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We Bury the Dead (2024)

We Bury the Dead poster
Directed by
Zak Hilditch
Genre
thriller film, survival film, zombie film
Country
Australia, United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 309 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In Tasmania, a woman searches for her missing husband during a zombie outbreak. She confronts both the undead and her own grief along the way.

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What happens

We Bury the Dead is a 2024 zombie horror drama film written and directed by Zak Hilditch. It stars Daisy Ridley, Mark Coles Smith, and Brenton Thwaites. The plot centers on a woman desperate to find her missing husband and follows her journey as she takes on grief and the undead in Tasmania. We Bury the Dead had its world premiere in November at the 2024 Adelaide Film Festival. It had a theatrical release in North America on January 2, 2026, and was released in Australia and New Zealand on February 5, 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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