Evil Dead Burn (2026)

What earned the score

• Smoking as Feminist Rebellion

  The film frames a wife's cigarette addiction as a symbol of freedom and rebellion against her abusive husband, portraying nicotine use as feminist resistance to patriarchal oppression.

• Anti-Nuclear Family Messaging

  The film explicitly declares 'Family is the root of all evil' and portrays marriage as terrible, positioning the character who advocates for traditional family values as the primary villain.

• Secular Dismissal of Prayer

  The film presents power tools as superior to prayer for combating demonic forces, depicting a secular worldview that rejects traditional spiritual solutions in favor of violent pragmatism.

Details

After her husband's abrupt death, Alice seeks solace with his remaining family — descendants of a leading researcher on demonic possession. As her in-laws transform one by one into creatures that feed on fear, she comes to discover that the vows she took in life survive even in death.

Starring

Souheila YacoubTandi WrightHunter DoohanLuciane BuchananErroll Shand

Director

Sébastien Vaniček

Writer

Sam RaimiSébastien VaničekFlorent Bernard

Genre

Horror

Release Date

Jul 10, 2026

Parents Guide

• Sex Mild

  A woman's buttocks are briefly visible for a few seconds in a small pair of shorts while at a club.

• Violence Severe

  An animal is stabbed to death with a fork.

  A character's head is repeatedly bashed with the door of a dishwasher until their head caves in.

  A character shoots themself in the head multiple times, resulting in blown open cheeks, skull, and temple.

  Multiple fishhooks get stabbed into a man's face, tearing apart his eyelids and cheeks before dragging him into a lake.

  An extremely burned person has their hand stepped on, degloving their hand in a gory manner.

  A person is torn apart offscreen, you hear screams and flesh tearing with a lot of blood splattering onscreen.

  A character's body explodes after being hit by a car. Their torso lodges into the windshield.

  A character has their hand slammed in a car door, severing their fingers, they are then impaled through the face with the metal post of a head rest.

  A possessed character's head is cut in half with a saw and then they're set on fire.

  A character is pulled from water and it is revealed that they have no lower half of their body.

• Profanity Moderate

  f**k, s**t, and wh**e are used alongside lesser profanity like b**ch and ass.

  f**k and s**t are used alongside lesser profanity like b**ch, ass, and hoe.

• Drugs Mild

  Alcohol and tobacco use.

• Frightening Scenes Severe

  The film's reliance on jumpscares is sure to upset the tightly wound.

  Obviously the demonic possessions and brutal violence resulting in deaths will upset sensitive viewers.

  A character contemplates suicide which may upset sensitive viewers.

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