5 Gory Horror Movies to Watch If You Like Evil Dead Burn

All six Evil Dead films leave audiences with the best kind of fatigue. In roughly 90 minutes, each unleashes a relentless mix of gruesome deaths, jolting scares, and chaotic thrills that makes every minute feel worthwhile. For many viewers, Sébastien Vaniček’s Evil Dead Burn continues that tradition. The French filmmaker’s entry follows Alice Price (Souheila Yacoub) as she attends the funeral of her abusive husband, William (George Pullar), while his immediate family treats her with open hostility.

The poisonous atmosphere turns far more dangerous when the Deadites emerge and begin possessing those around Alice, including William’s corpse and his parents. As friends, relatives, and strangers are transformed into undead instruments of violence, Alice fights to stay alive while searching for a way to destroy the organisms. Her ordeal is packed with fire, blood, and flying limbs. Anyone who leaves Evil Dead Burn wanting more savage horror will find plenty of worthy follow-up options beyond the franchise itself.

Five films in particular make excellent companion viewing for Vaniček’s blood-soaked sequel. Whether audiences are chasing inventive kills, nerve-shredding tension, or outrageous horror-comedy energy, these movies should satisfy even the most worn-out Evil Dead Burn fans.

Sébastien Vaniček did not begin his feature filmmaking career with Evil Dead Burn. Before taking on the franchise, he directed several acclaimed short films and established himself as a distinctive voice with Infested, his 2023 contribution to the tradition of bizarre giant-bug horror. The film centers on Kaleb (Théo Christine), who unknowingly puts his entire apartment building in danger after bringing home a venomous spider. Soon, Kaleb and his neighbors are battling a rapidly multiplying arachnid population that is killing residents one by one. Viewers with severe arachnophobia should proceed with caution.

Elsewhere, Infested earned largely positive reviews for the same strengths Vaniček would later bring to Evil Dead Burn: imaginative deaths and an effective use of claustrophobic settings. Vaniček also co-wrote the screenplay with Florent Bernard, who later co-wrote Burn. Still, Infested is far more than a rough draft for a franchise assignment. It is an unrestrained creature feature—essentially Eight Legged Freaks on steroids and several other stimulants. For that reason, fans can watch Infested without feeling as though they are revisiting the same bloody formula.

The spider-centered horror film clearly served as valuable preparation for Vaniček’s leap into the Evil Dead universe. Yet the praise surrounding Infested also confirms that it has earned a reputation entirely on its own merits.

Horror’s traditional late-August season has been gone for years. For more than a decade, films such as The Conjuring and Nope have shown that scary movies can open during the summer and succeed in some of the year’s most prominent release windows. Unsurprisingly, Evil Dead Burn was not the only horror film frightening audiences in summer 2026. Several of the year’s strongest genre releases arrived between the first weekend of May and Labor Day, including Adam Scott’s horror vehicle Hokum.

Scott plays Ohm Bauman, a deeply irritable author who travels to Ireland to scatter his parents’ ashes. During his stay at an inn, Bauman becomes entangled in a terrifying conspiracy connected to a sealed-off section of the building. Hokum and Evil Dead Burn are linked not only by their summer 2026 release windows but also by their use of burning buildings and protagonists forced to confront painful histories.

More significantly, both films deliver powerful shocks and the kind of unsettling imagery that can keep viewers awake. Hokum has particular fun destabilizing the line between reality and delusion, turning its unpleasant lead into an unexpectedly compelling anchor, and building jump scares around a sinister figure wearing a rabbit mask.

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Some of Warner Bros.’ most significant films came from New Line Cinema, the studio absorbed by Warner Bros. in 2008. New Line’s catalog stretches from John Waters movies to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but the company is especially associated with horror. Its nickname—“the house that Freddy [Kreuger] built”—reflects its connection to the It films, the Conjuring universe, Weapons, and, in North America, 2026’s Evil Dead Burn.

Another major horror franchise bearing the New Line Cinema logo is Final Destination. Like Evil Dead, the series returned with a mid-2020s sequel in the form of Final Destination Bloodlines. The story follows a family dealing with the far-reaching consequences of an ancestor who escaped death decades earlier. Revitalizing a familiar horror brand after years of sequels is no simple task, but Bloodlines—much like the strongest Evil Dead installments—uses grim humor and extravagant gore to establish its own personality.

The film’s brilliantly timed prologue, set high above the ground, immediately demonstrates its command of suspense and sound design. After that spectacular opening, Final Destination Bloodlines continues piling on elaborate set pieces and shocking deaths. It is a reminder that certain horror franchises can remain creatively alive, even after repeatedly confronting death’s most unstoppable forces.

Every Evil Dead film is indebted to Sam Raimi, the director of the franchise’s original three entries. Although Raimi has not directed an Evil Dead feature in decades, his signature blend of grotesque humor and maximalist filmmaking remains visible in projects such as Evil Dead Burn. Anyone craving more vicious, irreverent mayhem should turn to Raimi’s latest film, Send Help. His long-awaited return to R-rated cinema makes the experience even more enticing and opens the door to some truly unforgettable madness.

Send Help follows Linda Liddle (Rachel McAdams), an ordinary office worker stranded on a deserted island alongside her monstrous boss, Bradley Preston (Dylan O’Brien). In their familiar office environment, Preston controls Linda’s livelihood and future. On the island, however, the balance of power changes completely: Linda has the survival skills, and Preston is suddenly dependent on her. The film draws much of its energy from that reversal, as Linda embraces increasingly devious tactics to stay alive.

The production is further elevated by McAdams, who gives the lead role an irresistibly entertaining edge. Known in recent years for serious dramas including Spotlight and Disobedience, she throws herself into Raimi’s chaos without hesitation. Raimi, meanwhile, proves that his talent for constructing suspense remains as sharp as ever. Send Help captures the uniquely twisted cinematic flavor that only the mind behind Evil Dead could deliver.

Viewers drawn to Evil Dead Burn’s story of women confronting past abuse through extreme violence should seek out Aimee Kuge’s Cannibal Mukbang. The film begins when Mark (Nate Wise) meets Ash (April Consalo), a mukbang performer who appears to be the woman of his dreams. Ash has another, far more brutal calling: hunting and eating sexual predators. After she and her sister suffered sexual abuse as children, Ash dedicates herself to eliminating the monsters who prey on women. As she and Mark grow closer, their relationship becomes intertwined with vigilantism—and cannibalism.

While many genres confine female characters to narrow roles, horror has long offered women performers the chance to go bigger, stranger, and more extreme. The genre’s greatest final girls are proof of that tradition. April Consalo honors—and expands upon—that legacy with a remarkable performance as Ash. She moves effortlessly from charming romantic-comedy lead to deeply unsettling force of nature, shifting from sweetly adorable to frighteningly unpredictable in an instant. The result is a lead performance that reflects the singular imagination at the center of Cannibal Mukbang.

Kuge is equally impressive in her directorial debut, particularly in the way she maintains the film’s precarious tonal balance. Its most outrageous visual moments land with genuine impact rather than feeling gratuitous. In short, Cannibal Mukbang represents the best kind of gross-out independent horror—the same unruly territory where The Evil Dead first made its mark.

If you or anyone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, help is available. Visit the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network website or contact RAINN’s National Helpline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).