“Evil Dead Rise” is the fifth film in the long-running and beloved “Evil Dead” horror franchise. It arrives 10 years after Fede Alvarez’s remake/reboot/sequel and five years after the final episode of the television revival “Ash vs Evil Dead.” 

It’s 1981. The audience is packed into a small, dark movie theater. The smell of fresh popcorn permeates the air as the projector gently whirs in the back. Little did the patrons know, Sam Raimi’s infamous and diabolical “The Evil Dead” would test even the most extreme limits of gore hounds and horror fans.