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Summary On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want? A family is faced with the mother’s reawakening before they have even mourned her death after a car accident; an elderly woman gets the love of her life...

Directed By: Thea Hvistendahl

Written By: Thea Hvistendahl, John Ajvide Lindqvist

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Handling the Undead

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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Summary On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want? A family is faced with the mother’s reawakening before they have even mourned her death after a car accident; an elderly woman gets the love of her life...

Directed By: Thea Hvistendahl

Written By: Thea Hvistendahl, John Ajvide Lindqvist

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Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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100
Jan 26, 2024
The devastatingly bleak story of Handling the Undead is a wrenching but beautiful exploration of grief and human connection in the face of something horrific.
By Charles Barfield FULL REVIEW
83
May 29, 2024
There aren’t zombies rampaging through Norwegian director Thea Hvistendahl’s quiet film. Instead, the spare, slow-paced, thoughtful film is an affecting story about coping with grief.
By Karen Gordon FULL REVIEW
76
Feb 5, 2024
In making its characters physically confront their heartbreak, Handling the Undead becomes one of the saddest, most contemplative zombie movies ever made.
By Jacob Oller FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 2, 2024
Handling the Under is not an effective horror movie, but its zombie-drama formula allows for a portrait of pain that settles in and stays like an infection.
By Graeme Guttmann FULL REVIEW
63
May 31, 2024
Thanks to all this brittle emotion, Hvistendahl’s film is absorbing, even captivating at times. But it moves at a pace that can be charitably described as “measured.”
By Katie Rife FULL REVIEW
58
Jan 29, 2024
Despite some devoted performances and interesting formal choices, its endgame is rather rote. That the film is quieter and more deliberate in getting there doesn’t make it any less cliche.
By Dan Mecca FULL REVIEW
42
Jan 30, 2024
Unfortunately, the 99-minute run time on Norwegian zombie drama Handling the Undead feels infinitely longer, and lands more as a meditation on grief than an intriguing entry into zombie cinema.
By Mary Siroky FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Anonymous Content Nordic, Einar Film, Filmiki Etairia, Zentropa International Sweden
Release Date May 31, 2024
Duration 1 h 37 m
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Riviera International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Göteborg Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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