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Evil Dead Burn, the latest film in producers Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert<\/a> and Bruce Campbell\u2019s<\/a> reimagined Evil Dead franchise<\/a>, has sparked some positive reviews from Rotten Tomatoes critics.<\/p>\n Directed by S\u00e9bastien Vani\u010dek, Evil Dead Burn once again involves the Necronomicon, aka the Book of the Dead, which this time unleashes a demonic presence upon a widow, Alice (Souheila Yacoub) and her in-laws at the rundown, remote home after Alice\u2019s husband, Will\u2019s (George Pullar) tragic death. Before too long, the family members turn into Deadites and the number of people in the home to fight them is dwindling rapidly.<\/p>\n ForbesSam Raimi And Rob Tapert Talk \u2018Evil Dead Burn\u2019 And How Fresh Voices Are Behind Success Of The New FilmsBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n Playing in Thursday preview screenings before opening in theaters everywhere on Friday, Evil Dead Burn also stars Hunter Doohan (Wednesday<\/a>), Luciane Buchanan (Chief of War), Tandi Wright, Erroll Shand (Chief of War) and Maude Devey.<\/p>\n As of Wednesday evening, Evil Dead Burn has earned an 80% \u201cfresh\u201d critics\u2019 score on Rotten Tomatoes\u2019<\/a> Tomatometer based on 56 reviews. RT\u2019s Critics Consensus, Audience Summary and Popcornmeter score are still pending.<\/p>\n Note: This article will be updated with an adjusted critics\u2019 score, if necessary, as well as more reviews as they are posted on RT.<\/p>\n ForbesBruce Campbell On His Decision To Be Less Involved In \u2018Evil Dead\u2019 FilmsBy Tim Lammers<\/a>What Are Individual Critics Saying About \u2018Evil Dead Burn\u2019?<\/p>\n David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter is among the top critics on RT<\/a> who gives Evil Dead Burn a \u201cfresh\u201d score, writing, \u201cRight off the bat, Vanicek shows he\u2019s not fooling around, with a maximum-brutality kill.\u201d<\/p>\n William Bibbiani of The Wrap also gives Evil Dead Burn a \u201cfresh\u201d score, writing in his RT review summary, \u201cIt\u2019s not the smartest Evil Dead. It\u2019s not the funniest ‘Evil Dead.’ It\u2019s not the best ‘Evil Dead.’ But it is the evilest ‘Evil Dead,’ and that feels right. Dead right.\u201d<\/p>\n ForbesTaylor Sheridan\u2019s \u2018Landman\u2019 Shut Out At 2026 Emmy NominationsBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n Nick Schager of The Daily Beast deems Evil Dead Burn \u201cfresh,\u201d writing on RT that the film \u201cfinds the funny in the fantastically nasty \u2014 and, in doing so, proves a stomach-churningly amusing nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n Owen Gleiberman of Variety also praises Evil Dead Burn. Gleiberman writes in his \u201cfresh\u201d RT review summary, \u201cThe violence, while nonstop, remains aggressively \u2018thematic,\u2019 as the bottled-up family tensions and angers come out in the form of gnashing, bashing, gouging, severing, impaling, dismembering.\u201d<\/p>\n Slant Magazine\u2019s Rocco T. Thompson is among the top critics on RT who gives Evil Dead Burn a \u201crotten\u201d score, writing, \u201cWhat begins as a nasty delight chronicling a noxious family quickly becomes a meditation on gendered abuse that, while well-intentioned, ends up feeling uncomfortably literal-minded.\u201d<\/p>\n