If you thought Daisy Ridley was tough with a lightsaber, wait until you see her with a blood-stained axe. She’s traded “the Force” for a much grittier fight in We Bury the Dead. And the best news? It just dropped on Digital.
Forget those slow, shambling zombies that give you plenty of time to rethink your life choices. The creatures in this world are fast, mean, and absolutely brutal.
A Very Grim Day Job
Ridley plays Ava, a woman living through a total nightmare. After a military experiment gone wrong, an island turns into a massive graveyard. Her husband is missing, and she’s refusing to give up hope.
To get into the restricted zones where he was last seen, she joins a “body retrieval unit.” It’s a depressing enough gig as it is. However, things get truly terrifying when the “corpses” Ava is supposed to be piling up start showing signs of life.
Why It’s a Must-Watch
We Bury the Dead was written and directed by Zak Hilditch. If you’ve seen his Stephen King adaptation 1922 or the end-of-the-world thriller These Final Hours, you know he specializes in “existential dread.” He doesn’t just do scares; he does bleak, emotional survival.
Alongside Ridley, you’ve got Brenton Thwaites (Titans), Matt Whelan (Narcos), and Mark Coles Smith, who was just in Beast of War, which made it onto our “Top 10 of 2025” list.
The Verdict
This movie is relentless. We Bury the Dead is packed with decomposing bodies, genuine despair, and characters pushed to the brink by loss. It’s definitely not a “popcorn” horror flick. It’s dark, heavy, and incredibly effective. In my review, I described it as “…relentless in its darkness—it’s full of decomposing bodies, genuine despair, and characters whose intentions have been completely warped by loss.”
Watch We Bury the Dead now on Digital!
