The first trailer for “Evil Dead Burn” was shown to CinemaCon attendees in Las Vegas, offering a first look at the next chapter in the long-running horror franchise.
The trailer starts ominously with a mother unloading a dishwasher conspicuously full of sharp silverware, but she’s interrupted by a knock at the door. She opens it to reveal an undead corpse with chopped-off fingers and a car headrest through her skull, which she pulls out and drops on the floor before unleashing terror on the family. A flashback then shows a gnarly car accident and a door slamming shut on a girl’s fingers, severing them. Back in the family’s house, the walking corpse shoves a boy onto the dishwasher, impaling him full of cutlery. She jumps on his chest, pushing the silverware even deeper into his flesh.
Directed and co-written by Sébastien Vaniček, the new film marks the sixth installment in the “Evil Dead” series and the third standalone entry following 2013’s “Evil Dead” and 2023’s “Evil Dead Rise.” The new movie continues the franchise’s recent approach of handing the reins to emerging filmmakers, with Vaniček tapped by series creator Sam Raimi after his debut feature “Infested” back in 2024.
“Evil Dead Burn” stars Souheila Yacoub (“Dune: Part Two”), Hunter Doohan (“Wednesday,” “Daredevil: Born Again”), Luciane Buchanan (“The Night Agent”), Tandi Wright (“Pearl”) and George Pullar (“It Only Takes a Night”). Raimi produces alongside Rob Tapert under the Ghost House Pictures banner, with original star Bruce Campbell and “Evil Dead Rise” director Lee Cronin serving as executive producers.
The film is co-financed by New Line Cinema and Sony Pictures. It is co-written by Vaniček and Florent Bernard, continuing the franchise’s shift toward standalone stories centered on new characters confronting supernatural forces linked to the Book of the Dead.
“Evil Dead Burn” is scheduled to open theatrically in the United States on July 24 from Warner Bros. Pictures. Sony Pictures will handle international distribution through Columbia Pictures. And the horror doesn’t stop there as “Evil Dead Wrath” is already in development for next year from Frances Galluppi.
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