Handling the Undead fingerprintImmersive world, strong craft, a touch of humor.
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and profoundly sad
Much of it is about family.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Family, the mind, and everyday modern life
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout characters, direction, and performances
Standout cinematography
Tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Handling the Undead is tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and profoundly sad
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving and profoundly sad. Much of it is about family.
Some dark humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some dark humor.
Family, the mind, and everyday modern life
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around family, the mind, and everyday modern life. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It leaves some questions open.
Standout characters, direction, and performances
The characters, direction, and performances stand out.
Standout cinematography
Look and sound: the cinematography stand out.
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Handling the Undead is included with a subscription to Hulu in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 62/100 (IMDb 5.3, Rotten Tomatoes 75%, and Metacritic 70). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: disturbing imagery and suicide themes.
1 h 38 min
Handling the Undead runs 1 h 38 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Not quite. Critics rate Handling the Undead higher (73) than audiences (50). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
No. It cost about $5 million to make and earned $105,046 worldwide, 2% of its budget.
It was made in Norwegian, with some Swedish. Produced in Greece, Norway, Sweden.
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