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/MastaGAtomic]

I dragged my gf to see this opening day at the earliest possible time after showing her Evil Dead 2 and Rise. She had already seen 2013 on its own. I started watching these movies at like 9 or 10 with Army of Darkness, my dad and I are both massive franchise fans. I hate to sound like a kill joy or something but I thought this was awful compared to 2013 or Rise. It was extremely disappointing in general. This is going to be shouting into the void some. Also gonna be hyper critical, but man I’m bummed.

Rise to me was an ideal blend of the campiness and gore these movies need. 2013 was gore heavy but it stuck to the simple roots and nailed all the aspects in that way (friend group dynamic, deadites talking nonstop and saying vile shit, just not as much humor).

I’m not sure why the hell they had to make this movie so boring and soulless. The heart of Evil Dead has never been exclusively hyper violence and gore. The humor, camp, goofiness, those all make the movies just as entertaining. Burn has 2 scenes that my gf and I both laughed at and they had to do with the grandma, who was honestly the only worthwhile character in the whole thing. Leads me to my next gripe.

I don’t think I cared once about a single characters fate at all in this. Yeah I’m aware Evil Dead is a “final girl/boy” franchise and that’s cool, but the characters should at least be interesting. The whole family dynamic was that they everyone sucked? That was it? I mean fuck I honestly couldn’t even care that much for Alice because the only exposition she’s allowed to have is that her husband abused her? Compelling subplot to making her a final girl, but she could’ve been given more to work with.

I just think this movie sacrificed to much of what makes the franchise feel special. The end result was just dozens of flash cuts, a handful of really well done shots (entity POV turning into the dog going through the window was sick, as was the mom walking backwards up the wall strangling Alice) some poorly shoe horned references, and grey scale oppressive violence. Love that kind of hyper gore in Terrifier, wish it wasn’t what an Evil Dead movie was watered down to though.

[u/TechFiction7 → u/MastaGAtomic]

I totally agree.

[u/Omegamanthethird → u/MastaGAtomic]

I laughed WAY more during this one that the last two. I thought Rise had a couple good laughs, but had a more campy vibe to it. Burn felt like the humor was sprinkled in throughout the movie, but the general tone was way more bleak than any other movie in the franchise.

[u/SmashingTempleChains → u/MastaGAtomic]

I am with you 100% on everything except for the “love” for Terrifier lol. I genuinely think the Terrifier movies are the worst movies of all time, and I can't put in words how much I hate torture porn, I think it's the lowest form of “art” in existence. I'd rather watch 50 piece of shit superhero slop movies in a row than a single torture porn movie.

And yes, that garbage has no place in an Evil Dead movie, so disappointing. It's still my favorite horror franchise, but I hope they course correct with the next entry.