For a little over 40 years, the Evil Dead franchise has given fans nightmares, laughs, and moments where the two halves meet in bloody brilliance. The tradition of heading out to a creepy cabin, reading some forbidden Latin, and dealing with the consequences has seen Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell’s vision change hands and deliver insane kills each time out.
The 2023 movie release Evil Dead Rise is no exception, as you can see in the red band trailer freshly released. While the setting is now an apartment building in a very urban setting, the dead have been awoken and the blood is flowing. What’s more, this gruesome trailer released by Warner Bros. features a violent scene I can’t stop thinking about; and it’s all thanks to a rather horrific scalping.
Since this is a red-band trailer, the audience is allowed to be treated to some of the bloody delights director Lee Cronin will be delivering in Evil Dead Rise. Scalpings on their own are, naturally, gorey and terrifying. So the moment where a Deadite possessed young woman rips skins her friend’s head is built to be impactful from the jump.
What makes this Evil Dead scalping even more shocking is that it’s done without the aid of any surgical implements. This movie doesn’t seem shy about breaking out the tools, as we do see an eye-opening experience with a needle getting up close and personal. But to scalp someone, without tools, requires a lot of force and probably hurts even more. Rather than easing into things inch by inch, it’s one huge shock of pain that does the job.
Evil Dead Rise will haunt a theater near you, starting April 21st.
More to come…
