We learned recently that the Evil Dead franchise, currently five movies and a TV series deep, was set to get a big expansion in the coming years with two more movies greenlit along with an animated movie starring the original Deadite slayer Ash Williams, played by the great Bruce Campbell (here).
And now we know that one of those new movies, Evil Dead Burn, has started filming.
Director of the skin-crawling Infestated Sébastien Vaniček has revealed that Burn will not be one of the funnier takes on the franchise ala Army of Darkness or Ash Vs Evil Dead but rather will be a white-knuckle terror ride, much like the recent Evil Dead Rise.
“I told the studio that I wanted to make a nasty film, a film that hurts, from which you come away tested,” said Vaniček, “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!”
The movie will be produced by Evil Dead creator and director of the first three movies in the franchise, Sam Raimi
The Evil Dead return to haunt your nightmares on July 24th, 2026.
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— Evil Dead (@EvilDead) July 22, 2025
New Evil Dead director promises audience will ‘come away tested’
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