Evil Dead Burn lit up with its first trailer, which shows a gory family reunion.
The film has been shrouded in mystery, but as the newly revealed logline reveals: “After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws in their secluded family home. As one by one they are transformed into Deadites — turning the gathering into a family reunion from hell — she comes to discover that the vows she took in life live on… even in death.”
Per the trailer’s tagline, “Family is the root of all evil.”
Evil Dead Burn film stars Swiss actress Souheila Yacoub, Wednesday actor Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan, Tandi Wright and George Pullar. Filmmaker Sébastien Vaniček directed and wrote the script with Florent Bernard.
The trailer got its first look last month at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, where it spooked theater owners.
The horror franchise began life with Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead in 1981, with the filmmaker directing the sequels Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness, starring frequent collaborator Bruce Campbell. He revamped it as a producer on Fede Álvarez’s 2013 reboot, Evil Dead, followed by Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise (2023).
In addition to the features, the franchise also spawned the TV show Ash vs. Evil Dead, starring Campbell and running for three seasons on Starz. Evil Dead Burn opens July 24, with another installment coming from writer-director Francis Galluppi.
As for Burn, it is produced by Rob Tapert and Raimi. Romel Adam, Bruce Campbell, Lee Cronin and Jose Canas executive produce.
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