So what’s this one about?
Evil Dead Burn jumps back into the franchise’s cursed-playbook: an ordinary house, an unhappy heart, and a famously malevolent book that ruins lives for fun. This time we follow Alice, a widow trying (and failing) to find peace at her in-laws’ country home—until the place goes sideways, fast.
Trailer highlights: awkward family time meets nightmare fuel
The new trailer leans into family drama before it leans into body horror. Early moments feel like an uncomfortable wedding slideshow—home video clips, people asking why Alice isn’t wearing her ring, passive-aggressive relatives—then the tension snaps into something much nastier. Insert the Necronomicon, a few pages read aloud, and the domestic reunion turns into a demon infestation.
There’s also a blink-and-you-miss-it montage of the late husband Will’s violent end, flashes of people changing, and enough jumpy edits to make you check your headphones. The trailer follows an earlier April teaser that showed off an impressive single-take sequence, so the marketing clearly wants to tease mood and momentum more than plot specifics.
Who’s steering this creepy ride?
Sébastien Vaniček, who made the indie shocker Vermines, directs this entry and co-wrote the script with Florent Bernard. Expect some of that same tense, intimate vibe—Vaniček’s not exactly playing it safe.
Cast to keep an eye on
Souheila Yacoub (she shows up in Dune: Part Two) takes the lead as Alice. Supporting players include Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan, Tandi Wright, Maude Davey, and Victory Ndukwe. It’s the kind of ensemble that looks like it’ll spend half the movie yelling at one another and the other half getting very, very possessed.
When can you see it?
Evil Dead Burn is set to open in French theaters on July 8. If you’re counting franchise entries, this is the sixth feature and it happily keeps the series’ messy continuity alive.
And yes, the saga continues
They’re already talking about the next chapter. A seventh film is in development and Francis Galluppi has been named to take over directing duties. So if the ending leaves you twitchy, rest easy—the book probably won’t be quiet for long.
Why it matters
This isn’t just another demon movie: it’s a character-focused scare piece where grief and family friction get weaponized by supernatural forces. If the trailers are any guide, expect a movie that mixes awkward domestic drama with splashes of classic Evil Dead chaos—played for laughs and shocks rather than gore porn.