David Rooney's Hollywood Reporter review assesses *Evil Dead Burn*, the sixth feature in Sam Raimi's supernatural horror franchise, which began in 1981. Directed by Sébastien Vanicek (whose 2023 debut *Infested* is on Shudder), the standalone entry is portrayed as a relentlessly brutal, gore-soaked instalment that delivers exactly the savagery hardcore horror fans crave, even as it adds little that is new to the series' well-worn formula. The verdict is summed up in the review's bottom line: "an orgy of unmodulated mayhem."

The R-rated film runs 1 hour 50 minutes and is released on Friday 10 July, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and shot in New Zealand, with a cast led by Souheila Yacoub, Tandi Wright, Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan, Erroll Shand, Maude Davey and George Pullar. The plot centres on a family beset by "deadites" after a father, Edgar, becomes a conduit for evil, with the Book of the Dead this time revealing an ancient dagger as the only way to kill a deadite permanently. Rooney notes the film lacks a strong central villain — unlike Alyssa Sutherland's memorable monster mother in *Evil Dead Rise* — and that its predictable narrative is offset by Vanicek's taste for grisly, hyper-graphic violence rooted in the New French Extremity tradition.