‘Evil Dead Wrath’ Writer/Director Reveals Movie Is A Prequel: “Yet Another Great Departure”

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With nan latest return connected nan Evil Dead franchise hitting theaters adjacent month, Francis Galluppi precocious teased what’s successful nan franchise’s future… truthful to speak.

The Evil Dead Wrath writer/director revealed that nan upcoming feature, which is scheduled to premiere April 7, 2028 successful theaters, is simply a prequel group successful 1972 and featuring “the in-laws from hell.”

“This is yet different awesome departure,” he told Dread Central of his introduction into Sam Raimi’s franchise. “It predates everything. It takes spot successful 1972.”

Galluppi added of nan synopsis, “It’s nan communicative of a French female successful a bad matrimony successful America, and… what we will observe on nan thrust – was astir apt an abusive husband, whose family did not judge her – and truthful they were fundamentally nan in-laws from hell.”

Following Raimi’s original trilogy, which included The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987) and Army of Darkness (1993), nan franchise was rebooted pinch Fede Álvarez’s Evil Dead successful 2013.

With Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise (2023) steering nan movies successful a caller darker direction, to nan tune of $147M globally, nan scary is group to proceed pinch Sébastien Vaniček’s Evil Dead Burn, premiering July 10 successful US theaters.

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