Building on Rise‘s cold open, which saw the Deadites wreak havoc on a trio of unsuspecting lake goers, Burn begins with a possessed Jessica (Greta Van Den Brink, who previously served as the stunt double of Anna-Maree Thomas’ Jessica in Rise) reemerging from the aforementioned lake to deliver a torturous end to two buddies attempting to enjoy a day of fishing.
After washing her hands of that mess, Jessica heads to a nearby road to await her next victim: Will Price (George Pullar), the abusive husband of final-girl-in-the-making Alice (Souheila Yacoub). The majority of Burn revolves around the Price family’s post-funeral gathering at Will’s late grandfather Benjamin’s dilapidated cabin in the woods, where Will’s father Edgar (Erroll Shand), mother Susan (Tandi Wright), grandmother Polly (Maude Davey), brother Joseph (Hunter Doohan), soon-to-be-sister-in-law Thya (Luciane Buchanan), and family dog Max (animal lovers beware!) all eventually fall under the Deadites’ control, leaving Alice to scratch, claw, and weed-whack her way out of certain doom.
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