The Necronomicon is calling once again. The first trailer for this summer’s Evil Dead Burn has officially dropped, teasing the next blood-soaked chapter in one of horror’s most wild and enduring franchises.

Following the gnarly reinvention of the series with Lee Cronin’s 2023 Evil Dead Rise, Burn looks to double down on the franchise’s signature blend of relentless brutality and demonic chaos. Directed by Sébastien Vaniček, who is best known for the 2023 cult hit Infested, the trailer wastes no time establishing its suffocating tone, opening on a seemingly isolated setting before unleashing a barrage of Deadite carnage that feels both familiar and freshly unhinged. There’s a tactile nastiness to the imagery here that suggests this entry is aiming to push the series even further into the kind of nightmare territory it’s known for.

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What stands out most is how Burn appears to lean into elemental horror, using fire as both a visual motif and a thematic throughline. Where past installments weaponized claustrophobic cabins for a friend group getaway and urban family high-rises, this film looks ready to engulf everything in flames, turning survival into something far more desperate and primal. It’s a striking evolution that still feels firmly rooted in the DNA that The Evil Dead first unleashed decades ago.

In this new film, we follow a grieving woman (Souheila Yacoub) who seeks solace in her secluded in-laws’ home, only to be attacked by the sinister demons this franchise continues to spawn. The trailer makes one thing abundantly clear: the Book of the Dead is far from finished. If anything, it’s only getting warmed up. Evil Dead Burn is set to hit theaters later this year on July 10th, and if this first look is any indication, audiences should prepare to get absolutely scorched.