- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- February 9, 2024 (a year ago)
- Alias
- Håndtering av udøde
- Language
- Norwegian
- Origin
- Greece · Norway · Sweden
- Production companies
- Einar Film · Filmiki Etairia · Zentropa International Norway · Zentropa International Sweden
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
Handling the Undead

Where to watch (United States)
Cast
Renate ReinsveAnna
Anders Danielsen LieDavid
Bjørn SundquistMahler
Bahar ParsEva
Jan HrynkiewiczPeter
Dennis Østby RuudElias
Bente BørsumTora
Olga DamaniElisabet
Inesa DaukstaFlora
Kian HansenKian
Pinelli Hedda MuntheDoctor
Anders DybwadDrowned Man
Denise TrankalisSolglimt Colleague
Emma DamskauSolglimt Colleague
John Ajvide LindqvistUndertaker
Monica CsangoReporter (voice)
Anders RønningPolice Officer (voice)
Gunhild Finne NilsenPolice Officer (voice)
Crew
Levels
- Sex & Nudity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Violence
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Profanity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Algohol & Drugs
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Fright & Intensity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>
Reviews
Handling The Undead review: Moody Norwegian zombie tale is sad, and not much else Handling The Undead review: Moody Norwegian zombie tale is sad, and not much else
Sundance 2024 Review Roundup: The Best Films We Saw This Year, Ranked Rappers, coups, drugs, zombies, grandmas, and hummingbirds all got the spotlight in some of 2024's best Sundance movies.
‘Handling The Undead’ Review: Explores The Horror Of Loss And Grief – Sundance Film Festival In the realm of zombie-themed films, a genre often mired in clichés and predictable plotlines, "Handling the Undead '' aims to stand out.
‘Handling the Undead’ Review: Renate Reinsve in an Unsettling Arthouse Zombie Movie From Norway The ‘Worst Person in the World’ discovery is joined by another standout from that cast, Anders Danielsen Lie, in this adaptation of the novel by ‘Let t...
Handling the Undead – first-look review The three groups all react to the return of their loved ones in similar ways, which does feel a little repetitive – it would have been interesting to see…
What to watch: Spoiled racist NBA owner gets his due in satisfying ‘Clipped’ Also: Glen Powell stars in Richard Linklater’s engrossing “Hit Man.”
Zombie Tragedy Handling the Undead Looks Death in the Face Zombies are not an inherently exciting prospect. The dead coming back would be a tragedy, like this movie. Our Handling the Undead review:
Handling the Undead movie review (2024) This is one zombie movie you don’t want to watch after midnight.
Sundance 2024: Handling the Undead, Desire Lines, A Different Man A final dispatch from Sundance, with two films starring Renate Reinsve!
‘Handling The Undead’: Sundance Review The dead return to life during a hot Oslo summer in this adaptation of the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist
'Handling the Undead' Review: A Zombie Drama Stuck on Repeat Thea Hvistendahl’s 'Handling the Undead' is fatally convinced that it has a subversive rather than submissive relationship to genre.
The Devastating New Zombie Movie Unlike Any Other The new Sundance film “Handling the Undead” reunites the “Worst Person in the World” stars for an unsettling, transfixing twist on the genre.
Sundance Review: Handling The Undead Deconstructs the Zombie Genre with Painful Dread The first word that comes to mind when thinking of how to write about Thea Hvistendahl's Handling the Undead is: dread. To expand: slow, ponderous dread. Wri...
‘Handling the Undead’ Review: A Zombie Drama With a Beating Heart Under Rotting Flesh The living dead are back again in Thea Hvistendahl's surprisingly delicate 'Handling the Undead,' starring Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie.
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