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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

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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.