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Forty-five years on, the Evil Dead series remains the last horror franchise standing that hasn’t produced a bad film, and Burn keeps that record intact.
The premise for the uninformed is this: Sébastien Vaniček traps a grieving widow in a lake house full of in-laws who turn into deadites one by one. The carnage that follows is shot with real flair, in particular the car fight and that unbroken crawl through chaos: they’re both superb scenes.
What’s missing, however, is the thing that made this series special. Sam Raimi’s originals were gleeful, unhinged, half-comedic (although there are a few well-timed jokes in this one). Vaniček’s instincts belong to French extremity instead. Despite this, Burn is impressively made and genuinely revolting. Worth watching if you’re a gorehound and franchise loyalist.
