We Bury the Dead

There is nothing in this movie that you would like, watched this movie on Monday Mystery in Regal. Was so disappointed, not sure why they add so much of emotional drama to the horror genre nowadays. You don't even get connected to the emotions in the movie. Such a good premise at the start and it went nowhere and the climax. Not even TV worthy. Save YOUR MONEY AND TIME....

This was a solidly unimaginative and mediocre take on the well-worn zombie movie genre.

The story never got off the ground and the zombie jump scare possibilities were erased in the opening narrative. They hit every predictable button at least.

I like a good zombie movie. I like a bad zombie movie. Anything between those shows a lack of commitment on their part.

Let's make a zombie movie even though we don't have much of a budget or a story we want to tell. We will have zombies show up every now and then, and random stuff will happen. We'll have a few creepy parts and a mildly suspenseful moment or two. We won't really have an overall point or purpose in our movie. Just some unrelated events to give the viewers a taste of what it would be like if zombies were around.

Sigh. When the movie was about to end, I had two feelings. One was saying, please don't tell me it's over, please tell me there is something more to make this experience worth it. The other part was saying, just end it, I don't care, I want to go home.

(1 viewing, early screening Mystery Movie Monday 12/22/2025)

We Bury the Dead was an interesting watch. With what felt like few zombie scares came a really good story about someone looking for someone they lost and how they found them. While the scares that were in the movie were effective and flowed well with the story, there were very few it felt like even for a runtime of 95 minutes.

Trailer and the tagline for this film paint a picture of an intense action horror thriller. Nothing could be further from the truth. If you want a poorly written drama with two tense moments, this is your film. Saw an early screening at Regal for free and I still feel I paid too much. Daisy Ridley's American accent does lead to some good comedic value though.