The ‘Evil Dead Burn’ Trailer Is Mean, Nasty, and Absolutely Glorious!

Holy hell, are we in for a year of horror. Seriously, horror fans are absolutely spoiled right now, and it’s kind of hilarious watching the mainstream trade cycle continue to proclaim horror either “dead” or “back” every six months when the genre literally never leaves. Horror is always hot. It’s always profitable. Studios keep budgets lean, audiences keep showing up, and the margins are absurdly healthy compared to most modern blockbusters.

And May is already stacked with genre goodness, kicking off summer with Backrooms. But the belle of the ball is undoubtedly Evil Dead Burn, the latest chapter in the legendary Evil Dead saga that began with Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead back in 1981.

Fede Álvarez breathed vicious new life into the franchise with 2013’s Evil Dead – a film many casually call a remake even though it ultimately exists within the canon of the original films. That movie was brutal, mean, relentless, and audiences loved it. Eventually, Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema decided to take another swing with Evil Dead Rise, which exploded into a genuine box office success, pulling in roughly $147 million worldwide against a budget reportedly under $20 million.

What makes that even crazier is the fact that Evil Dead Rise was originally intended to go straight to streaming on HBO Max before positive test screenings convinced the studio to pivot to a theatrical release… thankfully, because audiences showed up for it.

Now comes Evil Dead Burn, and the anticipation for this thing is absolutely massive. And despite the studio dropping a teaser trailer, we still really didn’t know what the movie actually was. The teaser was basically one long, chaotic pull through a house: bodies flying through rooms, people yanked violently out of frame, furniture exploding apart, screaming, pounding, crashes, total mayhem… all culminating in the reveal of the film’s lead crouched over next to the title card. Honestly, it was the perfect teaser because it showed almost nothing while somehow promising absolute carnage.