The Handling the Undead trailer is giving us what we only saw glimpses of on The Walking Dead. Because that show, like those before it in the zombie space, about how cool can we make the zombies and their deaths. And it missed a huge opportunity to explore the quiet and painful moments of having a shadow of your loved one come back into your life. No eating of the brains or biting. Just tearing of our hearts as the characters in Handling the Undead grieve the loss of their loved ones all over again.
Read the synopsis below:
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 back the same day she has buried her; a grandfather rescues his grandchild from the gravesite in a desperate attempt to get his daughter out of her depression. Handling the Undead is a drama with elements of horror about three families, a story about grief and loss, but also about hope and understanding of what we can’t comprehend or control.
Watch the trailer for Handling the Undead below:
Handling the Undead hits theaters on May 31, 2024.
