EVIL DEAD BURN Trailer Drops at CinemaCon and Teases a Brutal Family Nightmare with Bloody Carnage
Warner Bros. just gave horror fans at CinemaCon a taste of the bloody madness coming with Evil Dead Burn, and it sounds like this next chapter in the legendary franchise is going all-in on chaos, gore, and twisted family drama.
The footage hasn’t been released publicly yet, but the footage shown paints a pretty savage picture. The preview, shown exclusively during the studio’s panel, offered a rough early look packed with everything you’d want from an Evil Dead movie.
We’re talking possessed victims, bloody flesh, severed fingers, and buckets of blood. The tone leans hard into the idea that family ties can be just as dangerous as the Deadites themselves.
The footage opens with a mother is going about her routine in the kitchen, unloading a dishwasher that’s packed with an alarming amount of sharp utensils. The calm doesn’t last when a woman and a man come running into the house scared out of their minds.
As they are freaking out, there’s a knock at the door and what’s waiting on the other side is pure nightmare fuel. Standing there is someone that’s been possessed by a Deadite, fingers missing, a car headrest jammed through its skull. It slowly pulls the headrest out of her head and lets it hit the floor before turning its attention to the family.
From there, the trailer spirals into flashes of past trauma and present carnage. A brutal car crash flickers across the screen, followed by a moment where a door slams down on a girl’s hand, slicing off her fingers. Back inside the house, things get even uglier.
At one point, a haunting line echoes through the madness: “My sweet boy, I would give anything for us to be together again.” So, of course, when they find the Book of the Dead, they use it to do just that, but instead it brings back everyone.
We then see the possessed person scare a young man by playfully saying “Boo!” and he trips backwards and falls onto the open dishwasher, driving the sharp cutlery straight into his back. She then climbs on top of him and forces the utensils deeper, turning a mundane appliance into something horrifying.
That unsettling footage is undercut at the end of the footage with a biting jab, “Cheers to you perfect family.” As a deadite pours hot wax into its mouth.
According to host Patton Oswalt, the footage was still a work in progress, describing it as “a very early look at the trailer with unfinished and rough shots, and the filmmakers added an “extra disturbing” too it.” Even in that raw state, it left quite an impression thta had audiences cringing.
The film is directed by Sébastien Vaniček, who previously made waves with his Cannes-premiering horror film Infested. This marks a major step up for the filmmaker, stepping into one of horror’s most iconic franchises. The cast includes Souheila Yacoub, Hunter Doohan, and Luciane Buchanan, bringing a fresh lineup of victims..
This new installment follows the success of Evil Dead Rise, directed by Lee Cronin, which surprised a lot of people when it pivoted from a streaming release to theaters in 2023 and pulled in around $147 million worldwide. That film proved there’s still a huge appetite for this brand of over-the-top horror.
Of course, none of this exists without Sam Raimi, who launched the franchise back in 1981 with The Evil Dead, introducing Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams. That original film spawned sequels, a TV series with Ash vs. Evil Dead, and a legacy that refuses to stay buried.
Raimi is back producing alongside longtime collaborator Rob Tapert, with Bruce Campbell also serving as an executive producer.
Evil Dead Burn hits theaters on July 24. Another project, Evil Dead Wrath from Francis Galluppi, is also in the works with a stacked cast including Charlotte Hope, Jessica McNamee, Zach Gilford, and more.
Evil Dead Burn isn’t pulling any punches. It’s leaning into the brutality, the madness, and the messed-up family dynamics that make this franchise so much fun.
Horror fans should probably start preparing themselves now. This one sounds like it’s going to get insanely nasty.