Get ready to bring evil home this summer as StudioCanal has announced the UK home video release for Lee Cronin’s brilliant Evil Dead Rise. The film will make its Home Premiere on digital platforms on June 5 and will followed by a physical release on July 17, 2023.
In our four-star review of the film Neil said “Evil Dead Rise benefits greatly from a change of setting and tone. Cronin has crafted a genuinely terrifying and stomach churning gore-fest which is deserving of the Evil Dead name.”
In case you missed it, check out the film’s official trailer below and read on for the full press release for the home release…
STUDIOCANAL
ANNOUNCE THE HOME PREMIERE OF
EVIL DEAD RISE
“Full of gory glory” – Jamie Graham, Total Film
★★★★
“Shockingly inventive” – Al Horner, Empire
★★★★
“Brutal, bloody and brilliant” – Darren Scott, SFX
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY LEE CRONIN
UNLEASHED FOR UK HOME PREMIERE ON 5TH JUNE 2023
STUDIOCANAL UK is delighted to announce that EVIL DEAD RISE, the latest installment in the iconic horror franchise, will be unleashed for Home Premiere on 5th June.
Written and directed by Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground) EVIL DEAD RISE stars Lily Sullivan (I Met a Girl, Barkskins),Alyssa Sutherland (The Mist, Vikings), Morgan Davies (Strom Boy, The End), Gabrielle Echols (Reminiscence) and introducing Nell Fisher (Northspur). EVIL DEAD RISE had huge theatrical box office success in both the UK & Ireland, earning over five million GBP from cinemagoers.
Moving the action out of the woods and into the city, EVIL DEAD RISE tells the twisted tale of two estranged sisters, played by Sutherland and Sullivan, whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
EVIL DEAD RISE is produced by Rob Tapert (Ash vs Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) and executive produced by series creator and horror icon Sam Raimi and cult legend and “Ash” himself, Bruce Campbell, along with John Keville, Macdara Kelleher, Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Romel Adam and Victoria Palmieri.
Cronin is joined behind the camera by Director of Photography Dave Garbett (Z for Zachariah, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans), Production Designer Nick Bassett (Guns Akimbo, Sweet Tooth), Editor Bryan Shaw (Ash vs Evil Dead, Spartacus) and Costume Designer Sarah Voon (Chasing Great, Inside), with a score by Stephen McKeon (The Hole in the Ground, Primeval).
4K UHD, BLU-RAY AND DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
- Audio commentary with director Lee Cronin
- Lee Cronin’s horror short film Ghost Train
EVIL DEAD RISE will be available on digital download from 14th July, and available to buy on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD, including a limited special edition SteelBook, from 17th July.
