Underplayed Gems

My Daughter Is a Zombie (2025)

My Daughter Is a Zombie poster
Original title
좀비딸
Directed by
Pil Gam-seong
Genre
comedy drama, zombie film, Korean horror film, comedy horror film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 47 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A father fights to protect his daughter after she is infected with a zombie virus. He takes her to his mother's rural home for safety.

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What happens

My Daughter Is a Zombie (Korean: 좀비딸) is a 2025 South Korean zombie comedy film directed by Pil Gam-sung and starring Jo Jung-suk, Lee Jung-eun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Yoon Kyung-ho, and Choi Yu-ri. Film adaptation of manhwa of the same name by Yun-chang Lee, it depicts a father's struggle to protect his daughter, who has been infected with a zombie virus, as he seeks refuge in his mother's rural home. The film was released theatrically on July 30, 2025 in South Korea. It grossed $37.9 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing South Korean film of 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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