Evil Dead Burn
Warner Bros. | Release Date: July 10, 2026 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 35 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
16
Negative:
4

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
EmpireBen TravisJul 8, 2026
The darkest Evil Dead yet is sure to be an acquired taste — but there is incredible craft here, along with plenty of guts (of all kinds). Read full review
50
IGNTom JorgensenJul 8, 2026
Evil Dead Burn may just be the most gruesome Evil Dead movie yet… but that’s about where its heat begins to cool off. Read full review
50
Little White LiesBillie WalkerJul 8, 2026
The biggest disappointment of Evil Dead Burn was how hard it is to see Vaniček’s unique vision, evident in Infested, anywhere in this film. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesJoshua RothkopfJul 10, 2026
Raimi was capable of shapelier storytelling than this. These reboots in his name — on which, it should be said, he is a producer — somewhat demean his legacy by reducing “Evil Dead” to a viscera delivery device. I can’t say the audience I saw it with was particularly juiced. Read full review
60
Next Best PictureJosh ParhamJul 8, 2026
Evil Dead Burn is not the type of film that is set to convert anyone who has not already bought into this series. It is gruesome, bordering on sadistic, but with a twisted glamour that is typically compelling for those who enjoy such depraved endeavors. Read full review
60
NMELou ThomasJul 8, 2026
Admittedly, even a not-quite-prime Evil Dead entry is entertaining enough, especially taken in isolation. But as a follow-up to a five-star horror riot, this film is slightly disappointing. Read full review
60
Radio TimesPatrick CremonaJul 8, 2026
Though Vaniček directs the gruesome shenanigans with plenty of panache, displaying a similar command of inventive, hyperactive camerawork as franchise originator Raimi, the constant barrage of all-out horror can have a numbing effect that might have been avoided with more considered pacing – especially given the film runs longer than any previous entry in the Evil Dead canon. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJul 8, 2026
While Sebastian Vanicek’s consistently vicious gorefest has a few undeniably clever set pieces, they’re surrounded by some deeply incompetent filmmaking. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleZaki HasanJul 9, 2026
Ultimately, “Evil Dead Burn” delivers more or less what longtime fans have come to expect: outlandish gore buoyed by filmmaking that’s just assured enough to keep the carnage from getting monotonous. Read full review
60
Screen DailyNikki BaughanJul 8, 2026
This latest instalment of the long-running franchise makes less of an impact than its predecessors. Nevertheless, this tale of a troubled family battling a demonic infestation has some inventively schlocky setpieces and a strong central performance from Souheila Yacoub, and will undoubtedly prove a winner with horror fans looking for a fun time. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubMonica CastilloJul 8, 2026
It’s a misfit standalone entry that has moments of humor and striking camera moves but ventures into too-serious territory in such a way that it loses the Evil Dead spirit of guilt-free chaos. Read full review
60
The GuardianJesse HassengerJul 8, 2026
While much of the horror action proceeds at more of a dutiful march than a Raimi-esque sprint, Vaniček and cinematographer Philip Lozano pull off some clever technical moves, whether pivoting with the characters until they’re on the ceiling or pulling back for unbroken shots that invert Raimi’s pinballing-camera technique to observe knock-down, drag-out fights from a limited location, emphasizing the scope of mayhem. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyJul 8, 2026
The series’ new iterations, starting with Fede Álvarez’s 2013 soft reboot Evil Dead, have largely abandoned its roots as horror-comedy in favor of orgiastic slaughter. There’s no doubt an audience for that, but it’s a whole other style that honors the early chapters in name alone. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesTara BradyJul 8, 2026
Those hoping for a return to the “splatstick” of the possessed hand in Evil Dead 2 or the cartoon medieval capering of Army of Darkness will be disappointed. Instead, Evil Dead Burn brings a convincing new-French-extremity energy to the Deadites. Regrettably, that’s not really who they are. Where did the groovy go? Read full review
60
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaJul 9, 2026
Against Lee Cronin’s finely calibrated joyride, Vanicek’s version, for all the tricks up its sleeve, never feels in control of its chaos. Individual face-offs in which the violence is contained in cramped quarters — such as the inside of a car and a bathroom — stand out, whereas more sprawling set pieces often feel like we’re in a haunted house playing Whac-a-Mole. Read full review
50
The RevealKeith PhippsJul 14, 2026
The story doesn’t hang together and the film often favors distastefulness over wit (unless a rare denture-based gross-out gag counts as witty). Yet its inventively brutal effectiveness is hard to deny. If that’s what you now want from an Evil Dead movie, here it is in abundance. Read full review
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