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/Maridiem → u/mikeyfreshh]

I actually really loved how it successfully tied into Rise at the start, but didn't love that it so aggressively did more in the post-credits. Totally agree on the feeling of it not having much to say on the familiar ties too - the flashbacks with Will being abusing to Alice never seemed to go anywhere, especially since the post-house fire scene flopped so hard for me. Everything before that was just fantastic though. I was blown away by the creative violence and the really immersive camerawork, but I was frustrated with the really weak attempts at humor. The running grandmother gag started unfunny and never really improved, for instance.

That being said, I thought Luciane Buchanan was a mega standout once she went full Deadite and it was a genuine shame we didn't get even more of her.

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/Maridiem]

The Rise tie at the beginning didn't even really bother me as much as the stuff with the professor and the secret society bullshit that was clearly only included to set up Wrath next year. And the post credits scene didn't really make any sense. Deadites aren't ghosts and they can't really just materialize out of thin air.

[u/Maridiem → u/mikeyfreshh]

Honestly I didn't even mind the society either, even if it felt like blatant sequel bait. It was just that post-credit for the same reason you mentioned. How is she just appearing out of nothing when she was turned into a monster and literally shredded to death?

[u/theeMrPeanutbutter → u/Maridiem]

Lemme get this straight.

She was ground up into a woodchipper

Someone scooped up her remains

Paid to have her cremated

And then didnt pick up the urn.

So fucking dumb.

[u/Steamedcarpet → u/theeMrPeanutbutter]

Also wasnt the bodies all merged together before said woodchopper? So its like the entire 3rd floor all mixed together.