Trust the Evil Dead franchise to find more innovative ways to kill people than ever seen before. The film series returns to theatres this week as Evil Dead: Burn, the latest instalment, hits the screens. Ahead of the release, the film’s stars, Hunter Doohan, Souheila Yacoub, and Luciane Buchanan, sit down with Hindustan Times to talk about the film and their experiences working on it.

The scene that gave the actors the shivers

The Evil Dead franchise is known as much for its gore as it is for finding new, grisly ways to show death. When asked if there was a scene that gave the actors the creeps while filming it, Hunter Doohan has a carefully crafted and spoiler-free answer. “That for me that it's was one of the first things we teased where I'm smashing something. That means when I'm crushing someone's head with my bare hands,” says the actor.

Would the actors survive a zombie apocalypse?

The film gives a fair idea of how their characters would react in battle against the dead. But how would Hunter, Luciane, and Souheila fare? Hunter feels he’d be the first to die. “I’d give up. If it's zombie-apocalypse preparation, it's just too much for me. I'm out,” he says with a laugh. Luciane adds, “So, we'll sacrifice Hunter first 'cause he's happy to go. And then we'll (her and Souheila) talk about it, cry about it, and then probably I'll go next.”

The technicality of the shoot

There are urban legends that when such films are shot with some element of the paranormal or the supernatural, the shoot also gets a little eerie. But the actors say this shoot was so technical that they never had the time to think about the spooky aspects. Luciane explains, “It's planned so meticulously that it's not scary at all. Honestly, it was like we're in a sports team all together.”