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title: Movie Review: Evil Dead: Burn
author: Maree Mikhaiel
published: 2026-07-15
modified: 2026-07-15
section: Movies
canonical: https://www.stasheverything.com/movie-review-evil-dead-burn/
source: Stash Everything
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# Movie Review: Evil Dead: Burn

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.

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