'Evil Dead Burn's Post-Credits Scene Just Changed the Rules of the Franchise

Published Jul 9, 2026, 7:48 PM EDT

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Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for ‘Evil Dead Burn.‘After two modern Evil Dead films, the universe expands this week with the franchise’s latest installment, Evil Dead Burn. The new sequel — which follows an already unpleasant family reunion that is interrupted by Deadites — features some shocking connections to 2023’s Evil Dead Rise, and it looks like longtime franchise producers Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert have some big plans for future sequels, with Evil Dead Wrath scheduled for release in spring 2028.

But fans who want more now won’t have to wait two years — the film includes two post-credit scenes, one of which hints at a connective thread between Evil Dead Burn and the franchise’s previous entry, and suggests how the series might move forward in its next installment.

The plot of Evil Dead Burn is largely set at the summer home of the Price family following the funeral of their adult son, Will (George Pullar), who has seemingly died in a fiery car wreck. However, his death was no mere accident. Will was killed by the Deadite Jessica from Evil Dead Rise (portrayed in the new movie by Greta Van Den Brink), and she infected Will with her Deadite curse.

As the rest of Will’s family gathers, the Deadite curse spreads, picking them off one by one. In the end, only Will’s wife, Alice (Souheila Yacoub), survives. We learn that the Deadites were drawn to the Price family because Will’s brother, Joseph (Hunter Doohan), had unearthed a Kandarian dagger, a weapon that can be used to destroy the Deadites. The dagger was created by the Council of Wise Men, a group that included Joseph’s grandfather, Robert Price (Bruce Campbell in a brief cameo), who studied the Necronomicon and methods to repel the Deadites.

Alice barely survives finding the Kandarian Dagger, fighting off the rest of the demons, then dispatching the smoldering Deadite corpse of her abusive husband. However, Will’s grandmother, Polly (Maude Davey), who was also turned into a Deadite, manages to escape before the family summer home burns down. In the mid-credits scene, Polly is seen crawling across an open road, bemoaning the way Alice got the better of the Deadites. A female driver discovers Alice, believing the Deadite to be an innocent victim. The septuagenarian demon then plays dumb for a moment before attacking the hapless motorist, who meets a grim fate before the movie cuts to the closing credits.

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