We Bury the Dead

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)

The story part of the movie was predictable and not that great. The zombie part seemed like it was going to pick up and go somewhere "it doesn't" not sure why movies like this are even labeled horror this isn't a horror movie they shoehorned in like 2 jump scares that scared 1 female in the theater that's about the extent of the horror. If they picked up the zombie horror in act 3 and had a better ending it might be worth watching. But then again I've seen far worse in theaters. I didn't know the movie I was going to watch other than it was a horror movie and although I don't think the movie was great it was watchable and I still had a good time. So when it releases if there's nothing else worth watching and you want to get out the house it wasn't that bad.

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.

No pun intended - it is something one can say - though of course you would hope that people would live a more fulfilling life ... more years that is ... and not being taken away for no reason.

Literally that is - the event that kicks off the movie and sends out main character on a journey. Now you may question her motives ... but if you do that, you won't be able to enjoy the movie. This is also more a drama than horror movie - there are scares, but they are few and in between.

Still there are some gruesome effects - in case you were wondering. Daisy Ridley of Star Wars fame - I was a bit surprised she would do a low budge road movie. But it really works for her and the viewer ... the theme of Dead coming back to life is not new (wouldn't call them Zombies - more "undead" ... also able to be fast moving in case you care).

Acting is good - and there is some sort of redemption ... will it be satisfying?