Director Lee Cronin pays homage to Sam Raimi’s groundbreaking Evil Dead trilogy while updating the basic concept
The characters here are almost all women, with only one major male role. Beth is a rock ‘n’ roll techie, footloose and always on the road, frequently disparaged by her older sister Ellie , as a groupie. When Beth discovers she’s pregnant, she goes to visit Ellie, a mother of three already at a crisis in her life. Ellie’s husband has left her, her building is slated to be demolished, and she has limited resources to find a new place.
When a brutal earthquake opens a hole in the building’s foundation, Ellie’s adolescent son Danny finds—you guessed it!—the, a supernatural book whose spells unleash demons that are nearly impossible to vanquish, as well as some 78rpm recordings of an apparently demon-freeing chant. Danny has apparently never seen anEvil Dead Rise – Final Review Trailer
In short order, loving mother Ellie is possessed by a demon and starts attacking her own family. “I’m free from all you titty-sucking parasites,” she screeches. Then, in the tradition of evil high-rise movies , this not-tree demon has taken control of the building. As the woods conspired to trap the protagonists in a cabin in the earlier films, the hallways and elevators trap them even more effectively in their apartment.
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