After a military catastrophe leaves Tasmania filled with partially reanimated corpses, a volunteer searching for her missing husband abandons recovery operations and travels south through isolated communities collapsing beneath guilt.
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- eyeofthetornadoFebruary 8, 2026We Bury the Dead understands something most zombie movies are too busy running from: the undead aren’t the point. What’s dead is. This is a zombie film built on the quiet grief of relationships we refuse to properly mourn. The monsters arrive not as a shock, but as a consequence what happens when loss is ignored, postponed, or politely looked away from. These zombies feel less like invaders and more like reminders, walking proof that what you don’t bury follows you. At its core, the film is a dramatic romance about healing after emotional death. Love here isn’t heroic or loud; it’s fragile, hesitant, and bruised by avoidance. The characters don’t fight the apocalypse so much as they negotiate with their own denial. Closing your eyes doesn’t stop the decay it just gives it time to rot. There’s a tenderness in how the film treats survival. Healing isn’t presented as victory, but as an act of courage: choosing to look directly at what’s already gone and finally saying goodbye. The romance grows not from hope, but from honesty two people learning that connection requires acknowledging the endings that shaped them. We Bury the Dead is less about killing zombies and more about laying the past to rest. It’s a reminder that ungrieved love lingers, and that sometimes the only way forward is to dig, face what you’ve lost, and bury it with care.
- fhe825d agoWe Bury the Dead This is supposed to be a horror movie. The problem is that it is not scary, not particularly tense, and mostly just boring. Slow-burn horror can work extremely well, but if you remove action and jump scares, you have to replace them with dread, atmosphere, psychological pressure, or characters strong enough to carry the silence. We Bury the Dead never really gets there. Daisy Ridley plays everything so restrained that her performance often feels flat rather than haunted. There were moments when I could barely distinguish her from the lifeless zombies around her. The movie clearly wants to be somber and thoughtful, but being slow is not the same as being deep, and being quiet is not the same as being atmospheric. Not every zombie movie needs to be an action movie. But a horror movie should probably make you feel something other than boredom. Thanks for reading.
- Doc Worm7d agoSmartly uses a zombie outbreak as a vessel for a story that meditates on devotion and our inability to move on from what we are devoted to. This movie didn’t bore the way it seemed to other viewers but yeah, there’s not much action here if that’s what you’re here for. Unfortunately, the ending cheapened much messaging on film for me. Really spoon feeds you what’s it’s trying to say as if it wasn’t building to it the entire time. A few great scenes, particularly the cabin scene in the center of film. Daisy Ridley is fine mostly. She doesn’t emote much. There’s a lot of close ups of her face where she looks quite haunted. Would like to see her in some other serious roles where she gets a bit more dramatic range to chew on. Rest of the cast didn’t really do anything for me. Well shot throughout with some decent play with perspective. There was a tracking shot in a bus during the third act that I thought was great, but they could’ve done more with. EXCELLENT score from Clark. Very moody and discordant.
- Spyder2020February 14, 2026My teeth hurt
- mattatlucidcatFebruary 5, 2026Mediocre,
- HollowOutMarch 7, 2026Snooze-fest. This movie could have been such a neat twist on a normal zombie movie. Instead, it tries to take you for a ride on the feels-train, but falls short. Also, Daisy Ridley's American accent is atrocious. Might be worth it to watch it just for that. Save yourself a watch and let me carry that burden for you.
- JoepublicSeptember 6, 2026More of a story about feelings and less about zombies or the undead. I expected much more action. It was an ok story but common sense would have told her that he was dead especially after seeing everything that she seen up until then. I would not watch again because there's no real action.
- GrimeFiVideoJanuary 14, 2026A slow-burn zombie flick that explores loss, grief, and regret. The movie looks beautiful and builds an atmosphere that feels uncomfortably believable.
- DoggesAndCattesAugust 8, 2026A zombie movie where the zombies are more background to the good story.
- cmartino1967February 3, 2026An interesting take on the zombie genre. Worth a watch.
- Johan PotgieterAugust 8, 2026I expected a bit more action but the story was a good one. Very human, full of sadness, regret and hopefulness.
- DJ1953July 21, 2026I enjoyed this movie.
- masterlukas77July 7, 2026Well, bit of a waste of time
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We Bury the Dead was released on January 1, 2026.
We Bury the Dead was directed by Zak Hilditch.
We Bury the Dead has a runtime of 1h 35m.
We Bury the Dead was produced by Kelvin Munro, Grant Sputore, Ross M. Dinerstein, Mark Fasano, Joshua Harris.
After a military catastrophe leaves Tasmania filled with partially reanimated corpses, a volunteer searching for her missing husband abandons recovery operations and travels south through isolated communities collapsing beneath guilt.
The key characters in We Bury the Dead are Ava (Daisy Ridley), Clay (Brenton Thwaites), Riley (Mark Coles Smith).
We Bury the Dead is rated R.
We Bury the Dead is a Horror, Thriller film.
We Bury the Dead has an audience rating of 4.5 out of 10.
We Bury the Dead has made $3.7M at the box office.