Review: Evil Dead Burn (2026)
By William Pattison
For Horror Bob’s Blog…
This time I got the latest film in the Evil Dead franchise…
After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her
in-laws. As one by one they transform into deadites, she comes to discover that
the vows she took in life - survive even in death.
His film is the best and most brutal of this film franchise.Director
Sebastien Vanicek adds some of the old style sadistic humour along with a flood
of butchered arms and other body parts as the family gets possessed by
Kandarian demons and rip each other apart.
But this time the demons have a goal. The family is
connected to one of the researchers that played the infamous tape of the
translation of The Necronomicon Ex Mortus. Nope. This time they are looking for
the one item that can permanently kill a Kandarian demon while in a human body,
the Kandarian Daggar. The family has this weapon hidden in their house
somewhere. The demons want the Daggar so that their kind can spread through the
world unstoppable.
Unfortunately The Necronomicon is missing. It is mentioned
quite a bit but the book doesn’t appear in this film,which is unique.
Now the family home is a warzone and loved ones are now out
to brutally destroy each other.
Souheila Yacoub plays Alice, who is in the position that Ash
Williams once had as demon butt kicker. Souheila does a good job but she lacks
the over the top performance that actor Bruce Campbell provided. Still she does
a good job and in fact I cringed at the pounding this poor girl had to endure.
The rest of the family, which is in fact Alice’s dead, and
abusive, husband’s family. Hubby died in an auto accident and got possessed and
burned when his car impacted the woman who was possessed at the end of Evil
Dead Rise, who stood in the middle of the road waiting for him. Yes, the one
that came out of the water and was floating in the air at the beginning and end
of Rise. Yes, we actually got continuity…yeah.
I have to say this film has the best demon action of the
series. The demons in this film are fast and don’t give a shit about looking
pretty, when they are on you they are committed and nasty. There are actually
very few demon monologues, these deadites are all action this time and they are
taking sadistic pleasure in every moment.
All in all all I can
say is if you are a long time Evil Dead fan you will not be
disappointed. I have to say this film is AWESOMTACULAR, even without our dear,
wonderful, Bruce champbell swinging the chainsaw!!!
Keep on Creepin’ , Horror Bob’s Blog…
