This Grisly ‘Evil Dead Burn’ Image Appears to Bring Back an ‘Evil Dead Rise’ Victim!
Yesterday, Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema released a brand new batch of images from Evil Dead Burn. While most […]

Yesterday, Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema released a brand new batch of images from Evil Dead Burn. While most […]

Back in May, I wrote about fan speculation that the mysterious Deadite seen floating over the river in the first trailer was actually Jessica returning from Evil Dead Rise. The wedding footage shown in the trailer also appeared to take place at the same lakeside location, leading many fans to believe the new film was picking up in the aftermath of the previous movie’s opening massacre. At the time, it was just a theory.
Now, this new image may have added another piece to that puzzle.
If that really is Teresa’s remains hanging from the fishing line, Evil Dead Burn isn’t simply referencing Evil Dead Rise. It’s continuing the story from that opening sequence in a very direct way.
The Evil Dead franchise has always preferred connective tissue over outright sequels. Fede Álvarez’s Evil Dead (2013) famously hid Ash Williams’ yellow Delta 88 in the background, while Bruce Campbell also appeared in the film’s post-credits scene. Evil Dead Rise continued that tradition by featuring Campbell’s voice on one of the ancient recordings warning about the Naturom Demonto, with director Lee Cronin later explaining he viewed the voice as a time-displaced version of Ash rather than a random priest.
None of those moments were meant to dominate the story. They simply reminded fans that these films all occupy the same twisted universe.
If this latest image is what it appears to be, however, Evil Dead Burn may be taking that idea further than any modern Evil Dead film has before.
It certainly has me looking at every frame a little more closely. I wonder what else we’ll see when Evil Dead Burn hits theaters on July 10?