2019 · comedy · horror · zombie
The Dead Don't Die
Directed by Jim Jarmusch1h 44m2019
In the sleepy town of Centerville, the lives of a number of interconnected characters are disrupted by the undead.
Our read: The Dead Don't Die (2019) reads as a neutral, measured, inventive comedy · horror · zombie entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, measured comedy / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- measured
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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