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This weekend brings One Night Only to theaters as the biggest new release, Evil Dead Burn available to rent or buy, and streaming options like You, Me & Tuscany on Peacock, Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft on Paramount+, and The Last House on Netflix; plus other titles such as Tony (an Anthony Bourdain biopic) and more, with critics noting One Night Only's bold premise and varied takes on the horror entry.
In a Variety interview, director Sébastien Vaniček details his brutal, practical approach to Evil Dead Burn, using real fire and effects instead of CGI and crafting tense sequences from a lake-set opener to a car-headrest impalement and a disorienting bathtub shot. The film includes two post-credits scenes that could reshape the franchise, with a potential Bruce Campbell cameo teased, while Vaniček envisions a fresh, fearless direction for the Evil Dead universe.
Director Sébastien Vaniček says he slightly trimmed a brutal sequence in Evil Dead Burn to avoid an NC-17 rating, but the scene remains intense and brutal enough to keep the film at an R-rating.
Two end-credits scenes in Evil Dead Burn deepen the franchise’s web: Grandma Polly’s Deadite form persists, and a final funeral-home moment hints Ellie Bixler’s Deadite return via a mirror, linking Rise to Burn and suggesting the dagger could drive future crossovers and a 2028 prequel within the wider Evil Dead universe.
Evil Dead Burn blends brutal, inventive carnage with a sharp domestic-abuse allegory, anchored by Souheila Yacoub’s determined final girl, but its heavy-handed metaphor and a disappointing CGI finale undermine the momentum of what is otherwise an ambitiously eerie horror entry.
The Hollywood Reporter review of Evil Dead Burn praises its relentless gore, practical effects, and high-energy direction from Sébastien Vanicek, delivering a modern, carnage-forward entry that leans into spectacle over character depth or Raimi-era humor. Souheila Yacoub's Alice provides a strong centerpiece amid a violent, family-centered siege, but the film sacrifices narration for wave after wave of gruesome set-pieces.
Germain Lussier’s io9 review praises Evil Dead Burn as a brutal, relentlessly gory entry in the Sam Raimi franchise, driven by top-tier practical effects and bone-rattling sound design that make the violence feel palpable. While the family dynamics and some plot beats are uneven, the film escalates into nonstop Deadite carnage with inventive long takes and a house-as-a-chambered stage for the horror. The performances by Edgar and Alice standouts amid stronger gore-than-character storytelling. Fans of horror will likely embrace it as a crucial installment; stay for the post-credits scenes. In theaters July 10.
Sébastien Vaniček's Evil Dead Burn fuses a grieving family drama with inventive gore and a dreamlike mood, expanding the Deadite franchise beyond Raimi’s formula; Souheila Yacoub delivers a standout final-girl performance, though the tonal shifts can be uneven. In theaters July 10.