‘Evil Dead Burn’ Just Set An All-Time Horror Rotten Tomatoes Record

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Evil Dead Burn has 100 critic reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

100 · Evil Dead Burn critic reviews

All six Evil Dead films have Rotten Tomatoes scores above 60%.

6 · Evil Dead filmsat least 60 · Rotten Tomatoes score

George A. Romero’s ‘of the Dead’ zombie series has five of its six movies above 60% on Rotten Tomatoes, with Survival of the Dead scoring 29%.

5 · of the Dead series movies above 60%at least 60 · Rotten Tomatoes score29 · Survival of the Dead Rotten Tomatoes score

The Ash vs. Evil Dead TV series has a 99% Rotten Tomatoes score across three seasons.

99 · Ash vs. Evil Dead TV series Rotten Tomatoes score

Fede Alvarez wrote and directed Evil Dead Rise.

Sébastien Vanicek directed the 2023 film Infested, which has a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score.

95 · Infested Rotten Tomatoes score

Box office projections for Evil Dead Burn are between $20 million and $30 million for its opening weekend.

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Evil Dead Burn has a reported budget of $20 million.

20 million · Evil Dead Burn budget

Moana, a $250 million‑budgeted film, is projected to earn $40-50 million in its opening weekend.

250 million · Moana budget40 million · Moana opening weekend gross50 million · Moana opening weekend gross

While previously a trilogy that began in 1981 and ended in 1992, Evil Dead has now turned into a modern franchise, adding three more movies since 2013. Now, Evil Dead Burn has just hit theaters, three years after Evil Dead Rise.

Evil Dead Burn seems like a good counter to the live-action Moana movie this weekend, and lord knows horror films are killing it at the box office this year between Obsession and Backrooms. But is it good? Well, a hundred critic reviews are in to form a Rotten Tomatoes score, and we can now compare it to the rest of the series:

So, in the bottom half, but as you can see, there has not been a “rotten” reviewed Evil Dead franchise movie yet on either the critic or audience side, which does not happen for horror series. Most don’t run that long in the first place, and ones that do often have films that suffer significant drops in quality. It’s range with Evil Dead here, but it’s all positive, and Evil Dead Burn has reviewed just fine. That’s why this appears to be a record: six films, the entirety of a series, all getting positive Rotten Tomatoes scores. Its competition:

The closest, if it technically counts given the disparate films, is George A. Romero’s “of the Dead” zombie series, which has 5 out of 6 movies above 60%, the exception being 2009’s Survival of the Dead with a 29% score. Evil Dead has 100% of its movies above a 60%, aka “fresh,” and that’s the entire run of the series. And hey, we can even extend that into TV, as the Ash vs. Evil Dead show has a 99% Rotten Tomatoes score across three seasons, more than any of the movies.

Unlike the Raimi trilogy, Evil Dead 2013, Rise and Burn all have different directors. Fede Alvarez wrote and directed the high-scoring Rise, but is not back for Burn, having just released the less-well-received The Mummy (which is effectively an Evil Dead movie, which you’ll see if you watch it). Now, Evil Dead Burn is led by Sébastien Vanicek, though this time, has Sam Raimi as a co-writer. Vanicek directed what I would consider a shockingly good creature horror film, the monster spider-filled Infested back in 2023 (95% Rotten Tomatoes score on that one). I would absolutely give that a watch. That and Burn are his only two features.

Box office projections for Evil Dead Burn are somewhere between $20 and $30 million for the weekend, which is significant given that the $250 million-budgeted Moana is projected at $40-50 million. Burn has a reported $20 million budget. That’s horror for you!

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