Published Apr 14, 2026, 8:42 PM EDT
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Sam Raimi's iconic horror franchise is back with twisted new Deadites and plenty of gore in Evil Dead Burn's first trailer.
Warner Bros. unveiled the first official look at Evil Dead Burn at the studio's CinemaCon panel on Tuesday, April 14, at which ScreenRant was present, ahead of the movie's premiere on July 24, 2026. The panel featured exclusive trailer footage shown to attendees, which is described as:
"A woman opens the dishwasher then hears a bang. She goes in the next room and sees Alice, and then a man panting heavily after coming through the front door. A knock on the door appears. They open it. It's someone walking in, missing fingers and dripping blood onto the carpet. A pan up to her face shows a car headrest through the Deadite's face; she takes it out. We then see the classic Evil Dead book, followed by flashes of monsters and fighting. Someone off-screen says that the “whole family can be reunited” with the help of the book. The character with the headrest then picks up a burning candle and drinks it. The panting man falls on the cutlery in the dishwasher and the woman pushes him deeper onto the knives and forks."
Directed by Sébastien Vaniček and produced by Evil Dead creator Sam Raimi, Evil Dead Burn serves as a new standalone entry in the hit franchise. The upcoming horror film follows Lee Cronin's Evil Dead Rise (2023), Fede Alvarez's Evil Dead (2013), and Sam Raimi's original Evil Dead trilogy led by Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell), consisting of The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead 2 (1987), and Army of Darkness (1992). The next offshoot also comes after the end of Ash vs Evil Dead, Campbell's three-season TV series that concluded in 2018.
The cast of Evil Dead Burn stars Wednesday's Hunter Doohan, Dune 2's Souheila Yacoub, The Night Agent's Lucianne Buchanan, and Tandi Wright, and George Pullar. Though the new franchise entry is certain to focus on an unlucky new group releasing the Kandarian Demon and Deadites from the Book of the Dead, plot details are still largely under wraps for Evil Dead Burn. Through the new trailer footage, however, it's revealed that Evil Dead Burn hopes to "reunite" an entire family by using the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis.
The first footage of Evil Dead Burn confirms another gory, stomach-churning installment with inventive new ways for the Deadites to physically and mentally terrorize the characters. At the panel, Evil Dead Burn was also teased as "the series' most savage and terrifying ride to date," which sets expectations high after Evil Dead Rise's notoriously gruesome cheese grater scene.
In addition to Evil Dead Burn, another franchise offshoot is already on the horizon with the standalone entry Evil Dead Wrath, which is directed by Francis Galluppi and also produced by Sam Raimi. Production on Evil Dead Wrath kicked off in February 2026, with the upcoming horror film confirmed to be released in 2027. At Warner Bros.' CinemaCon 2026 panel, Raimi also appeared in a video to tease Evil Dead Wrath, confirming it'll be "the most terrifying experience" of 2027.
Vaniček's Evil Dead Burn joins a stacked movie release slate for Warner Bros. in 2026, with the studio releasing new entries in several hit franchises this year. The horror series' next outing is joined in this year's lineup by highly anticipated films like Mortal Kombat II, Supergirl, Coyote vs. Acme, Practical Magic 2, Digger, Clayface, The Cat in the Hat, and Dune: Part Three.
With Lee Cronin's critical and commercial hit Evil Dead Rise becoming the franchise's highest-grossing entry of all-time, earning over $147 million globally against an estimated $15 million, the stage has been set for Evil Dead Burn to follow up its success with another box theatrical smash. After Cronin's The Mummy hits theaters on April 17, Evil Dead Burn also becomes the studio's biggest upcoming horror outing for the year.
Release Date July 24, 2026
Director Sébastien Vanicek
Writers Florent Bernard, Sébastien Vanicek
Producers Robert Tapert
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