The full Evil Dead Burn trailer is here – and it looks to confirm a major crossover with Evil Dead Rise.
After the teaser caught horror fans' attention with its nod to Ash vs. Evil Dead, the 2-minute redband promo features a more explicit link to the wider franchise, with several shots of a deadite that looks exactly like Jessica, the ill-fated vacationer from the start of the previous movie. Check it out below...
If the bloody, drenched summer dress wasn't enough to convince us it's the same character, the lakeside setting of her scenes makes it pretty undeniable. What's more, New Zealand-based actress Greta van den Brink appears in the cast list for Evil Dead Burn and, well, she was a stunt double for Jessica in Lee Cronin's Evil Dead Rise. In short, all signs point to the latest flick being the first non-standalone film in the series since Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness in 1992.
While the red band trailer sees Jessica terrorize a man on a boat, the less gruesome green band version sees her cause the car accident that kills protagonist Alice's husband Will (George Pullar).
Directed by Sébastien Vaniček (Infested), Evil Dead Burn follows Alice (Souheila Yacoub), as she visits her in-laws in the wake of Will's death. The family reunion takes a hellish turn, though, when they start getting possessed by violence-loving demons. Tandi Wright, Luciane Buchanan, Erroll Shand, and Wednesday's Hunter Doohan round out the supporting cast.
Jessica's not the only reference to previous chapters, either. If you keep your eyes peeled when Alice is rifling through the Necronomicon in the trailers, you'll see a news article headlined, "Four bodies found in cabin fire", which is sure to mean Natalie (Elizabeth Blackmore), Olivia (Jessica Lucas), Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci), and David (Shiloh Fernandez) from Fede Álvarez's Evil Dead.
Evil Dead Burn releases on July 10. In the meantime, check out our guide to the most exciting upcoming horror movies heading our way.
