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Evil Dead Burn
Box Office
Hit · 3.6x
Budget$20M
Worldwide Gross$71.4M
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Evil Dead Burn

Evil Dead Burn

movie·R·Jul 10, 2026·
Box OfficeHit · 3.6x
$20M
Budget
$71.4M
Gross
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Evil Dead Burn

movie
R
July 10, 2026
Wokeometer Rating
1Based
Audience Woke Score
7/10
Woke
5 Ratings
Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke

TL;DR Verdict

Evil Dead Burn sticks to classic supernatural horror with Alice battling possessed in-laws via the Necronomicon and Kandarian dagger, delivering neutral story-driven thrills with no identity politics or social messaging.

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Detailed Analysis

Evil Dead Burn follows a straightforward supernatural horror premise centered on Alice (Souheila Yacoub), a widow who joins her late husband Will's family at a secluded lakehouse, only for in-laws including mother Susan (Tandi Wright), father Edgar (Erroll Shand), brother Joseph (Hunter Doohan), and others to transform one by one into Deadites via Necronomicon possession and a fire-themed demon.

The core conflict revolves around surviving the possessions while uncovering that marriage vows persist beyond death, with Alice wielding a Kandarian dagger against possessed relatives like Joseph and Susan in classic gore sequences. This setup draws directly from franchise traditions of demonic family mayhem without any framing around identity, systemic oppression, or social norms.

Key Factors

  • Traditional horror plot focused on Deadite possessions and marital vows with no activist themes
  • Casting of diverse actors in original roles without source-material swaps or foregrounded identity elements
  • Absence of creator statements, dialogue, or subplots addressing contemporary social justice topics

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Corporate & Creator Activism0

No indications of studio DEI initiatives, ESG decisions, or marketing focused on progressive credentials in the franchise-style setup.

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Gender Ideology & LGBTQ+ Themes
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Directed by

  • Sébastien Vaniček

Is Evil Dead Burn Woke?

We've run a full content analysis on Evil Dead Burn and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.

Audience Fit
1.5/5
Mixed fit

Audience Fit is the inverse of the community's average woke rating of 6.8/10: the less woke our audience finds a title, the more stars it earns. Based on 5 audience ratings.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of woke content is in Evil Dead Burn?

Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Evil Dead Burn's overall score.

Is Evil Dead Burn family-friendly?

Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Evil Dead Burn is rated R. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age rating to decide if it's right for your family.

How does Wokeometer score movies?

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Top Cast

Souheila Yacoub
1.5Based

Souheila Yacoub

Alice

Tandi Wright
1Based

Tandi Wright

Susan

Hunter Doohan
3.3Based

Hunter Doohan

Joseph

Luciane Buchanan
1Based

Luciane Buchanan

Thya

Erroll Shand
5Mixed

Erroll Shand

Edgar

Maude Davey
1Based

Maude Davey

Polly

George Pullar
1Based

George Pullar

Will

Victory Ndukwe
1Based

Victory Ndukwe

Leo

Keanu Karim
1Based

Keanu Karim

Jared

Tapiwa Soropa
1Based

Tapiwa Soropa

Mike

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Audience Reviews3

Person6240Woke8/10
Nov 7, 2026

The main story is about a woman confronting her trauma that came from her dead husbands beatings. It’s also gives a message that all men are violent, because all of the male deadites are much more agressive then the female ones. A woman of colour has extremely strong plot armour to help her overcome the trauma of her husband.

GodSpeedWoke7/10
Oct 24, 2026

Although the movie was entertaining it was super woke. It pushed anti-male and anti-white male. The movie is anti-family and anti-marriage, quotes like “promise me we will never get married”. The protagonist blames the ex-husband for all the chaos and evil demons as she states towards the end of movie. The white young male they make him dumb and weak while all the women are strong and fight the demons. The white ex-husband they made him a domestic abuser.

Leonard StraussWoke7/10
Sep 24, 2026

The plot of Evil Dead Burn centers around a female protagonist trapped in an unhappy marriage and faced with a family that shuns her for not adopting her role as a wife and daughter in law. The central theme of the oppressive nature of the nuclear family bleeds through almost every scene in the movie, whether it’s the mother in law who sides with the deadites to preserve her family, or the abusive boyfriend-zombie who taunts her constantly using her status as his widow as his main barb. This message was repeated so often in every scene, form and fashion that by the end I was telling my girlfriend while viewing “ok we get it marriage is bad, family is bad”. Not rated higher since this is the only woke angle the movie takes, not rated lower since it’s so blatant.

GodSpeed
Oct 24, 2026

Spot on.