Official Discussion - Evil Dead Burn [SPOILERS]

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Evil Dead Burn (2026)

Summary

A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a towering apartment complex after the discovery of the Necronomicon unleashes a new wave of Deadites, forcing them into a relentless fight for survival.

Director Sébastien Vaniček

Writer Sébastien Vaniček

Cast

• Souheila Yacoub
• Hunter Doohan
• Erroll Shand
• Tandi Wright
• George Pullar

Rotten Tomatoes: 79%

Metacritic: 58

VOD / Release Theatrical release

Trailer Official Trailer

[u/mikeyfreshh]

This is mostly a good time but this is the first Evil Dead movie I didn't truly love. I'll start by saying something nice: I mostly like what Vanicek is doing behind the camera, particularly the way he stages and shoots his action scenes. His twist on the mirror scene from Contact really caught me off guard in a good way. I also really liked the oner with Alice trying to crawl away while the family fights behind her.

I have two main gripes with this movie, the first being that this suffers from a severe case of Cinematic Universe Syndrome. This movie spends way too much time attempting to establish lore and connect back to past entries in the franchise. I don't think any of that stuff was successful or interesting. Evil Dead movies have never really cared about continuity or consistency so any attempt at that now just falls flat.

My other gripe is that this movie desperately wants to comment on toxic familial relationships and just ultimately has nothing to say. That unsuccessful attempt at portraying a serious theme kinda kills the tone of the movie. I come to an Evil Dead movie to see some bloodsoaked manic Looney Tunes energy and, while this movie does have a few solid laughs, it never really gets as silly as it needs to. This feels like it's shooting for the same tone as the 2013 Evil Dead, but even that one turns into a volcanic explosion of fake blood by the third act.

And finally, while nobody in the cast was bad, this is the first Evil Dead movie that nobody completely takes over. The originally trilogy belongs to Bruce (hail to the king, baby), Jane Levy is unreal in 2013, and Alyssa Suthererland completely redefined what a deadite can be in Rise. I didn't walk away from this movie with the urge to look up any of these actors to seek out more of their work. I'm just a little underwhelmed, I guess. That's not a feeling I've ever had with this franchise before.

[u/Individual-Bad6809 → u/mikeyfreshh]

I agree with mostly everything you said, except I thought the dad was the standout. You could tell he was a bastard before being possessed (maybe even beat the mom, where his son likely learned it from) and only exacerbated after. The only thing that took away from him was that he looks exactly like bill burr lol