
Hearing that Mia is winning the struggle, Eric sacrifices himself to knock out Mia while is stabbed with a box cutter and dies shortly afterwards because of his extensive injuries. After Mia is restored to normal, a possessed Eric attacks David. David sets the cabin on fire, leaving Mia the lone survivor.Ĭharacteristics, Equipment, and AbilitiesĮric is seen to be studious, responsible, curious and knowledgeable. Moments later, he is shot with a nail gun and beaten with a crowbar by a possessed Natalie.Ī now critically injured Eric rests outside while David and Mia confront each other. Eric asserts that five souls are needed before the “Abomination” spoken of in the book can arise in a rain of blood. From information gleaned from the book’s pages, he concludes that Mia’s soul is invaded by the evil force.


In the ensuing struggle, he bashes her face in with a piece of the broken toilet.Ī wounded Eric hypothesizes that he unwittingly unleashed something evil from the book when he read the incantations. She then tries to kill Eric and stabs him in the chest, though not fatally. Olivia goes to the bathroom and cuts her lower face off. In his early 30s, He finds the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis and does rubbings of what it says, while reading it out loud. This causes a demon called the "Abomination" to possess Mia, causing her to puke blood on Olivia's face, which causes her to turn evil as well. 2 Characteristics, Equipment, and Abilities.We shall see how groovy this new installment proves to be whenever it comes out on HBO Max. Whether or not Sam Raimi is directing, Bruce Campbell is appearing as Ash, or even Sam’s brother, Ted Raimi, plays another grotesque Deadite, like (Henrietta in Evil Dead II), the idea of an Evil Dead sequel finally happening is pretty exciting enough.

I would not be surprised if Cronin’s background directing comedy shorts helped influence the decision a bit, too. The following year he collaborated with Sam Raimi on his Quibi original anthology series 50 States of Fright, which led him to become the filmmaker’s choice to helm Evil Dead Rise. Irish filmmaker Lee Cronin made a promising break into the horror genre which his impressive short Ghost Train in 2016, followed by his interesting feature-length debut The Hole in the Ground in 2019. However, just like he did with the 2013 remake, the “splatterstick” auteur has hand-picked his replacement himself. Lee Cronin Is Writing And Directing Evil Dead RiseĮvil Dead Rise will be the second film in the franchise to not be directed by Sam Raimi, despite previously voicing interest in making another film if Bruce Campbell would star, which is obviously not going to happen.
