Director Lee Cronin managed to give us one heck of an Evil Dead ride with Rise. The film took us to the city and inside of a run down apartment building. What more could we ask for in this Demons 2 inspired sequel. Cronin is already looking at plans for a sequel or in his case sequels. When speaking to Variety the director talked about not one, but four possible sequel ideas.
“I didn’t want to bait it for sequels necessarily, even though the ending could be interpreted that way. But the ending for me was closing the loop back to the beginning. The way the story is told, I’ve got four places I’d like to look at in terms of where to go… I’m excited for the potential of what could be next and and really hope that I can be involved in in future chapters.”
- “The story behind the Book of the Dead: “We have history in this film and that’s presented through the vinyl. So there’s there’s a story to be told there. It’s not by accident.”
- “Beth takes her chainsaw on the road: “Somebody that survives picks up the chainsaw at the end and where they might go.”
- “The apartment building: “There’s also the aftermath in this building and who encounters that. And I’ve often thought, ‘What happens when the cleanup crew shows up?’”
- “Back to the woods: “Because of the opening and the closing, there’s that continuation of how this evil has a gate. That brings us back into that forest context, which excites me because I love that I broke the mold, but wouldn’t it be fun now if I went back to the cabin in the woods. It could be a cool journey.”
Those are four very cool sounding sequel ideas. For us personally, we want to go with the story of the Book of he Dead. The exploration of a Book of the Dead on vinyl opens a lot of awesome doors for narrative. I would love to see where those lead.
What do you think? Which direction would you like to see the next Evil Dead take? Let us know in the comments section.