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Zombies of The Dead Don't Die

FilmUndead2010 to today

Jim Jarmusch's film has the police of a small town called Centerville facing a zombie invasion. Each of its zombies says one word connected with its past. The film opened the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and drew mixed reviews.12

Battle it
First appeared
2019
Released 2019
Source work
The Dead Don't Die (2019)
Jim Jarmusch
Age rating
R
Made in
USA
What causes it
Other
A character blames polar fracking for altering the Earth's rotation; the film does not confirm it.
How you become one
Corpses reanimate at night; people attacked by them turn.
Intelligence
Some intelligence
Weak spots
  • beheading

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today2019

Released 2019

field notes

What the sources say

1

Each zombie repeats a single word tied to its past life or to something it sees12

2

Iggy Pop and Sara Driver play a pair of coffee-seeking zombies12

3

The cast includes Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton and Tom Waits12

4

Opened the Cannes Film Festival in 201912

5

Reviews were mixed12

Sources

  1. The Dead Don't Die (2019 film) - Wikipedia
  2. The Dead Don't Die - Rotten Tomatoes

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