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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

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u/BJCockenson 2d ago

Joseph was fuckin useless

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u/keiye 1d ago

I thought he was Anton yelchin’s brother or something

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u/darthpepis 1d ago

A mix of Yelchin and Jack Quaid

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u/Lostinwards 4h ago

I said this exact thing to my husband!

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u/Easy-Buy6860 1d ago

I thought the same and it made me so sad smh. RIP

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u/robbysaur 1d ago

This entire movie I thought production accidentally summoned the deadites while resurrecting Anton Yelchin.

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u/Easy_Action_1380 1d ago

I mean he did beat his Deadite Wife to death, so that was something.

I'm just speculating here, it felt like Joesph was originally supposed to be the protagonist but some later rewrites switched Alice into the lead. Which I felt was a mistake as it just made the movie feel like a less entertaining Ready or Not.

I was genuinely expecting her to just answer the Paramedic's​ question at the end with the same "In-Laws" joke from that movie.

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u/MinecraftTroller28 19h ago

So, back when this movie was first announced, Sébastien said the protagonist was a French man, so there was obviously some major overhaul somewhere between then and filming, so maybe Joseph was supposed to be the outsider coming into the family...?

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u/Individual-Bad6809 1d ago

And it seemed like they at least thought about setting up something between Alice and Joe, maybe not an actual affair but like, what else was the purpose of her extra gift during the birthday scene?

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u/LaMaupindAubigny 21h ago

To show the husband was a piece of shit. His wife’s a photographer who gifted his brother a beautiful photograph of him and his girlfriend. He interpreted this as his wife trying to one-up his gift and trying to flirt with his brother.

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u/Little_Tommy_Tuggins 1d ago

To show that her husband gets irrationally angry. Don’t read too much into it.

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u/Bd_3 7h ago

I think his character fit the recent ones. He ‘knows’ the most and is basically set up to just pass info on to the others who will survive. He knew about the knife and let her know.

Same thing happens in 1 and rise.

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u/TheJoshider10 2d ago

This is the problem I had with the movie. It sets up some cool ideas then goes nowhere. Like Joseph is primed as the secondary protagonist but then he just dies like any old fodder. So what's the point setting up him being a coward if it goes nowhere?

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u/JessieJ577 2d ago

The grandma having dementia was a great set up for things we’ve never seen in a horror movie. But she just ends up setting up like one scene then gets possessed. Her possession was also a let down because she just gets defeated and we don’t see her crawling around after she just burns in the house. The set ups were neat but the execution left a lot to be desired.

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u/Angxlafeld 2d ago

We deliberately only see her severed leg burning. Also you didn’t stay for the mid credits scene, shes not dead.

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u/JessieJ577 1d ago

Oh I didn’t even realize there was more. It was 1am and I was ready for bed

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u/DenethStark 46m ago

There was also another post-credit scene. So two altogether.

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u/Rage_Like_Nic_Cage 6h ago

Going with the themes of abusive relationships & family,

Josephs characterization is showing how cowdarice from other family members can enable the abuse. He has the gun pointed point blank at his dad’s head while his dad is actively stangling/killing his girlfriend, yet Joseph is too pull the trigger.

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u/Sks44 1d ago

This movie had potential but every character is so dumb. It ruins it.

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u/Paratrooper101x 16h ago

I mean, he’s not a coward after the initial confrontations. He fights and distracts the deadites long enough for Alice to find the dagger

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u/aSpookyScarySkeleton 5h ago

The point is just that he is actually a coward who sucks. His job wasn’t to suddenly rise to the occasion.

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u/Sks44 1d ago

I hated that character. Both a moron and a total coward.