Evil Dead Rise (2023) [Hindi HQ-English]

Two sisters find an ancient vinyl Evil Dead Rise that gives birth to bloodthirsty demons that run amok in a Los Angeles apartment building and thrusts them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable. Ever wondered what it takes to make a good horror movie with all the elements for a scary experience? According to director Lee Cronin, who has helmed the fifth installment of the iconic ‘Evil Dead’ franchise, it is “lots of planning, sleepless nights, and second guessing your own ideas and characters.” In an exclusive conversation with IANS, Cronin spoke about what it takes to make a good horror movie having all the ingredients of a perfect recipe for the genre.

He said: “Planning, lots of planning, sleepless nights and second guessing your own ideas and always looking for something a little bit better because you can sit and write or think about something scary, but then you want to think about the context you have to put it in.”

Lee Cronin, who has directed ‘Evil Dead Rise’, added: “Characters are important. If you don’t believe or like the characters then it is just scary ideas. But if you connect with the characters then those scary characters can hit you somewhere. Hit you in a really impactful way.”

Is there a dearth of horror films? Cronin begs to differ. “A lot of horror movies get made but maybe not all of them breakout in a way or maybe not all of them scare people enough from the experience they want from a horror movie. You can say the Evil Dead Rise same about comedies. There are a lot of comedies but not all of them make you laugh the same way.”

He added: “What we are seeing at the moment are some interesting new horror movies that are a lot of fun, which is exciting. I love horror movies too, there always could be more but I’d want them to be scary.”

Does he agree that horror movies does not get as much spotlight as other genres?

Pat came the reply: “Yeah, I think it depends on the movie. I also think what more than anything sometimes gets overlooked with horror movies is how you have to use every single tool. If you have horror movies with good performances and it’s frightening you have to play every single chord possible on the filmmaking.” “You have to go about great performances, crazy visuals, stunts and effects and all of those things. Sometimes I feel it gets overlooked…”