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Raimi-Produced “Evil Dead Burn” Hits U.S. July 2026

5/6/2026

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Warner Bros. Release

Warner Bros. Pictures will release Evil Dead Burn in the U.S. on July 10, 2026.
Director Sébastien Vanicek cast Souheila Yacoub as Alice and focuses on a grieving widow whose family becomes Deadites, tagged “Family is the root of all evil.”
Produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, the film is distributed by Warner Bros. in the U.S. and will be followed by the sequel Evil Dead Wrath in 2028.

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Warner Distributes Burn

Warner Bros. will distribute Evil Dead Burn in United States, with Sony handling overseas releases.
Evil Dead Rise made $147 million on a sub-$20 million budget, leading to expectations that Burn will target similar profits.
The trailer signals an R rating, with producers Bruce Campbell, Lee Cronin, Romel Adam and José Canas overseeing the film and DP Philip Lozano, designer Nick Connor, editor Maxime Caro and designer Sarah Voon forming crew.

History

Historical Context

Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell turned a $90,000 1978 short into the low-budget 1981 horror film *The Evil Dead*, which earned $2.4 million in the United States and $29.4 million worldwide after New Line Cinema’s 1983 release. Stephen King’s Cannes endorsement and the film’s cult status spawned sequels in 1987, 1992, a 2013 reboot and the 2023 *Rise*, shaping studio expectations for forthcoming entries.

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Warner Bros. Release

Warner Bros. Pictures will release Evil Dead Burn in the U.S. on July 10, 2026.
Director Sébastien Vanicek cast Souheila Yacoub as Alice and focuses on a grieving widow whose family becomes Deadites, tagged “Family is the root of all evil.”
Produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert, the film is distributed by Warner Bros. in the U.S. and will be followed by the sequel Evil Dead Wrath in 2028.

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