TPToA Podcast 454 – Evil Dead Burn

Evil Dead Burn Welcome back to the podcast where long-running franchises are lovingly dismembered, reanimated, and occasionally set on fire… This week, we’re diving chainsaw first? into Evil Dead Burn (2026), the sixth entry in Sam Raimi’s gloriously gooey horror legacy. What began in 1981 as the original scrappy, cabin-in-the-woods nightmare has since morphed into a full-blown franchise of splatter, slapstick, and increasingly unfunny trauma. Directed by Sébastien Vaniček and starring Souheila Yacoub, Hunter Doohan, and Luciane Buchanan, this latest instalment swaps out “groovy” one-liners for something a little more… intense. Set around the worst family gathering… perhaps ever… the film promises Deadites, dismemberment and dread. Sadly it delivers a bit more dourness, depression and desultory franchise nods. To unpack it all, it’s just the two-man mythology crew this week: Dion and Quinny. No safety net, no Ash Williams—just two bearded men asking the big questions: How much gore is too much gore? Can a franchise lose its sense of fun? And “have you read Dungeon Crawler Carl yet?”  Yep, from Deadites to dungeon runs, Dion and Quinny compare notes on litRPG chaos, talking talking cats, and whether reading 5 books in a week is actually healthy. Official synopsis: After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws. As one by one they transform into deadites, she comes to discover that the vows she took in life – survive even in death. https://youtu.be/SYB3duu1gS0 As always, a big bloody thank-you to all you crazy deadites and demons who join in with the conversation on the Twitch stream, live each Tuesday (or wednesday) night at 7:30pm AEST. And an especially huge thanks to any of you chainsaw weilding last-ladies who are kind enough to support us by casting a magical dagger into our jar via Ko-Fi, or subscribing on twitch… every bit helps us to keep the lights on… because we’re still scared of the dark. If you feel so inclined drop us a sub we really love them, The more subby mc-sub-faces we get, the more Emotes You get! https://youtu.be/TnHby2cxJzs?si=ZdvoWJ7bGsdyMlEa WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK! Send in voicemails or emails with your opinions on this show (or any others) to [email protected] Please make sure to join our social networks too!  We’re on: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TPToA/ Twitter: www.twitter.com/TPToA Facebook: www.facebook.com/PeriodicTableOfAwesome Instagram: www.instagram.com/theperiodictableofawesome/