We're hearing that the first teaser trailer for Evil Dead Rise should be with us before the end of the year, but in the meantime, Empire Magazine has shared another new still from the horror sequel.
This latest image gives us a new look at one of the new main characters played by Lilly Sullivan, as she prepares to take down some Deadites with one of ol' Ash's weapons of choice, the boomstick.
Though it's been confirmed that Bruce Campbell will not reprise the role of Ash Williams, director Lee Cronin promises that Rise is still very much an Evil Dead movie, and there will be blood... lots, and lots of blood!
“It straps you onto a rocket that’s fueled by blood,” he tells the mag. “You can either get off or you stay on ’til it explodes.”
“I had to hire an industrial kitchen to create the amount of blood we needed,” Cronin adds. “When I was checking out, I had to warn the landlord, ‘You’re going to find bloody handprints all over the apartment – but they’re not real, honest!’”
Evil Dead Rise is set to hit theaters on April 21, 2023. The horror flick will ditch the usual forest setting and move the gory action to the city, as "two estranged sisters’ reunion is cut short when flesh-possessing demons thrust them into a battle for survival."
Sam Raimi's microbudget original is still considered one of the best horror movies of all time, with direct sequels Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness as well as recent TV show Ash vs. The Evil Dead upping the comedic elements. The well-received 2013 remake was a far more serious affair, but it's not known which direction Rise will head in from a tonal standpoint.