Evil Dead Rise poster wants to you to come closer to Deadite mommy

Yesterday, the final trailer for Evil Dead Rise (read our review right HERE), the latest entry in the Evil Dead franchise, arrived online. You can watch that in the embed above. The movie is set to reach theatres in just two weeks, on April 21st, and in these last few days before it starts playing on the big screen a new poster has now been unveiled. You can see the regular version of the poster at the bottom of this article, but there’s also a motion poster version of it, and you can see that right here:

Evil Dead franchise creator Sam Raimi handpicked Lee Cronin to write and direct a new Evil Dead movie after seeing his feature directorial debut The Hole in the Ground. The story Cronin crafted for Evil Dead Rise has the following synopsis: 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.

Although the film is set in Los Angeles, filming actually took place in New Zealand. Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland star as the estranged sisters at the heart of the story. Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies, and Nell Fisher play Ellie’s three kids. Mia Challis is playing Jessica, “an 18 year old girl, who is obsessed with fashion and Instagram. Jessica loves to be the center of attention, although she is smarter than she lets on”.

Bruce Campbell doesn’t have an acting role in Evil Dead Rise, as he has formally retired from playing franchise hero Ash on screen, but he did produce the movie alongside Raimi and Rob Tapert, as those three hold the rights to the series. Evil Dead Rise is a collaboration between Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, and Ghost House Pictures.

Will you be watching Evil Dead Rise in theatres later this month? Let us know by leaving a comment below. And while you’re scrolling down, take a look at this poster: