Things are heating up for the next installment in the Evil Dead universe.
The cast of Evil Dead Burn is coming together, and it’s already looking promising. According to Deadline, Hunter Doohan, best known for playing Tyler in Netflix’s Wednesday, has signed on to star.
He’s joined by Luciane Buchanan (The Night Agent) and Tandi Wright (Pearl), with all three actors set to bring some fresh blood to the Sam Raimi-produced horror project.
They’ll join previously announced cast member Souheila Yacoub in the film, which is being directed by Infested filmmaker Sébastien Vaniček. He co-wrote the script with Florent Bernard, continuing the collaborative horror streak they started with their 2023 creature feature.
We don’t know anything about the story, but Vaniček previously said:
“I told the studio that I wanted to make a nasty film, a film that hurts, from which you come away tested. I’m going to put all the horror I have inside, it will be cathartic, and if I haven’t ruined my career and I can continue to make films behind it, I will move on to something other than horror!”
He is looking to create a film that hits with force and sticks with audiences. He added:
“I want people to feel physically drained when they leave the theater, like they’ve been through an emotional and intense journey. The ambition remains the same as with Infested: to create a visceral, sensory experience that punches the audience in the gut.”
As a fan, that’s exactly what I want to hear when it comes to the bone-snapping, soul-swallowing, blood-drenched legacy.
Evil Dead Burn will follow the success of Evil Dead Rise, directed by Lee Cronin, which revived the series in 2023 with a grittier, blood-soaked twist. And with another untitled Evil Dead film also on the way from Francis Galluppi, so the Deadites aren’t done with us yet!
Since Sam Raimi first unleashed the Necronomicon in 1981, The Evil Dead has evolved from a scrappy cabin-in-the-woods shocker into a multi-generational horror juggernaut. With this new lineup and a director hungry to leave a mark (or maybe a scar), Evil Dead Burn is probably going to be a crazy-ass horror movie.
