Handling the Undead 2024

6.5 / 10   2 vote(s)
Drama Horror Mystery

On an abnormally hot summer day in Oslo, a strange electric field surrounds the city as a collective migraine spreads across town and the newly deceased awake from death.

Homepage https://trustnordisk.com/movie/handling-the-undead
Release Date 2024-02-09
Runtime 1h 38m
Directors Thea Hvistendahl, Pål Ulvik Rokseth, Anja Gundersen Gøystdal, Roar Fjørtoft, Thomas Buch
Producers Kristin Emblem, Guri Neby, Sveinung Golimo, Lizette Jonjic, Dimitris Logiadis, Nick Shumaker, Andreas Hylander, Håkan Strandhag, Simen Tystad Tunold, Peter Raeburn, Ola Narum Berg, Henriette Løberg-Andersen, Nick Shumaker, Rasmus Krogh, Susan Wendt, Jason Wald, Emily Thomas, Sarah Colvin, Nicholas Alavanos, Pathi Katsoufi, Kristina Börjeson, Leif Holst Jensen
Writers John Ajvide Lindqvist, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Thea Hvistendahl, Françoise von Roy, Pierre Hodgson

A bleak and somewhat beautiful piece, “Handling the Undead” had my curiosity the moment it was announced. The first act was great though, with a haunting and mesmerizing score, which is consistent throughout the film. The ending is BIZARRE though, and is haunting as well. Unfortunately, it drags throughout the middle, and the protagonists act about as human as the zombies. Have no idea how they managed to waste Renate.

JJ Gonzalez