'We Bury the Dead' Review: Daisy Ridley's Zombie Movie Attempts to Resurrect a Decaying Genre
We Bury The Dead, starring Daisy Ridley, is an emotional powderkeg that never explodes, taking the scenic route in zombie cinema terms.
Ah, the "fringe horror" conundrum rears its head again. Zak Hilditch's We Bury the Dead is the latest in a line of zombie movies that want their zeds pushed to the background. It's the “Stage 1” approach to undead scenarios that ignites a doomsday we’re never meant to witness. How do humans contemplate the first reanimated corpses, navigate their emotional bandwidths, and defend against the evils of humanity that unfurl when Hell swallows Earth? All these questions and more are answered in Hilditch's shambling zombie-lite drama, but like many other films with the same approach, horror elements take a back seat and the overall experience suffers.
