The first full trailer for Evil Dead Burn is here, and it does not ease you in gently. New Line Cinema has released the first full-length trailer for the film, the sixth entry into Sam Raimi’s canon of Evil Dead films. The tagline makes the premise clear right away: “Family is the root of all evil.”
Evil Dead Burn is the third standalone entry in the franchise, following Evil Dead (2013) and Evil Dead Rise (2023). Directed by Sébastien Vaniček, who broke out with Infested in 2023, the trailer confirms a plot. It centers on a grieving family. They stumble into Deadite territory. Vaniček also co-wrote the script with Florent Bernard.
Series creator Sam Raimi hired Vaniček after being impressed by his directorial debut. Raimi and Rob Tapert serve as producers through their Ghost House Pictures banner. Bruce Campbell and Lee Cronin are as executive producers.
Who’s Starring and Plot Details
Souheila Yacoub (Dune: Part Two), Hunter Doohan (Wednesday, Daredevil: Born Again), Luciane Buchanan (The Night Agent), Tandi Wright (Pearl), and George Pullar (It Only Takes a Night) star in the film. Yacoub plays Alice, Doohan plays Joseph, Buchanan plays Thya, and Wright plays Susan.
The plot follows a woman who uses the Necronomicon in a secluded family home. This happens after losing her husband. Her in-laws are consumed by the demonic Deadites one by one.
The trailer wastes no time with Deadites impaled by car seat headrests. Doohan’s character falls onto a dishwasher full of upward-facing knives. A Deadite loses fingers in a slammed door. Another drinks burning candle wax without flinching. The footage got its first look at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, where it reportedly spooked theater owners.
Principal photography ran from July 22 to October 17, 2025, in New Zealand, with Philip Lozano as cinematographer. The film is now set for July 10, 2026, moved up from its original July 24 date. Warner Bros. Pictures handles domestic distribution, with Sony Pictures covering most international territories.
Already in the pipeline, Evil Dead Wrath is being directed by Francis Galluppi (The Last Stop in Yuma County) and is due in 2028.
This trailer earns genuine excitement rather than just franchise hype. Vaniček’s camera work feels restless and claustrophobic, keeping chaos in the periphery just long enough to make the next hit land harder. The domestic setting sharpens the dread rather than diluting it. Yacoub looks compelling in the little she is given here. What matters most, though, is that the gore feels purposeful rather than gratuitous.
If the full film holds that discipline, Evil Dead Burn could be the franchise’s strongest entry in over a decade.
