‘Infernal Possession: Awakening’: Brutal first trailer for the return of the Deadites

Klaatu Barada Nikto! Or something like that… Let’s review everything we know about ‘Evil Dead Rise’, already known as ‘Infernal Possession: Awakening’, new sequel to the fundamental trilogy ‘Evil Dead’ by Sam Raimi which, forty years after its inception, is still on our list of movies you should never watch alone.

It all started with the crazy filming of ‘Within the Woods’ in 1978, a medium-length film shot by Sam Raimi with his best friend as the main squire, good old Bruce Campbell. And they also passed it on to them that, with the same meager budget, they managed to get ‘Infernal Possession’ (1981), the story of five young people who spend a devilish weekend in a cabin lost in the thick forest. One of those movies that were born from a short.

A trapdoor that gives access to the basement, an old tape recorder and a curiously bound book will start the legend. In addition to winning the award for the best special effects in Sitges in 1982, fIt was a screening at the Cannes Film Festival and a few words from the genius Stephen King that really marked the beginning of his legacy: “it is the most original horror film of the year”.

Raimi was in charge of the first sequel, a kind of sneaky remake known in Spain as ‘Terrifyingly dead’ (1987) and which tops many lists of the best horror comedies to be scared to death. In 1992 the original trilogy came to an end with ‘The Army of Darkness’, a grand adventure in which he definitely became an adventure hero.

A pity that we never got to see the return of the protagonist to the present in a quarter but, with the arrival of the new century, the saga has been vindicated based on new sequels, always under the covert gaze of a producer Raimi.

“Not the kind of movie that would make Stephen King ecstatic, but it’s the best possible recreation of that experience,” our reviewer noted. ‘Infernal Possession (Evil Dead)’ (Fede Álvarez, 2013), reboot of an idea that was close to continuing but did not produce a sequel.

What did last longer was ‘Ash vs Evil Dead’, the STARZ series created by Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi and Tom Spezialy that featured its irreplaceable original protagonist. “I’m very happy to be Ash again, now I can do better,” Bruce Campbell told us. “The last time I played him was 25 years ago, I’m more experienced now, I know what I have to do. I’ve gone back in time to take the character and complete it, so I’m glad the fans made it possible. You had always asked for more ‘Evil Dead’ but I never knew if it would be possible to happen. Now I see that yes, and much more because on television you can tell a bigger story.”

But now, terror returns to the big screen, the perfect excuse for us to review everything we know about ‘Infernal Possession: The Awakening’.

‘Infernal Possession: Awakening’: Release date

Distributed by Warner Bros. ‘Infernal Possession: Awakening’ has a theatrical release date of April 21, 2023. Hopefully this time it won’t be one of those movies that almost got their leads killed on set.

‘Infernal Possession: Awakening’: Synopsis

‘Infernal Possession: Awakening’ will tell us the story of “two estranged sisters whose reunion is interrupted by the emergence of demons possessing flesh, pushing them to a battle for survival as they face off against the most terrifying version of family imaginable“There is a desire for offal, there is no doubt about that.

‘Infernal Possession: Awakening’: Team

‘Infernal Possession: Awakening’ has been directed by Lee Croninresponsible for ‘Cursed Forest’ (2019) and the chapter ’13 Steps to Hell’ of the horror series ’50 States of Fright’.

It was precisely in that production that Sam Raimi decided that Cronin would be in charge of this new installment that he is producing with his label, Ghost House Pictures, together with New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. and Wild Atlantic Pictures.

‘Infernal Possession: Awakening’: Cast

‘Infernal Possession: Awakening’ features Alyssa Sutherland and Lily Sullivan as main protagonists. Sutherland is known for playing Aslaug in the series ‘Vikings’ and Eve Copeland in ‘The Mist’. We have seen Sullivan in ‘The Jungle’ (Greg McLean, 2017) and in the series ‘The Mystery of Hanging Rock’.

The cast is completed by Morgan Davies, Nell Fisher, Jayden Daniels, Gabrielle Echols, Billy Reynolds-McCarthy and Tai Wano.

‘Infernal Possession: Awakening’: Trailer

One day before the first Official trailer for ‘Infernal Possession: Awakening’the protagonist of the original trilogy Bruce Campbell, producer of the new installment of the saga, has shared the first trailer of the film on his social networks:

And, finally, we already have a first look at what will be the new installment of the ‘Evil Dead’ saga, with a brutal trailer packed with bloody and shocking scenes that are more related to the gore remake by Fede Alvarez than to the original trilogy, more comical, by Sam Raimi.

‘Infernal Possession: Awakening’: Images and poster

we already have a First official poster of ‘Infernal Possession: Awakening’ under its original title, ‘Evil Dead Rise’.