EXCLUSIVE: We Bury the Dead stars Daisy Ridley, Mark Coles Smith, and director Zak Hilditch tell Den of Geek about bringing new life to the zombie genre.

ScreenRant interviews We Bury the Dead filmmaker Zak Hilditch and stars Daisy Ridley & Mark Coles Smith about their emotional thriller at SXSW 2025.

Zak Hilditch’s Australian disaster feature “We Bury the Dead” wrestles with how much it wants to be a zombie movie. It’s at its most interesting and exciting when it approaches the well-worn subgenre with brand-new spins,

SXSW: Given the many variations on this putrid genre, it’s impressive that writer/director Zak Hilditch has found fresh blood for his horror outing.