Evil Dead Rise

critic Reviews

, 84% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Offering just about everything longtime fans could hope for while still managing to carry the franchise forward, Evil Dead Rise is all kinds of groovy.
  • , Fresh Tomatometer Score
    Hanna FlintTime Out
    It's not for the faint-hearted but for long-time fans and horror nuts, just sit back and let the blood wash over you.
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    Joey ShapiroChicago Reader
    The first sequel in a full decade, this should feel like getting an Evil Dead reunion, but instead it’s more akin to a so-so tribute band.
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    Clarisse LoughreyIndependent (UK)
    Evil Dead Rise provides blood by the bucketful without ever crossing the line into outright cruelty.
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    Chuck BowenSlant Magazine
    Lee Cronin serves up considerable gore with monotonous, po-faced earnestness.
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    Richard RoeperChicago Sun-Times
    In addition to dropping in visual tips of the hat to certain elements from the “Evil Dead” franchise, writer-director Cronin delivers some outstanding callbacks.
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    Sara Michelle FettersMovieFreak.com
    [Cronin's] go-for-broke horror extravaganza is a gorily gonzo rollercoaster ride that is as ruthless as it is exhilarating. I pretty much loved it.
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    Grant WatsonFiction Machine
    This is an enormously fun thing to watch.
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    Pete Vonder HaarHouston Press
    If you'd told me and my friends as we were watching that grainy Thorn EMI Evil Dead videotape that not only would the franchise continue into the 21st century, but it'd actually be thriving, we'd have pelted you with Cool Ranch Doritos.

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    Mini Anthikad-ChhibberThe Hindu
    The action in Lee Cronin’s film moves from the ubiquitous cabin in the woods to an urban setting without losing any of the blood, guts, gore or giggles along the way
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    Cris Paker3C Films (Youtube)
    Evil Dead Rise packs everything I love about Evil Dead: Grotesque kills blended together with dark humor. I loved every minute of it.
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