Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- somber
- harrowing
- urgent
- horror movie night
- late night scare session
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Daisy Ridley's performance, striking cinematography, urgent pacing, and emotionally resonant reworking of zombie conventions, while finding the later structure less coherent and more conventional.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Ava joins a body retrieval unit while the reanimated corpses remain connected to the people who loved them.
The undead crisis follows a catastrophic military experiment and a massive cleanup operation in Tasmania.
The corpses are framed as both fear-inducing threats and once-alive human beings with grieving survivors.
Reviews specifically highlight gorgeous cinematography and the awe-inspiring scale of apocalyptic destruction in Tasmania.
Films like We Bury the Dead, and why
The Night Eats the World
shared zombie survival horror, grief-centered drama, and emotionally tragic treatment of the undead
28 Days Later
shared military catastrophe, desperate survival, somber atmosphere, and intimate human stakes
Cargo
shared Australian setting, harsh survival thriller tension, and bleak post-disaster atmosphere
The Girl with All the Gifts
shared zombie horror framework used for meditations on loss, memory, and human connection
Movie Details
- Director
- Zak Hilditch
- Release Date
- 2026-01-01
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (396)
Cast
- Daisy Ridley
- Brenton Thwaites
- Mark Coles Smith
- Matt Whelan
- Chloe Hurst
- Kym Jackson
- Holly Hargreaves
- Deanna Cooney
- Elijah Williams
- Salme Geransar
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is We Bury the Dead about?
- A grieving woman searching for her missing husband enters a Tasmanian body-recovery operation where the dead begin to move again.
- What is We Bury the Dead like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of We Bury the Dead as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is We Bury the Dead violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in We Bury the Dead as graphic.
- What did critics think of We Bury the Dead?
- Critics broadly praised Daisy Ridley's performance, striking cinematography, urgent pacing, and emotionally resonant reworking of zombie conventions, while finding the later structure less coherent and more conventional.
- Which films are like We Bury the Dead?
- Films with a similar feel include The Night Eats the World, 28 Days Later, Cargo, and The Girl with All the Gifts.
- How long is We Bury the Dead?
- We Bury the Dead runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch We Bury the Dead?
- In United States, We Bury the Dead streams on Hulu.
