3/5 starsThe sixth instalment in Sam Raimi’s hugely profitable horror series, Evil Dead Burn sees a young widow (Souheila Yacoub) travel to a remote house with her grieving in-laws, only for them to transform into rampaging demonic Deadites.Directed and co-written by Sebastien Vanicek, following the success of his French-language debut Infested (2023), Evil Dead Burn introduces a crop of new, mostly loathsome characters with no obvious connection to Ash (immortalised across the original trilogy by Bruce Campbell), the protagonists from the 2013 reboot, or 2023’s hugely entertaining Evil Dead Rise.That said, the secluded setting, frenetic camerawork, buckets of gore and cohort of gleefully gurning demons help retain the anarchic tone of Raimi’s 1981 original, while a mysterious tome known as the Book of the Dead remains the source of the malevolent forces at work. Otherwise, Vanicek’s take stands apart on its own mangled and bloodied feet.Evil Dead Burn | Official TrailerIn the wake of a drunken argument, William (George Pullar) abandons his young French wife, Alice (Yacoub), and drives off into the night, colliding with a ghostly figure on a deserted country road. Before William succumbs to his injuries, the ghoul informs him that “they” are coming for his family to retrieve what is rightfully theirs.William’s parents (Tandi Wright and Erroll Shand) make no effort to hide their disdain for Alice. Nevertheless, they invite her back to the dilapidated family home following the funeral, together with William’s younger brother Joseph (Hunter Doohan), his girlfriend Thya (Luciane Buchanan) and the siblings’ infirm grandmother (Maude Davey).