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We Bury the Dead

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After a catastrophic military disaster, the dead don't just rise -- they hunt. The military insists they are harmless and slow-moving, offering hope to grieving families. But when Ava (Daisy Ridley) enters a quarantine zone searching for her missing husband, she uncovers the horrifying truth: the undead are growing more violent, more relentless, and more dangerous with every passing hour.

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Zak Hilditch

Director

Daisy Ridley

Ava

Brenton Thwaites

Clay

Matt Whelan

Mitch

Mark Coles Smith

Riley

Kym Jackson

Lieutenant Wilkie

Critics Reviews

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Siddhant Adlakha Variety “We Bury the Dead” wrestles with how much it wants to be a zombie movie. It’s at its most interesting and exciting when it approaches the well-worn subgenre with brand-new spins. Unfortunately, it keeps swerving back toward traditional horror territory. Mar 24, 2025 Full Review Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting A moody piece that manages to find new ground when it comes to the well-trodden zombie horror, delivering a few bursts of genuine scares in the process and an awe-inducing sense of scale, though Hilditch is often hesitant to abandon familiar territory. Rated: 2.5/5 Mar 14, 2025 Full Review Katie Rife IndieWire Overall, the craft of the movie is top-notch, with compelling performances, urgent pacing, and gorgeous cinematography. Rated: B- Mar 12, 2025 Full Review Blake Howard One Heat Minute If We Bury The Dead’s premise sounds grim, its execution pulses with life: needle drops that shouldn’t work but do, pockets of absurd beauty amid ruin, and a finale that detonates with something like grace. Rated: 3/4 Nov 25, 2025 Full Review Simon Foster Screen-Space (Substack) Hilditch is a major genre voice, perhaps still to deliver his masterwork; WE BURY THE DEAD is a teeth-gnashing shuffle in the right direction. Rated: 4/5 Nov 13, 2025 Full Review Keri O'Shea Warped Perspective We Bury the Dead is a well-paced progression through personal and international disasters, carefully piecing together just a couple of the sad stories which you just know are here, against a backdrop of something still barely understood and dreadful. Oct 28, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis After a catastrophic military disaster, the dead don't just rise -- they hunt. The military insists they are harmless and slow-moving, offering hope to grieving families. But when Ava (Daisy Ridley) enters a quarantine zone searching for her missing husband, she uncovers the horrifying truth: the undead are growing more violent, more relentless, and more dangerous with every passing hour.
Director
Zak Hilditch
Producer
Ross M. Dinerstein, Mark Fasano, Joshua Harris, Kelvin Munro, Grant Sputore
Screenwriter
Zak Hilditch
Distributor
Vertical
Production Co
Penguin Empire, Campfire Studios, Gramercy Park Media, Peachtree Media Partners, Giant Leap Media
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 2, 2026, Wide
Runtime
1h 35m