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The undead of Handling the Undead

Also called: Hanteringen av odöda
BooksUndead2000 to 2009

John Ajvide Lindqvist's Swedish novel has thousands of the recently dead reanimate in Stockholm and follows the conflict between the authorities and the relatives. The horror focuses on grief and loss more than on the corpses. A Norwegian-Swedish film version was released in 2024.1

Battle it
First appeared
2005
Released 2005
Source work
Hanteringen av odöda (2005)
John Ajvide Lindqvist
Made in
Sweden
What causes it
Never explained
The novel's page gives no cause.
How you become one
Thousands of recently dead people reanimate at once in Stockholm.

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2005

Released 2005

field notes

What the sources say

1

The story is about how society, the authorities and bereaved families respond1

2

Its horror lies in grief, loss and mortality rather than in the corpses1

3

The bond between parents and children is a central theme1

4

Filmed in Norway in 2024 by Thea Hvistendahl, with Renate Reinsve1

Sources

  1. Handling the Undead - Wikipedia

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