Sam Raimi watched Infested, a French spider horror film, and decided its director should make the next Evil Dead.
Sébastien Vaniček made Infested in 2023. It won Best Picture and Best Director at Fantastic Fest. Raimi saw it and hired Vaniček and his co-writer Florent Bernard to write and direct Evil Dead Burn. Raimi's instructions, by Vaniček's account: no limits, go as far as you want.
Vaniček's pitch back to Raimi: not the bloodiest Evil Dead, the most violent and the most brutal. They shot it in New Zealand on a $20 million budget.
Evil Dead Burn is a stealth sequel to Evil Dead Rise. Alice retreats to her late husband's family home. His relatives become Deadites.
If you want something that earns its R rating, this is it. Evil Dead Burn is in theaters now.
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