Who needs Ash? Lee Cronin’s addition to the Evil Dead franchise is just as, if not more, mischievously gnarly as the Sam Raimi-masterminded films, but he keeps things contained and personal throughout. Swapping out the usual cabin in the woods for a claustrophobic apartment building, we follow recently single mother Ellie (Alyssa Sutherland) her three kids Bridget, Danny and Kassie (Gabrielle Echols, Morgan Davies and Nell Fisher) and their visiting guitar tech aunt Beth (Lily Sullivan). The awkwardness of slightly distant sisters soon falls by the wayside when an earthquake hits and unearths a recording of an incantation that awakens an ancient evil, an evil that corrupts Ellie and drives her to harm her family. EVIL DEAD RISE is a nail-biting chase movie confined almost entirely to a few rooms in a tower block and deviously makes it clear from the off that everyone is expendable, especially the children. More of this please. SSP