‘Evil Dead Burn’ Sets HBO Max Release Date in Time for Halloween — SkimNews
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- "Evil Dead Burn" will be released on HBO Max on Oct. 2, arriving on streaming ahead of Halloween and roughly three months after its July 10 theatrical debut
- Sébastien Vaniček directed the film, which stars Souheila Yacoub as a widow who visits her in-laws at a secluded house only to have the gathering devolve into a Deadite attack
- The supporting cast includes Hunter Doohan ("Wednesday," "Daredevil: Born Again"), Luciane Buchanan ("The Night Agent"), Tandi Wright ("Pearl"), Erroll Shand ("Chief of War"), George Pullar and Maude Davey
- The film is the sixth entry in the franchise created by Sam Raimi and the third since the 2013 reboot, continuing the Deadite mythology built around the Naturom Demonto / Necronomicon Ex-Mortis
- Bruce Campbell starred in the original trilogy ("The Evil Dead" 1981, "Evil Dead II" 1987, "Army of Darkness" 1992) and reprised his role in the Starz series "Ash vs Evil Dead" (2015-2018)
- Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert produced "Evil Dead Burn" under their Ghost House Pictures banner, with Campbell, Romel Adam, Lee Cronin and Jose Cañas executive producing
- A seventh franchise entry, "Evil Dead Wrath", directed by Francis Galluppi, is already slated for an April 2028 release
Why it matters: A roughly three-month theatrical-to-streaming window is a fairly tight turnaround for a wide-release horror film, and the Oct. 2 drop positions "Evil Dead Burn" directly inside the peak Halloween viewing window — the most lucrative stretch of the year for horror IP, where the franchise has reliably drawn audiences since 1981.
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