‘Evil Dead Burn’ Image: Souheila Yacoub Reads From the Necronomicon

Empire shares a brand new look at Souheila Yacoub as “Alice” reading from the Necronomicon in Sébastien Vaniček’s forthcoming Evil Dead Burn.

Souheila Yacoub’s Alice is the heart of the film and much different than Bruce Campbell’s outlandish Ash, explained Vaniček: “When we created Alice, we wanted a character who’s really grounded,” he said. “She’s mourning someone, she arrives in this house, and crazy stuff happens. I wanted to create characters that are behaving like it’s real life.”

As for the deadites, “I needed to stay in touch with what makes these demons not like the ones from The Exorcist,” says Vaniček. “They are smart. They are playing with you. When I was talking with the actors, I was telling them, ‘Behave like animals.’ Every one of these Deadites has a fighting style that is completely different.”

In the film, after the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws in their secluded family home. As one by one they are transformed into Deadites—turning the gathering into a family reunion from hell—she comes to discover that the vows she took in life live on… even in death.

The Dune: Part Two actress 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  of .