A bloody action movie in which the soul is lost: is "Evil Dead Burn" worth your time?

What is the movie about?

The plot is quite typical for a horror movie, it begins with a group of people in an unfamiliar place finding a very interesting and unusual book Necronomicon. From that moment on, the ordinary journey turns into a bloody horror: the obsession between the group members begins to spread like a virus, and each new minute adds another portion of blood, severed limbs and scenes from which you want to turn away. The heroes have to not just run away, but fight against forces that are almost impossible to stop.

The film was directed by French director Sébastien Vanichek, known for the horror film "Spider's Lair". The main roles are played by Suhayla Yakub, Hunter Duen (the same psychopath from "Wednesday") and others.

What did the film really achieve?

The film's strongest point is its dynamic scenes, when you don't have to be bored to death. As soon as the events start, the film rushes forward at maximum speed and almost does not give a break until the credits. The editing and cinematography here are at a fairly high level, you won't have to worry about that. One scene that will definitely become famous is especially impressive, it is filmed in one long take, it looks so impressive that it could easily become one of the best.

The director used almost everything you can find in the house for the bloody scenes: forks, knives, oven doors, car seat headrests, fishing line, fire and even a prosthetic jaw. Each object sooner or later becomes a tool for another bloody massacre. Fans of body horror will definitely not be bored. In addition, the screamers are placed here competently and several times really work as they should. Technically, the film looks much more confident than in the script.

What went wrong?

The main problem with the film "Evil Dead on Fire" is the complete loss of the spirit of Sam Raimi's original trilogy, and this is the biggest disappointment for very long-time fans. Once "Evil Dead" stood out among other horrors thanks to its crazy black humor, bordering on the absurd, but the modern sequel is gradually losing this balance. If "Rise of the Dead" by Lee Cronyn still tried to maintain at least some atmosphere, then the new film finally abandons the Raimi formula and turns into an ordinary serious horror.

As for the characters in the film themselves, there are also many questions, they are too cardboard and unconvincing, or almost not revealed, or so hyperbolized that they cease to be perceived as living people. Because of this, when someone finds themselves in danger, you do not empathize, but simply wait to see how they will be killed. On the one hand, this is a normal situation for horror, but on the other hand, if this is a film with a claim to seriousness, and not just a greasy rubalovo, then this is a problem.

It is worth saying separately about the violence in the film, and there is a lot of it here, maybe even too much. When blood flows almost continuously, and new ways to mutilate people appear every few minutes, it all ceases to inspire fear or disgust and begins to be banally tiring. The actors do their job, but no one is particularly memorable.

Summary

The Evil Dead is a good bloody horror for fans of body horror and maximum brutality, it has a fast-paced development of events, high-quality camera work and a few truly effective moments. But as a continuation of a cult franchise, it finally loses what once made "The Evil Dead" unique.