Evil Dead Burn

The entire Evil Dead scenario seems to be losing its continuity at this point. I wasn't impressed with this film as a Evil Dead movie, however I understood the themes of trauma, abuse and healing that were present throughout. It kind of felt like someone wrote a different film then slapped the Evil Dead moniker on it. The Evil Dead lore has jolted around in so many odd directions over the years, but I suppose that's to be expected from a franchise that had Army of Darkness in it.\ \ The main cast was forgettable,...

Let me start by saying I LOVED 'Evil Dead Rise'. This was BAD. I was truly let down as I had high hopes from the 2023 installment. The acting was meh, the story was blah. Where was ANY Necronomicon? They said there was to be three different stories about three different books. I saw no Necronomicon in this movie...? The surprise cameo made no sense. I am hoping this will be the worst of the three movies as the next one is supposed to be a prequel of sorts.

The film strikes a great balance, delivering clever narrative tie-backs to Evil Dead Rise alongside a subtle, underlying connection to the lore of the original films. Rather than resting on nostalgia, it uses those classic elements to build a story that feels fresh while remaining distinctly true to the franchise's roots. The shift in setting works brilliantly here. Moving the terror out of Rise’s cramped city apartment block and into a sprawling, secluded farmhouse gives the film a completely different kind of cl...

This is a worthy successor to the franchise, and it does a lot of fun with the source material. The characters are fun, which means that you get to engage with them and feel something when they meet their gruesome demise, which is way better than having interchangeable teens just being lost instantly when in some cabin somewhere. The movie has plenty of fun gore and intricate kills and does not lose sight of its core narrative. It's claustrophobic and very tightly shot, and the post-credit murder is fantastic, cal...

Watching **EVIL DEAD BURN** becomes an ordeal that tests how close the line between the MPAA's R and NC-17 ratings can be pushed like no other horror film seen this year -- and maybe several years before. Assaulting audiences with tongue-in-cheek, stomach-churning horror has long been the hallmark of Sam Raimi's **EVIL DEAD** franchise since Bruce Campbell first fired up his chainsaw and declared it "Groovy" nearly 40 years ago. In director Sébastien Vanicek's hands, after Raimi handpicked him for this latest outi...

Things don't exactly get off to a great start for "Alice" (Souheila Yacoub) when her drunken bully of an husband takes off in his car on her birthday and wraps it round a tree. No great loss, you might think, but his dad "Edgar" (Erroll Shand) seems a little upset and so goes to say farewell before he can be cremated. Big mistake - for the not quite deceased "Will" (George Pullar) is determined not be crisped up just yet. You see he is now possessed by an evil that knows that his drippy brother "Joseph" (Hunter Do...