After the passing of her husband, Will, who gruesomely burns to death in an overturned car, Alice joins her in-laws in the countryside to mourn and collectively heal. What she doesn’t know is that her extended family holds secrets even darker than the ones her and her late husband shared. And that, soon, they will all be forced to face (and survive) them…
This is Evil Dead Burn, the third chapter in the 21st century revival of Sam Raimi’s legendary franchise. And while it devoutly follows the Evil Dead playbook — viscera, possessions, proof that anything, including dishwashers, fountain pens and stairlifts, can be tools of grizzly demise — director Sébastien Vanicek still manages to make it his own.
It’s the underlying theme of trauma, namely domestic abuse, which makes Evil Dead Burn resonate with unexpected depth. This very real, tragically commonplace breed of violence is presented as something cyclical, congenital, even venereal, in Will’s family. And much like Hereditary and The Shining, evil is present in the characters long before any entities are unleashed. Here, the Deadites are merely a mirror to the horrors Alice suffered through her marriage, just more extreme — and, most importantly, more visible, no longer behind the foggy guise of unconditional, marital love.
Sure, Evil Dead Burn serves what audiences expect from an Evil Dead movie. And sure, there could have been more Bruce Campbell. But its cast, subtext and brutally nightmarish pace and location (reminiscent of Resident Evil: Biohazard) make it a must watch addition to the franchise.
Evil Dead Wrath, you have big boots to fill.
DISTRIBUTOR
Studiocanal
DIRECTOR
Sébastien Vanicek
SCREENPLAY
Sébastien Vanicek
Florent Bernard
CAST
Souheila Yacoub
Hunter Doohan
Luciane Buchanan
CINEMA
9 July 2026
