‘Evil Dead Rise’ Comes Home This Week Along With These 3 New Horror Movies

This week’s release schedule is very light on the horror front, with just a small handful of new horror movies being offered up in the coming days. Among them? Evil Dead Rise comes home! Here’s all the new horror releasing May 9 – May 14, 2023. For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure […]

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‘Evil Dead Rise’ Coming Home to Digital This Week; 4K and Blu-ray Releasing in June [Exclusive]

In the wake of scaring up over $100 million at the worldwide box office, Bloody Disgusting can exclusively report today that Evil Dead Rise is now headed home this week! Experience a riveting, gore-filled nightmare when Evil Dead Rise arrives for purchase Digitally at home on May 9. The film will also be available to […]

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‘Evil Dead Rise’ Has Officially Hit $100 Million at the Worldwide Box Office

Bruce Campbell has taken to Twitter this afternoon to thank Evil Dead fans for making Evil Dead Rise a smash hit in theaters, the film officially passing $100 million worldwide! Evil Dead Rise is now officially the highest grossing film in the entire Evil Dead franchise, with Evil Dead 2013’s box office total ending at […]

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Lee Cronin Shares ‘Evil Dead Rise’ Concept Art Behind Title Card and Set Pieces

Writer/Director Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise presented several buzzworthy Evil Dead moments and set pieces, including the title card that arrives just as a Deadite rises from the lake. All of it, of course, by meticulous design as evidenced by the film’s stunning concept art. Cronin took to Twitter today to share some of the concept art […]

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‘Evil Dead Rise’ Has Scared Up $86 Million at the Worldwide Box Office

Director Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise is already profitable at the box office after just two weeks, and in fact the film is VERY CLOSE to defeating the box office total of Evil Dead (2013). Worldwide, Evil Dead Rise has scared up $86.5 million at the box office as of this writing, with $44.4 million […]

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‘Evil Dead’ (2013) vs. ‘Evil Dead Rise’ (2023): Which Film Is Gorier?

The following contains major spoilers for Evil Dead (2013) and Evil Dead Rise (2023). Of the many horror franchises, few are as creatively violent as The Evil Dead. Sam Raimi’s 1981 original garnered an NC-17 rating for “substantial horror violence and gore” and Stephen King described the low-budget indie as “the most ferociously original horror […]

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‘Evil Dead Rise’ Production Designer Discusses the Apartment, the Cabin, and That Blood Elevator [Interview]

Fresh voices can breathe new life into an old idea, which is why the majority of Evil Dead Rise‘s cast and crew outside of producers Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and Robert Tapert are newcomers to the franchise. Production designer Nick Bassett and cinematographer Dave Garbett, however, notably worked together on Ash vs Evil Dead before […]

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‘Evil Dead Rise’ – Did You Notice the New Character Names Pay Homage to Past Franchise Stars?

Ten years ago, the characters in Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead were cleverly given first names that allowed the first letters of each of their names to spell out DEMON – David, Eric, Mia, Olivia, Natalie – and Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise has similarly hidden some Easter Eggs within the characters’ names. Every character in […]

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‘Evil Dead Rise’ Scared Up a $40 Million Debut Weekend Worldwide

Director Lee Cronin brings the Evil Dead franchise back to life with brand new theatrical release Evil Dead Rise, the first film in the saga in ten years. Over the weekend, the new movie scared up an impressive $23.5 million at the domestic box office, but what about worldwide? In its debut weekend, Evil Dead […]

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‘Evil Dead Rise’ Wins at the Box Office and We’re Probably Getting More ‘Evil Dead’ Movies Soon

The Sam Raimi-created Evil Dead franchise continues to win at the box office with Lee Cronin’s brand new movie Evil Dead Rise, which debuted above expectations this weekend. Released into theaters beginning with Thursday night preview screenings, Evil Dead Rise swallowed up an estimated $23.5 million at the domestic box office this weekend. Evil Dead […]

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New Official Poster for ‘Evil Dead Rise’ Looks Like Retro VHS Box Art

Brand new franchise installment Evil Dead Rise is now playing in theaters nationwide, and a fresh piece of retro-style poster art was officially debuted today in celebration. The artist? Creepy Duck Design, who recently designed another official Evil Dead Rise poster. Check out the new piece below, which looks like art ripped straight off an […]

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Four Times the Fifth Movie in a Horror Franchise Became One of the Best

For most horror franchises, a decent fifth film seems to be harder to find than a Necronomicon and usually about as dumb as the guy who’d read it out loud. According to those who have seen Evil Dead Rise (now playing in theaters!), however, it looks like the franchise is now home to the rare fifth […]

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‘Evil Dead Rise’ Brings Books, Blood, and Bookends With Highs and Lows [Halloweenies Podcast]

Evil Dead Rise is here! After much deliberation, the Halloweenies finally scale the high rise that is Lee Cronin‘s much-anticipated reimagining. Together, they discuss the ways it leans on the past, looks to the future, and measures up to the rest of the franchise. They also digress on the gore, the family dynamics, and whether […]

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Stephen King Praised ‘The Evil Dead’ Back in 1982 and Now He’s Praising ‘Evil Dead Rise’ in 2023!

One of the most iconic movie review blurbs of all time came from Stephen King, whose rave review for Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead back in 1982 was so influential that it played a huge role in the movie’s success. King called Sam Raimi‘s debut “The most ferociously original horror film of 1982,” and at the […]

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9 New Horror Movies Releasing This Week Including ‘Evil Dead Rise’!

This week is absolutely jam-packed with fresh horrors on the big screen and the smaller screen, but the highlight is of course the box office return of the Evil Dead franchise. Can you believe it’s been TEN YEARS since Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead?! Here’s all the new horror releasing April 18 – April 23, 2023! For […]

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