Evil Dead Rise Interview: Lee Cronin on the Blood Elevator, New Weapon & More

I had the pleasure of catching Lee Cronin’s directorial debut, The Hole in the Ground, when it first premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. It was immediately apparent that Cronin was a must-watch genre director on the rise, but had you asked me if he’d be a good fit for the Evil Dead franchise, admittedly, I don’t know if my response would have been a resounding yes at the time. The Hole in the Ground is an expertly crafted chiller, but it exists in an entirely different realm of horror than any of the Evil Dead films. Thankfully Sam Raimi had confidence in Cronin right out the gate because, it turns out, Cronin’s genre range is boundless, and his work in Evil Dead Rise is downright exceptional. The events of the new Evil Dead film don’t unfold in a cabin in the woods, but rather, in an apartment building. When Lily Sullivan’s Beth finally finds the time to visit her sister Ellie (Alyssa Sutherland) and her three children, their much-needed reunion turns into an utter nightmare when a Necronomi