The third in modern series and/or sixth overall is brought by Sébastien Vaniček and his Infested team.
Souheila Yacoub - Alice
Tandi Wright - Susan
Hunter Doohan - Joseph
Luciane Buchanan - Thya
Erroll Shand - Edgar
Maude Davey - Polly
George Pullar - Will
Tapiwa Soropa - Mike
Keanu Karim - Jared
Summary
At his family's lakehouse, Joseph Price listens to research recorded by his late grandfather Benjamin on the Necronomicon, and uncovers the Kandarian dagger (created by The Circle of the Wisemen), which can destroy Deadites.
His discovery attracts the attention of Jessica, who murders a pair of fishermen using fish hooks and literally boiling an area of the lake.
To recap, Jessica (now played by Greata van den Brink, not Anna-Maree Thomas), was the Deadite at the 'beginning' of Rise, which actually takes place one day after main event.
We smash cut to Joseph's brother Will, who after having an argument with his wife Alice, drunkenly drives away and crashes into Jessica. Her severed head recites a passage from the Necronomicon and as Will is possessed and Jessica laughs, he burns to death in the wreckage.
During his cremation, Will's father Edgar says goodbye in private, but his son's corpse escapes the casket and burns him.
Back at the lakehouse, Alice finds the Necronomicon and says "Kunda", "Astratta", "Montosse" and "Canda".
Uh oh.
To your perfect family
There are two extra scenes, which I'll get to later.
Gore and relentless brutality has been hyped beyond belief, and probably does enough to swallow your filthy soul and shit it right back out.
The scene which had to be shortened is Joseph smashing Thya's head in with a dishwasher door.
While film is never scary, Polly driving a fountain pen into Alice's eardrum was particularly cruel.
Climax is basically a replay of the Abomination in Evil Dead, but the CG for Will is terrible. However, video game geeks (which I'm not obviously) should immediately compare end boss to the final form of Lorenzo Belli from 2005 PS2 classic Haunting Ground.
Alice uses a jackhammer and the dagger to cook bastard's goose.
The mutt that Edgar stabs to death with a fork and later comes back as Dogite is called Max, which is likely a nod to Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Anyway, as promised.
Mid-credits
A legless Polly crawling on the road is found by a concerned motorist who gets scratched for being a good citizen.
Post-credits
Back at the crematorium, the manager leaves her kid in a room and we're shown two urns as yet unclaimed by loved ones.
First is labelled Christopher Leroy, which has nothing to do with franchise. Name is a reference to José Garcia's character Christophe Leroy in co-writer Florent Bernard's 2024 feature debut Nous, les Leroy (We, the Leroys).
Then we have Ellie Bixler, whose ghost in human form is reflected in a mirror. Then Deadite appears behind and breaks the girl's neck, stating: "Mommy's back!"
Wow!
Not in a good way you understand, as this makes no FUCKING sense.
Deadites are not ghosts and only possess physical hosts (living or dead).
At the end of Rise, Ellie, fused with her children Danny, Bridget and neighbours, become the Marauder, and fed to a wood chipper by Bethie Boo.
In other words, just blood and meat - not ashes.
Goung further, how did the crematorium come into possession (pun intended) of her 'remains'.
Set in 1972, Evil Dead Wrath will serve as a prequel to The Evil Dead and due April 2028.
I'm already there.
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