Sorry “Evil Dead” fans: “Evil Dead Rise,” the fifth in the series, is a disappointingly derivative gore fest directed and written by Irish filmmaker Lee Cronin. If “Rise” doesn’t set a new standard of acceptance for grossly explicit violence and opening the bloodgates in R-rated movies, it sure comes close, especially when it finds a new use for the common cheese grater.
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