Like the previous movies in the Evil Dead Rise has generous amounts of blood – or perhaps a bit too generous, as it has one scene that went above and beyond with blood. A decade after Fede Álvarez’s reimagining simply titled Evil Dead, the franchise was brought back to life with a new installment, unrelated to Alvarez’s movie and Sam Raimi’s trilogy. Directed by Lee Cronin, Evil Dead Rise left Ash Williams behind and introduced a new version of the Necronomicon and new main characters who had to fight against the evil force unleashed by it.

Evil Dead Rise followed Beth (Lily Sullivan), who arrived at her estranged sister Ellie’s (Alyssa Sutherland) home. Moments later, an earthquake uncovered a secret chamber underneath the building’s parking lot, and Ellie’s son, Danny, took home some phonograph records and a mysterious book he found there. However, Danny unknowingly unleashed an evil force that first possessed his mom, turning her into a Deadite. What followed was a night of pure horror and lots of blood, especially in the third act of the movie.

Evil Dead Rise Used 1,720 Gallons Of Fake Blood Throughout The Movie

Evil Dead Rise Didn’t Limit Itself When It Comes To Blood

Evil Dead Rise didn’t hold back when it came to graphic and terrifying scenes once Ellie became a Deadite, but the third act was notoriously bloody. The only survivors, Beth and Ellie’s youngest daughter Kassie, found a chance to escape the building, which, by then, was plagued with Deadites. Beth and Kassie took refuge in the elevator, but the evil force did its thing and filled the elevator with blood, causing it to plummet to the ground floor. Beth and Kassie fled into the parking lot, where the Marauder caught up with them.

The Marauder is a monstrous creature made of the undead bodies of Ellie, her teenage children Bridget and Danny, and their neighbors.

To destroy the Marauder and get rid of the Deadites, Beth and Kassie forced it into a wood chipper, a scene that also required generous amounts of blood. The amount of fake blood that Evil Dead Rise used was such that, according to Cronin, they had to hire an industrial kitchen to make all the blood they needed. the Evil Dead franchise.

How Evil Dead Rise's Fake Blood Use Compares To Other Evil Dead Movies

The Evil Dead Franchise Is Notoriously Bloody

While some horror movies opt for not showing a single drop of blood, others like to push the limits of what the audience might tolerate in of showing blood on the screen. Most of the Evil Dead movies fall into the latter category, starting with Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead, the movie that kicked off the franchise. Ash Williams’ first Evil Dead movie reportedly used approximately 300 gallons of fake blood (via Squib FX), and though Evil Dead II also required fake blood, it’s unknown how much was used in it, as well as in Army of Darkness.

Evil Dead (2013) stood out for the unbelievable amount of fake blood it used, mostly in the blood rain scene in the third act.

In 2013, two decades after Army of Darkness, the Evil Dead franchise was revived with Fede Álvarez’s re-imagining, simply titled Evil Dead. This was the first movie in the series to not have Ash Williams as its main character, though he made a quick appearance in a post-credits scene, though it’s unrelated to the movie’s story. Aside from Ash’s absence, Evil Dead stood out for the unbelievable amount of fake blood it used, mostly in the blood rain scene in the third act.

Álvarez revealed to Bloody Disgusting back in 2013 that just for the rain blood scene, Evil Dead used 50,000 gallons of fake blood – and given that other scenes also required blood, that number is surely higher. Evil Dead Rise isn’t the Evil Dead movie that used the most fake blood, but it’s definitely one of the bloodiest.

How Much Blood Evil Dead Rise Used For The Elevator Scene & How It Compares To The Shining

Evil Dead Rise Had A Clear Reference To The Shining

The above-mentioned elevator scene in Evil Dead Rise is a clear homage to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, which has a similar scene. Of course, a lot of the fake blood made for Evil Dead Rise was used in the elevator scene, which, according to some sources, required around 6000 liters (approximately 1585 gallons) (via The Spinoff). To make that part of the movie more impressive, Cronin revealed to THR (via CBR) that the elevator scene was achieved in one take, so they didn’t have to worry about cleaning up and shooting it again.

The Shining’s elevator scene, on the other hand, while it might look a lot more intense than the one in Evil Dead Rise, it might have used less fake blood. According to different sources, Kubrick used around 200-300 gallons of fake blood for the elevator scene in The Shining (via Film School Rejects), though, given how big of a perfectionist he was and how many times he shot a single scene, that number might be higher.

Sources: Squib FX, Bloody Disgusting, The Spinoff, THR, Film School Rejects.