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4. A Little Known Director & Cast - Evil Dead Burn
2023's Evil Dead Rise continued the series' impressive winning streak even though it was something of an anomaly, given that it didn't feature Bruce Campbell's legendary Ash nor did it continue on from 2013's solid remake of the original film.
An entirely standalone story helmed by a relatively unknown filmmaker, Lee Cronin, and featuring a cast you've likely not seen before, Evil Dead Rise proved that the series could succeed without big names or significant creative involvement from Campbell or creator Sam Raimi.
And so the upcoming Evil Dead Burn will be basically attempting to repeat that same success, by hiring an on-the-rise genre director - Infested filmmaker Sébastien Vaniček - to bring his own unique voice to the IP, while working with a cast of mostly lesser-known performers.
If it can retain the same tone as Rise, melding grim horror with flecks of absurdist, black comedy, then Evil Dead Burn will show beyond any doubt that the IP can exist as a collection of largely standalone stories from this point on.