. It’s all about [the Necronomicon]. Where does this book wind up and what happens to it over the millennia? In this case, it’s set in the city, it’s no more cabin in the woods. It’s entirely different, unsuspecting heroines who are going to save the day.”
As for whether the film is a sequel, a remake, or a reimagining, Campbell says it doesn’t matter, “People can actually call it what [they] want: Sequel, remake, reimagining. It really is just another Evil Dead movie.”
Campbell also said, “At its core, Evil Dead is about ordinary people overcoming extraordinarily terrifying situations. I can’t wait for Alyssa and Lily to fill the blood-soaked shoes of those who have come before them and carry on that tradition.”
Cronin added, “The Evil Dead movies filled my brain with terror and awe when I first saw them at nine years old. I am excited and humbled to be resurrecting the most iconic of evil forces for both the fans and a whole new generation.”
The film is being produced exclusively for HBO Max.