Rating of
3/4
Limbs will be torn
Matthew Brady - wrote on 11/08/26
I often wonder why I enjoy movies like this, lol. I feel like the ultimate sicko, standing outside the window, looking in, and saying, “Yes…ha ha ha…yes!”
Limbs will be torn, and no body part is safe. Evil Dead Burn is nasty, brutal, and a bloody good time. There were a couple of gory moments that made me cringe and wince. I knew this movie wasn’t going to hold back the moment the family dog gets killed. Again, why do I like this so much?
I liked this a bit more than Evil Dead Rise, partly because it leans more into a darker sense of humor. Another reason is that this time around, you don’t care about the family in this movie. While we don’t get to know them fully, we know enough to see that they are not very nice people. You’re not rooting for them to die or anything; whenever something awful happens to them, you don’t feel completely bad for them. In contrast, in the previous film, the family was decent folks put through a horrible situation that only got worse for them, which made me feel bad for them.
I like how the new Evil Dead movies have become vehicles for up-and-coming directors to unleash their creative, wild side in filmmaking and beyond. I can see the formula for these movies becoming repetitive, but I’m still enjoying the ride. If they introduce something new to this series, I’ll happily welcome it, if it’s done well, of course. I’ll only recommend this to fans of the series and horror lovers. Outside of that, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone who is squeamish, because they might never talk to you again if you tricked them into seeing this.
