Based On What We Already Know About Evil Dead Burn, I'm Excited... But I Do Have A Few Questions

I am that kind of Evil Dead fan who simply cannot get enough of this bloody franchise, which was first conjured by Sam Raimi more than four decades ago. So, it should come as no surprise that Evil Dead Burn is the one upcoming horror movie I am anticipating the most right now.

Hell, there are few titles on the upcoming 2026 movie schedule that I am looking forward to more than the next installment of all my all-time favorite horror movie franchise, and the mystery surrounding the sequel only has me all the more excited. That being said, let’s discuss what we know about Evil Dead Burn so far.

What Is The Evil Dead Burn Release Date?

As established, Evil Dead Burn is set to haunt theaters in 2026, specifically on July 24, 2026. A part of me wishes it had a spot on the upcoming 2025 movies schedule so I could see it sooner.

However, history will show that the key to the Evil Dead movies’ near flawless track record so far (as far as I am concerned) has been to let the filmmakers take their time between each installment. Considering Evil Dead Burn already has the quickest turnaround between installments yet, set to release three years after Evil Dead Rise, I am willing to wait just a bit longer.

What Evil Dead Burn Is About

It is likely not much of a stretch to assume that Evil Dead Burn, like all five of its predecessors, will be a demonic possession film, but of a more graphic and gory variety than something like the 1973 horror movie classic, The Exorcist. However, as of August 2025, all we can do at the moment is speculate over the specific sort of thrills we are in for this time, as no plot details have been revealed.

Honestly, I am not really aching to know too much about the story for now, because that incredible title is already telling me all I need to know, while also raising a few questions. Could it be inferring that the Deadites have brought forth a fiery apocalypse, or does it mean that the story follows a flame-thrower-carrying protagonist? Actually, a mix of both sounds like a delight.

The Evil Dead Burn Cast

Not since 1992’s Army of Darkness has a feature-length Evil Dead movie featured Bruce Campbell leading the cast as one of horror’s most resourceful heroes, Ash Williams, whom the actor reprised on the Starz series Ash vs. Evil Dead before retiring the character for good after it was canceled in 2018. As such, this next installment will be another standalone with an ensemble of newcomers to the franchise. Meet the Evil Dead Burn cast, whose roles are unspecified at the moment, below.

Souheila Yacoub

The first actor to join the cast is Souhelia Yacoub, who is already no stranger to horror, having made her feature debut in Gaspar Noé’s 2019 A24 horror flick, Climax. The Swiss actor more recently showed up in Dune: Part Two in the gender-swapped role of Shishakli and has a part in the upcoming Nicolas Cage movie, The Carpenter’s Son.

Hunter Doohan

Outside of a couple of eerie short films he starred in, Hunter Doohan’s most notable contribution to the horror genre is his starring role in Netflix’s Wednesday cast as Tyler Galpin. He was previously best known for playing the troubled son of Bryan Cranston’s character on Showtime’s Your Honor (a show compared to Breaking Bad) and more recently appeared in the acclaimed Disney+ original series, Daredevil: Born Again.

Luciane Buchanan

Also known for a couple of hit Netflix TV shows (namely a guest spot on Sweet Tooth and a starring role on The Night Agent) is Luciane Buchanan. The actor also had a major role on the drama Filthy Rich, which is based in her native country of New Zealand, and can currently be seen starring alongside Jason Momoa in the new Apple TV+ show, Chief of War.

Tandi Wright

Fellow New Zealander Tandi Wright appears to be the one cast member with the most experience in the horror genre, having appeared in the A&E series The Returned, the 2020 creature feature Love and Monsters, and Ti West’s unsettling period drama, Pearl. She is also known for the long-running medical drama Shortland Street, the coming-of-age dramedy Being Eve, and the Amazon Prime hit series, The Wilds.

Sébastien Vaniček Directs Evil Dead Burn

Evil Dead Burn will be the third film in the franchise not written or helmed by franchise creator Sam Raimi. This time, those tasks are being passed down to Sébastien Vaniček, who shared his plans for the sequel in the following quote from his interview with French website Konbini in 2024:

The Parisian filmmaker made his breakthrough with the arachnophobic thriller Infested, which is available to stream with a Shudder subscription, and which he also wrote with his Evil Dead Burn co-writer Florent Bernard. Raimi is also involved as producer alongside his longtime collaborator and Ghost House co-founder Robert Tapert, as is Bruce Campbell, who is executive producing with Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin.

Evil Dead Burn Has Started Filming

Looks like the Deadites are now on the loose, as Evil Dead Rise is now in production, as of July 22, 2025. Vaniček confirmed that the cameras started rolling on his horror movie with a photo shared on Instagram of the film’s gnarly official clapperboard.

There Is Another Evil Dead Movie In The Works

While discussing the future of the Evil Dead franchise in mid-2024 with Entertainment Weekly, Bruce Campbell teased that there was not just one standalone sequel in the works, but two. Deadline also reported that year, just a couple months after Vaniček was hired to make the then-untitled Evil Dead Burn, that Francis Gallupi was selected to work on the follow-up.

According to the article, the filmmaker, known for his 2023 crime thriller The Last Stop in Yuma County, conceived the idea himself and pitched it to Raimi and Tapert. Much like Burn, plot details are still scarce at the moment, while, unlike Burn, we still don’t even know what the title will be. However, if both films prove successful, then we might be able to expect a new installment every two or three years, echoing Campbell’s tease to AV Club.

Questions I Have About Evil Dead Burn

Now that we have established what we know about Evil Dead Burn, let’s discuss a few things I am wondering about the flick.

How Might Evil Dead Burn Involve Bruce Campbell?

While I have no issues with seeing an Evil Dead movie without Ash as the star, I do hope that there are plans to involve Campbell with Burn beyond his executive producer role, similar to his post-credits appearance in Fede Álvarez’s Evil Dead from 2013 and his vocal cameo in Evil Dead Rise. He does not necessarily need to appear as Ash again, but it might be fun to dress the B-movie legend up as a Deadite so unrecognizably ugly that fans would have to look for his name in the credits to confirm it was him.

How Heavy Will Evil Dead Burn Go With The Easter Eggs?

While Campbell’s cameos in the last couple of installments were wonderful, I must admit that I was a little bothered by the Easter Eggs in Evil Dead Rise, which grew to be a little egregious and unnecessary at times for my taste. In other words, while I am looking forward to seeing how Vaniček intends to pay homage to the original films with Burn, I also hope that he, first and foremost, honors the franchise’s new strategy to be an anthology horror series and does not indulge in having characters needlessly recite Ash quotes like “Hail to the king, baby” or “Come get some.”

In all honesty, I am not too worried at the moment about how this film may turn out. While I do recognize the importance of being cautiously optimistic, especially with a franchise I have adored for the better part of my life, based on the talent involved, it seems to me that Evil Dead Burn could turn out pretty groovy.