HBO Max has a most unique peculiarity: although they announce the month's premieres and, on a weekly basis, those of the current week, they sometimes sneak in unannounced premieres that are well worth announcing. This week we have a good example of this with the arrival to the HBO Max catalog of Evil Dead Rise, the latest installment of the horror saga conceived by Sam Raimi, Evil Dead and direct sequel to the original trilogy. Although it was not included in the announcement of premieres scheduled for the month of May and there was not even a notice of its arrival in the weekly premiere reminder that HBO Max makes on social networks, the film is already available in the platform's content catalog.
The film follows two sisters, long separated, who meet again in the midst of the rise of flesh-possessing demons. In the midst of the gore maelstrom, they must learn to survive in the most brutal and merciless way possible. Alyssa Sutherland, Lily Sullivan, Morgan Davies, Nell Fisher, Gabrielle Echols, Jayden Daniels, Billy Reynolds-McCarthy, Tai Wano, Anna-Maree Thomas and Mirabai Pease make up the bulk of the cast of Evil Dead Rise. In fact, the film has an 84% review score on Rotten Tomatoes. Despite Warner's withdrawal of film focus from HBO Max, the studio's films continue to slowly make their way into the platform's catalog.
In fact, this film managed to captivate all fans of the saga as it still maintains the essence of the first productions. This is partly due to the support of Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi, who were in charge of the first films of the franchise and were in as producers and consultants in this opportunity.