The Dead Don't Die

Overview

Unusual occurrences begin to unfold in the small and uneventful town of Centerville, from animals behaving oddly to irregular periods of daylight. However, the most unexpected event proves to be the most serious as corpses begin to leave their graves to attack the townspeople. The town's fight for survival is helmed by a cast of recognizable faces in filmmaker Jim Jarmusch's genre-bending horror comedy film.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/10/2019
UPC:	0191329097120
Original Release:	2019
Rating:	R
Source:	Universal Studios
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Sales rank:	6,196

Special Features

Bill Murray: Zombie Hunting Action Star; Stick Together; Behind the Scenes of The Dead Don't Die

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bill Murray	Chief Cliff Robertson
Adam Driver	Officer Ronnie Peterson,Female Coffee Zombie
Tom Waits	Hermit Bob
Chloë Sevigny	Officer Mindy Morrison
Steve Buscemi	Farmer Frank Miller
Eszter Balint	Fern
Danny Glover	Hank Thompson
Maya Delmont	Stella
Taliyah Whitaker	Olivia
Sid O'Connell	Guard Two
Caleb Landry Jones	Bobby Wiggins
The Rza	Dean
Larry Fessenden	Danny Perkins
Rosie Perez	Posie Juarez
Jodie Markell	Woman on TV
Carol Kane	Mallory O'Brien
Rosal Colon	Lily
Tilda Swinton	Zelda Winston
Iggy Pop	Male Coffee Zombie
Selena Gomez	Zoe
Austin Butler	Jack
Sturgill Simpson	Guitar Zombie
Charlotte Kemp Muhl	Fashion Zombie
Alyssa Maria App	Kid Zombie
Monica Ayres	Cable Zombie
Lorenzo Beronilla	Zelda Zombie
Mick Coleman	Zombie
Vin Craig	Diner Patron
Austin Ferris	Zombie
Lexa Hayes	Zombie
Anastasia Veronica Lee	Girl with Ice Cream
Oliver Patnode	Cemetery Zombie Kid
Wayne Pyle	Hardware Zombie,Super Hero Zombie Kid
Thomas Racek	Zelda Zombie
Dorothea Swiac	Cable Zombie
Vinnie Velez	Cable Zombie
Sqürl	Composer

Technical Credits

Frederick W. Green	Executive Producer
Norio Hatano	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

The Dead Don't Die, Written and Directed by Jim Jarmusch (Only Lovers Left Alive, Broken Flowers), breathes new life into the popular zombie comedy genre. As polar fracking causes formerly dead people to rise up once again, a small town must defend itself from its former citizens, now bent on eating human flesh. There's no need to push any boundaries here, as an all-star cast supports a tried and true concept with a film that ends up better than average. Jarmusch takes his love of the horror genre into the zombie realm for this go around. There are plenty of tongue-in-cheek moments where the film references itself, along with a swath of other zombie films and pop culture references. Jarmusch appears to have as much fun creating a parody of the product as he is comfortable producing a quality film. Police Chief Cliff Robertson (Bill Murray) brings a literal deadpan humor to the three-person police department of Centerville, the fictional small town where we lay our scene. His job consists of driving around, mostly after the fact, to try and piece together what has been killing the people that he's duty bound to protect. Officer Ronnie Peterson (Adam Driver) follows up the Chief's lead as another deadpan joker. The repetition of his line "this is going to end badly," becomes the theme of the movie. Officer Mindy Morrison (Chloë Sevigny) rounds out the trio as the "straight man" of the three, though her specialty could just be pointing out the obvious or chiming in when needed. Focusing on these three police officers, who are essentially powerless to stop the end of their world, is either a brilliant jab at humanity in general to show us all that we're already zombies, or possibly just a plot device to string together a group of people being torn apart and eaten. While they strive to protect and serve, it feels like they are witnessing the downfall of humanity without an active role in stopping that process, leaving us with no clear hero to root for. Essentially, this lack of direction makes it unclear if this film is a really a zombie feature, or a collection of very dry zombie comedy shorts, loosely woven together. Hermit Bob (Tom Waits) narrates as an eccentric living in the woods who also lends his musical talents to the soundtrack. Cameos for the quirky living and dead locals abound here, notably including Iggy Pop, Danny Glover and RZA, as well as Tilda Swinton with a thick Scottish brogue and Steve Buscemi playing farmer Frank Miller, wearing a red cap bearing the message "Make America White Again." Overall The Dead Don't Die is a fun slice of cinema for most adult audiences. It's not too intellectual or preachy and despite its comic take on a world-ending scenario, it will deliver some solid bits of action appropriate for zombie fans. What it lacks in gross-out humor and barked one-liners, it more than makes up with bite.