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‘Evil Dead Burn’ – Release Date, Cast, First Looks & Everything We Know
Created by Sam Raimi, the Evil Dead franchise launched in the early 1980s and spawned just three total installments before (seemingly) coming to a close with Army of Darkness back in 1993, and it would be another twenty years before the franchise was heard from again.
But director Fede Alvarez revived the horror classic with Evil Dead in 2013, a grueling reboot that successfully reanimated Raimi’s Deadites for a new generation. In the thirteen years since, Bruce Campbell returned for three-season TV series “Ash vs. Evil Dead,” while the Deadites unleashed their fury once again on the big screen with Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise in 2023.
What’s next from the Evil Dead franchise? We’re getting not one but TWO brand new upcoming movies in the coming years, the first of which will be this year’s Evil Dead Burn.
Here’s EVERYTHING we know about Evil Dead Burn.
What’s the release date for Evil Dead Burn?
The sixth film in the horror franchise will possess theaters on July 24, 2026 from New Line and Warner Bros., just over three years after the theatrical release of Evil Dead Rise.
Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise opened to $24.5 million back in 2023 and scared up a total of $147.1 million worldwide, so those will be the box office numbers for Evil Dead Burn to beat.
Who is directing Evil Dead Burn?
Evil Dead Burn is directed by French filmmaker Sébastien Vaniček, who impressed horror fans – including Sam Raimi! – with his debut feature Infested back in 2024. Now streaming on Shudder, creature feature Infested is considered by many horror fans to be one of the best spider attack horror movies of all time, and it was selected as one of Bloody Disgusting’s Top 15 Best Horror Movies of 2024. We wrote, “Director Sébastien Vaniček delivers a shot of adrenaline with his feature debut, ensuring that spiders haven’t lost their touch when it comes to inducing paralyzing fear, even in those not prone to arachnophobia.”
The new course for the Evil Dead franchise is for Raimi and the gang to hand select up-and-coming filmmakers to put their own spin on the Deadites, which has been working exceedingly well for the bloody saga. If Infested is any indication, Sébastien Vaniček is going to prove to be an inspired choice for another grueling, blood-soaked reading from the Book of the Dead.
Vanicek wrote Evil Dead Burn with his Infested co-writer Florent Bernard.
Who is starring in Evil Dead Burn?
The cast for Evil Dead Burn includes…
- Souheila Yacoub (Dune: Part Two)
- Hunter Doohan (“Wednesday”)
- Luciane Buchanan (“The Night Agent”)
- Tandi Wright (Pearl)
- George Pullar (It Only Takes a Night)
What is the plot of Evil Dead Burn?
Plot details for Evil Dead Burn are still under wraps, but Vaniček previously said, “I told the studio that I wanted to make a nasty film, a film that hurts, from which you come away tested.
“I’m going to put all the horror I have inside, it will be cathartic, and if I haven’t ruined my career and I can continue to make films behind it, I will move on to something other than horror!”
We expect that much like Evil Dead Rise, Evil Dead Burn will tell a brand new story of a new group of characters being terrorized by the savage horrors within the Book of the Dead.
Is Bruce Campbell involved in Evil Dead Burn?
Evil Dead creator Sam Raimi and franchise producer Rob Tapert will produce via their Ghost House Pictures. Horror icon Bruce Campbell and Evil Dead Rise filmmaker Lee Cronin executive produce alongside Romel Adam and Jose Canas, both of whom worked on Evil Dead Rise.
In a recent chat with Forbes, however, Bruce Campbell noted that his direct involvement in the Evil Dead movies has become less and less as the years have gone on.
Campbell told Forbes, “We had a meeting a couple of years ago and the French director [Sébastien Vanicek] of Evil Dead Burn was there to experience his first script development meeting. He turned in a 10-page treatment to say, “Here’s my rough idea. Here’s what I’m thinking, A to Z’ and I think he got 20 pages of notes back.
“That’s when I said to myself. ‘You guys got this. I think you guys got this.’ I got tired of arguing points with someone who’s 26 years old about story and structure, and all that sort of stuff, and what matters and what doesn’t. So, I just found out it’s way better to just step back.
“I’m partners with the guys. Nothing else has changed. I just told them, ‘Guys. I’m actually doing my own thing now, and it takes a lot of time and attention. If I can get fewer emails for approvals not clogging my timeline, that’s good for me at this point’.”
Has the trailer for Evil Dead Burn been released?
The trailer for Evil Dead Burn has not been released at this time. Stay tuned.
Evil Dead Burn – Your First Look
Every first look image for Evil Dead Burn up to this point has come courtesy of director Sébastien Vaniček himself on Instagram, and it’s all been behind-the-scenes type stuff including a shot of the script’s cover page, a peek inside the film’s Book of the Dead, and a look at the clapperboard that gave us our first official reveal of the logo for Evil Dead Burn.
You can check out those first look images from Evil Dead Burn below.
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What is Evil Dead Wrath and when can we expect it?
Evil Dead Burn will be followed by Evil Dead Wrath, marking the first time in franchise history that two new installments have been in the works at the very same time.
Writer-director Francis Galluppi (The Last Stop in Yuma County) is in charge of Evil Dead Wrath. We know nothing about the approach at this time. But we do have a cast…
Charlotte Hope (The Nun), Jessica McNamee (Mortal Kombat), Zach Gilford (“Midnight Mass”), Josh Helman (Mad Max: Fury Road), Ella Newton (Dangerous Animals), Elizabeth Cullen (Diabolic), and Ella Oliphant will star in Evil Dead Wrath.
Stay tuned for more on Evil Dead Burn and Evil Dead Wrath.
The holiday weekend means a light week for new horror releases, but it does bring the return of Dark Castle Entertainment to select theaters. It’s being joined by 6 new horror movies.
Here’s all the new horror releasing June 29, 2026 – July 3, 2026!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
You wished for it. The highest-grossing horror movie of the year (so far), Curry Barker’s Obsession, arrived on Digital on June 30.
In Curry Barker’s theatrical debut Obsession, after breaking the mysterious One Wish Willow to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
Michael Johnston (“Teen Wolf”), Inde Navarette (“Superman & Lois”), Cooper Tomlinson (“That’s a Bad Idea,” Milk & Serial), Megan Lawless (The Death That Awaits), and Emmy Award-nominee Andy Richter (“Conan,” Elf) star.
Based on a story by director James Kondelik (Behind The Walls) and a screenplay by Canadian writer Victor Rose, survival thriller Pitfall headed home to Digital on June 30. Family is murder in this Cineverse release.
In Pitfall, a young man becomes separated from his friends in the woods and plunges into a ten-foot pit lined with spikes, impaling his leg and leaving him helpless. As reality sinks in and his situation grows dire, he realizes the fall wasn’t an accident.
The film stars Richard Harmon (Final Destination: Bloodlines), Alexandra Essoe (The Pope’s Exorcist), and UFC champion Randy Couture (The Expendables) as the ruthless killer who stalks his prey in the woods. Marshall Williams (The Ice Road), Jordan Claire Robbins (The Umbrella Academy), and Matt Hamilton (Murder for Sale) also star.
The Amityville IP leans into Jaws with Amityville Shark House, just in time for the Fourth of July holiday too, as it released on Digital June 30.
Will Collazo Jr. (Amityville Thanksgiving) and Shawn C. Phillips (Amityville Karen) co-direct from a script they wrote with Julie Anne Prescott.
In the movie, after discovering an ominous shark idol hidden beneath the decaying floorboards, Richard unknowingly awakens an ancient and savage force. As the entity begins to merge with him, a quiet coastal town descends into blood-soaked chaos.
With each victim claimed, the monstrous predator grows stronger, fueling a cult’s belief that their dark god has been reborn. Now, the race is on to stop the carnage before evil consumes everything in its path.
Phillips and Prescott also star alongside Tasha Tacosa, Maritza Brikisak, Gigi Gustin (The Retaliators), Adam Marino, and Carl Solomon.
Available on Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD as of June 30 is Jacked, directed by John Fucile from a script he co-wrote with Simon Fraser.
The synopsis: “Set in the summer of 1987, JACKED follows two small-town teenagers whose day at the lake turns into a fight for survival after their car breaks down and they encounter a violent stalker.”
Marla Jean Robison, Tom Koch, Anthony Cipriani, Wynn Reichert, Kam Perez and Bella Marie star.
Get ready to work up a killer sweat and maybe spill some blood with Slashercise, a workout meets slasher hybrid that arrived exclusively on Bloodstream on July 1.
Written and directed by Ama Lea (Deathcember), the retro-styled feature follows “a masked killer known only as Meathead as he stalks the fitness clubs of Los Angeles, turning workout sessions into blood-soaked nightmares. As the city’s top trainers are picked off one by one, a group of determined fitness fanatics must fight back before they become the next bodies on the mat.”
Vanessa Decker (Stiletto), John Bloom (The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs), Spencer Charnas (Ice Nine Kills), Sarah French (Blind), Kelli Maroney (Night of the Comet), Sarah Nicklin (V/H/S/Halloween), Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs), Jared Rivet (The Once and Future Smash), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Tiffany Shepis (Victor Crowley), and Lisa Wilcox (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master) star.
After a record-breaking box office run, A24 and director Kane Parsons’ feature debut is heading back to theaters with bonus footage. AMC Theatres is unleashing Backrooms: Everything Must Go Editiontoday, July 3.
In the film written by Will Soodik, the owner of Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire discovers a strange doorway in the basement of the furniture showroom. He sets out to explore the mysterious, liminal space, walking headfirst into a creepypasta nightmare.
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsvestar.
AMC describes this release as a “theatrically exclusive post-credit” with additional footage from Kane Parsons. Expect 16 minutes of bonus footage, with the new version clocking in at 2 hours and 6 minutes.
The Last Exorcism director Daniel Stamm and Dark Castle Entertainment are back with Lockbox, in select theaters July 3. It adapts Soren Narnia‘s Knifepoint Horror Podcast story “Winthrop” by Emmy-winning playwright Justin Yoffe.
In Lockbox, “Seeking peace after her mother’s death, Ellen retreats to a rural town and takes in her severely traumatized cousin Winthrop. Their fragile domestic balance shatters when an erratic neighbor warns that Winthrop is dangerous. As strange phenomena escalate, Ellen must put everything on the line to defend Winthrop from a dangerous otherworldly entity determined to track him down.”
Lou Taylor Pucci (Touch Me, Evil Dead), Carla Gugino (The Haunting of Hill House, Gerald’s Game, The Fall of the House of Usher) and Katharine Isabelle (Ginger Snaps, Backrooms) star.
This week’s new release roundups are presented by Lockbox.
Be careful who you let in. Carla Gugino and Lou Taylor Pucci star in Lockbox, only in select theaters this Friday. Get tickets.
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