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We Bury the Dead

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We Bury the Dead is a terrifying yet moving story about grief, loss and the undead which follows Ava (Daisy Ridley), a desperate woman whose husband is missing in the aftermath of a catastrophic military experiment. Hoping to find him alive, Ava joins a "body retrieval unit", but her search takes a chilling turn when the corpses she's burying start showing signs of life.

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 Zachary Lee Dread Central Director Zak Hilditch’s We Bury the Dead is a welcome addition to the grim zombie canon, a film less about the sting of death’s separation and more about the pain of what goes unsaid when tragedy strikes. Rated: 4/5 Mar 26, 2025 Full Review Erik Childress Movie Madness Podcast Even for those that are zombie’d out, Daisy Ridley is a strong center for this well-shot and audibly rich horror tale that springs some unique sequences into the living dead legacy. Rated: 3/4 Mar 26, 2025 Full Review Kate Sánchez But Why Tho? A Geek Community Tense, unique, and unafraid to let silence dominate a scene, We Bury The Dead is nothing like you would expect and everything that makes a zombie story compelling. Rated: 8.5/10 Mar 25, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Zak Hilditch

Director

Daisy Ridley

Actor

Mark Coles Smith

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Brenton Thwaites

Actor

Kym Jackson

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Matt Whelan

Actor

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Synopsis We Bury the Dead is a terrifying yet moving story about grief, loss and the undead which follows Ava (Daisy Ridley), a desperate woman whose husband is missing in the aftermath of a catastrophic military experiment. Hoping to find him alive, Ava joins a "body retrieval unit", but her search takes a chilling turn when the corpses she's burying start showing signs of life.
Director
Zak Hilditch
Producer
Kelvin Munro, Grant Sputore, Ross M. Dinerstein, Joshua Harris, Mark Fasano
Screenwriter
Zak Hilditch
Production Co
Penguin Empire, Campfire Studios, Gramercy Park Media, Peachtree Media Partners, Giant Leap Media
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English