The upcoming fourth installment in theEvil Deadfranchise,Evil Dead Rise, was teased by the movie’s director, Lee Cronin, via a behind-the-scenes image to announce the film’s first day of shooting. It was also revealed a little while back thatEvil Dead 4will be coming to HBO Max.
Evil Dead Risehas been in the works and was talked about for close to 10 years. The recent 2013 remake of the original film is what sparked it off and got the conversation going. This new film will follow two estranged sisters as they meet up and reconnect only to be interrupted by the Deadites, which are parasitic demons that can possess things.
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This news comes months off the heels ofthe recentEvil Deadvideo game announcement, which was shown at the Video Game Awards. Many are hoping this game adds to the competition of horror games since there’s currently a lack of heavy-hitting contenders.Evil Withinonly has two solid sequels with no official announcement of any more titles.Outlast,the first-person found footage survival horror game, is getting a third title with co-op but it hasn’t hit the widespread as of yet.Silent Hillis nowhere to be found,Dead Spacemight actually be dead, andAmnesiareceived a sequel last year that isn’t talked about as much. Meanwhile,Resident Evilis here taking all the leftovers and thriving at that.
Competition usually brings out the best in creators, so to havea newEvil Deadhorror game enter the ringwould only mean we would get more solid titles. Although inResident Evil’s defense, it really doesn’t need the boost since the franchise’s recent releases have been great and it has both an animated as well as a live-action film on the way.
In the event that thisEvil Deadgame takes off at the same time the new movie does, we make revitalization of this universe. It may attract new fans as well as bring in the old hardcore veterans who’ve been here since day 1. Only time will tell but one thing is for sure, it’s thatEvil Deadhas selling powersince the main character Ash has long been teased and requested as aMortal Kombatfighter.
If this doesn’t go well, then this very well may be the last time we seeEvil Deadfor a while. Sometimes it’s better to let things rest and not add a sequel unless it truly brings something new as well as worth telling.
