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Rumor: Does ‘Evil Dead Rise’ Take Place in a Skyscraper?!
After years and years and years of begging for an Evil Dead 4, Sam Raimi not only gifted horror fans with the brutal 2013 remake/sidequel, but also the “Ash vs Evil Dead” series brought Bruce Campbell back as the mouthy ass-kicking Ashley J. Williams. While Campbell has officially retired Ash, the Necronomicon is still out there with deadites looking for more souls to swallow.
Campbell, who is also a producer on all things Evil Dead, let slip that the next installment will be directed by The Hole in the Ground’s Lee Cronin and will be removed from the cabin in the woods setting.
The title, which initially revealed to be Evil Dead Now, was quickly amended to Evil Dead Rise.
But what does it mean?
Bloody Disgusting contributor Jimmy Champane, who also has his own YouTube channel, got the scoop on the new settings, telling his audience that his source revealed to him that the next Evil Dead will take place in a building or skyrise/skyscraper/high-rise, hence the title. While it may seem like an obvious conjecture, he was told this information when the film was titled Evil Dead Now, which only stoked the flames even more. If it matters, we know and trust Jimmy, but let’s still file this one under rumor until confirmed.
We’ve seen quite a few horror movies hit the high-rise, from Poltergeist III to [REC]2, Joe Lynch’s Mayhem and Ciarán Foy’s Citadel, and even the sequel to Halloween was nearly a high-rise apartment-set slasher.
With that said, what do you all think? Are you happy to see the Evil Dead franchise move to new locations or would you prefer it remains in a cabin in the woods setting? Tell us below.
SCREAMBOX has revealed the new films that are joining the horror streaming service in June 2024, including Frogman, Coherence, and We Need to Talk About Kevin.
Just announced this week, both Frogman and Coherence are getting sequels, so this summer is the absolute perfect time to catch back up on them and see where it all started!
The croaks are no hoax! Frogman hops onto SCREAMBOX exclusively on June 7. The ribbiting found footage curio explores the local legend of an amphibious cryptid.
Coherence will rearrange your brain on SCREAMBOX June 14. A group of friends experience a disturbing chain of reality-bending events when a comet passes by in the surreal sci-fi thriller. A sequel to the 2013 cult classic was recently announced.
From master of horror John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing), The Ward haunts SCREAMBOX on June 14. Amber Heard (Aquaman), Mamie Gummer (The Good Wife), Danielle Panabaker (Friday the 13th), Jared Harris (Mad Men), and Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria) star.
Nothing can prepare you for We Need to Talk About Kevin on SCREAMBOX June 21. From director Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here), the grim psychological thriller stars Tilda Swinton (Doctor Strange) and John C. Reilly (Kong: Skull Island).
Other June highlights include: 96 Minutes, a crime thriller starring Brittany Snow (X) and Christian Serratos (The Walking Dead); spellbinding ’60s horror tribute The Love Witch; Broadcast Signal Intrusion, a psychological thriller with Harry Shum Jr. (Crazy Rich Asians) and Chris Sullivan (This Is Us); haunted house documentary Haunters: The Art of the Scare; and UK supernatural series Bedlam featuring Theo James (Divergent) and Gemma Chan (The Eternals).
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