Bruce Campbell Shuts Down ‘Evil Dead Rise’ Heckler at SXSW: ‘Get the F— Outta Here’ (Video)
thewrap.compic.twitter.com/aocgJ4e3mQ“I think someone got possessed during the movie,” one of the panelists said, followed by “Keep back, keep Austin weird, right?”“There was no alcohol involved in that whatsoever,” Campbell added.“Evil Dead Rise” is a sequel/reboot to the franchise that follows Beth (Lily Sullivan), a road-weary traveler who visits her older sister Ellie (Alyssa Sutherland).
Ellie is raising three kids in a small Los Angeles apartment, and their reunion gets interrupted by a book beneath Ellie’s basement that gives rise to flesh-possessing demons.
The film stands alone from Sam Raimi’s trilogy starring Bruce Campbell as Ash as well as the television series continuation “Ash vs.
Evil Dead.” Campbell doesn’t appear in “Evil Dead Rise,” which is directed by Lee Cronin, but he executive produced. Campbell recently said that he would be open to returning to the franchise of Raimi were to direct another film.“If Sam says, ‘I, Sam Raimi, will direct another ‘Evil Dead’ movie,’ then I, Bruce Campbell, will consider being in it,” he told Fangoria. “I don’t want to be Ash tended to by other people.
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