Come on, fess up: who’s been reading from the Necronomicon again? Yes, the Evil Dead franchise is back, ready to deliver a fresh jolt of demonic mischief – three years after 2023’s Evil Dead Rise to a cheese grater to the flesh of Sam Raimi’s cinematic baby (which, in this context, is a total compliment). With Lee Cronin off Lee Cronin-ing on Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, we now have Evil Dead Burn, from French director Sébastien Vaniček – and the first teaser promises another wild cinematic ride as only Evil Dead can provide. Check it out:
That is – quite literally – one hell of a one-shot, following a terrified resident as she crawls across the floor of her house while bodies crash and grab and float and flail all around. While the Evil Dead films can veer between extreme horror and slapstick comedy, they all have one thing in common: a sense of no-holds-barred kineticism, be it with the camera or its poor human characters. And it looks like Vaniček really got the memo here, chucking bodies with reckless abandon, and putting our poor pink-haired protagonist through the absolute wringer.
Just like Evil Dead Rise (and 2013’s Evil Dead reboot), this is a somewhat standalone entry in the saga, penned by Vaniček along with Florent Bernard – with Raimi on board as producer, of course. Here’s the synopsis: “After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws in their secluded family home. As one by one they are transformed into Deadites — turning the gathering into a family reunion from hell — she comes to discover that the vows she took in life… live on even in death.”
The good news is, this teaser gives us a release date: July 10, meaning the next chapter of the Necronomicon is really not far away. And there’s more to come in the not-too-distant future too – another standalone Evil Dead film, rumoured to be titled Evil Dead Wrath, is being worked on already by filmmaker Francis Galluppi for a 2028 release. Now, who’s got the boomstick?
