The film stars Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland as two estranged sisters trying to survive and save their family from deadites.

Evil Dead Rise had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 15, 2023, and was theatrically released in the United States on April 21, 2023, by Warner Bros. Pictures.

One day earlier, upset at learning she is pregnant, guitar technician Beth visits her sister Ellie, a tattoo artist and single mother to teenagers Danny and Bridget, and child Kassie, in their home at Monde Apartments, a condemned Los Angeles apartment complex.

Danny investigates it, discovering religious artifacts, three phonograph records from 1923, and a strange book that he takes up to his room, believing he could possibly sell it and use the money to help Ellie.

The initial record details rejected efforts by a priest to research the book, revealed to be one of three volumes of the Naturom Demonto.

The subsequent record reveals the priest continued his research in secret and recites an incantation that summons demonic entities known as Deadites.

They find that the staircase has collapsed, the elevator is damaged, and they are unable to access the fire escape before Ellie revives and attacks the family, wounding Beth and Bridget.

Danny confesses to Beth about recovering the Naturom Demonto, and Ellie tricks Kassie into unlocking the door before attacking her.

Bridget attacks Beth before turning on Danny and Kassie, who inadvertently impales her through the head with a broken broom handle.

The combined weight causes the elevator to plummet to the ground floor, allowing Beth and Kassie to flee into the parking lot.

[39] I'm proud of the fact that we were literally able to create an imaginary building and take people for a ride, when I think about what actually existed before we started this film and what we ended up with.

[44] Garbett previously served as a cinematographer on several episodes of Ash vs Evil Dead, as well as production designer Nick Bassett.

[49] The fake blood is a mixture of food-based dyes, high fructose corn syrup, and water, a recipe used by special effects supervisor Brendon Durey.

[46] Due to the amount of fake blood needed, a commercial food manufacturer was hired to produce the substance, and large bulk shipping containers were used to transport and store it.

[46] The apartment elevator was built in a steel frame that allowed it to be lifted or dropped; it was outfitted with removable wooden paneling that was treated to avoid being stained by fake blood.

[46] The following shot, an homage to the 1980 film The Shining[46][51] in which blood pours out from the elevator into the building's lobby, took place on a full-size set made partly from plywood.

[46] Two large "dump tanks" attached to a ramp allowed the amount of liquid to pour out from the elevator doors at the desired speed.

[54] In March 2022, Cronin tweeted that the picture editing process had been completed, writing: "Onto music composition and sound design we go.

[58][59] The film was theatrically released in the United States on April 21, 2023, by Warner Bros.[60] Evil Dead Rise had its world premiere at SXSW on March 15, 2023.

[66] Warner Bros. collaborated with Best Buy on an exclusive special edition Ultra HD Blu-ray steelbook released on October 3.

The release includes an audio commentary track by Cronin, Sullivan and Sutherland, as well as the featurette Raising a New Evil Dead.

[69] In the United States and Canada, Evil Dead Rise was released alongside The Covenant, Chevalier, and the wide expansion of Beau Is Afraid, and was projected to gross $15–20 million from 3,402 theaters in its opening weekend.

The website's consensus reads: "Offering just about everything longtime fans could hope for while still managing to carry the franchise forward, Evil Dead Rise is all kinds of groovy.

"[75] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 69 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

It's also the first time Sam is working with his brother Ivan to create an overall Bible that will give future writers and directors an idea of where this thing should go next to potentially tie in some of these stories.

"[83]Director Cronin also discussed his ideas for future sequels in the series taking place after Evil Dead Rise.