Evil Dead Rise
Evil Dead Rise
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.
Niztradamus reviewedOctober 20, 2025
A pretty good supernatural and gory horror movie... but not a Evil Dead movie imo.
No Sam Raimi directing (or at least helping as in the 2013 reboot), no Bruce Campbell with his wit and charme and the deadites, while feeling even cruler and more sadistic than in previous entries to the franchise, they just aren't as funny anymore. Our lead actress, while doing a good job acting, isn't a new coming of Ash either but she utters a few throwback one liners throughout the movie.
If you look at this movie on it's own it is a compentent splatter fest with plenty of horror elements.
If you look at this as an Evil Dead fan of 20 years or even longer it just doesn't have the flair of the original franchise. The 2013 reboot had similar problems. You just can't replace a duo like Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. They give a movie that special sauce that makes it go from good to great. I mean, in three movies they went from posession body horror to horror comedy to fantasy and every movie was a hit!