First Official ‘Evil Dead Burn’ Image Shows the Family at the Heart of the Horror

How lucky are we to be in the midst of an Evil Dead universe, just a mere few years after Warner Bros. considered dumping Evil Dead Rise onto HBO Max?

Now, with Evil Dead Burn, filmmaker Sébastien Vaniček takes over directing duties in the follow-up to Evil Dead Rise, which also sets the table for next year’s Evil Dead Wrath. Warner Bros. and New Line are all-in on creating an Evil Dead universe.

Here’s the official synopsis: “After losing her husband, a woman seeks comfort at her in-laws’ in their remote home. But when they’re turned into Deadites one by one, the family reunion becomes a hellish nightmare. Soon she realizes that the promises she made herself in life matter… even in death.”

Family is the root of all evil in this first official photo, courtesy of ScreenRant.

Dune: Part Two actress Souheila Yacoub stars in Evil Dead Burn alongside Hunter Doohan (Wednesday), Luciane Buchanan (The Night Agent), and Tandi Wright (Pearl), with Erroll Shand, Edgar Price, Maude Davey, Keanu Karim, and Victory Ndukwe.

“I told the studio that I wanted to make a nasty film, a film that hurts, from which you come away tested,” Vaniček previously said of Evil Dead Burn.