Sébastien Vanicek

Writer, Director

Sebastien Vaniček is a French filmmaker who specializes in horror movies and launched his career with three short films (299 792 458 m/s, Mayday, Crocs) made between 2015 and 2018. Vaniček was director/co-writer of his debut horror movie, the French production Vermines/Infested (2023), starring Theo Christine, Sofia Lesaffre and Jerome Niel, produced by My Box Films and Tandem (which also distributed in France), and which premiered in the Critics Week sidebar of the Venice Film Festival, grossing $2.4 million in theatrical before streaming in the U.S. on Shudder.

Vaniček made his U.S. debut as director/co-writer of the Evil Dead franchise sequel, Evil Dead Burn (2026), co-written by his Vermines co-writer Florent Bernard, co-starring Souheila Yacoub, Tandi Wright, Hunter Doohan and Luciane Buchanan, produced (in part) by Evil Dead franchise creator Sam Raimi with New Line Cinema/Screen Gems/Ghost House Pictures and released wide by Warner Bros. Pictures (U.S., Canada)/Sony Pictures Releasing International (International).

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Evil Dead Burn
Evil Dead Burn
2026
Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
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.
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