Official US Trailer for ‘Handling the Undead’ Starring Renate Reinsve
by Alex Billington
May 8, 2024
Source: YouTube
“He needs to go to a hospital.” “No. Then we’ll lose him again.” Neon has debuted the second official trailer for the indie horror thriller from Norway titled Handling the Undead, from Norwegian filmmaker Thea Hvistendahl. This initially premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year to mostly mixed & negative reviews. This dramatic horror-thriller film takes place on a hot summer day in Oslo, Norway. The newly dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want? What does this resurrection mean and are their loved ones back? I’m guessing no… Adapted from the novel by the same writer who wrote the Let the Right One In book. Starring Renate Reinsve (from The Worst Person in the World), Bjørn Sundquist, Bente Børsum, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bahar Pars, and Inesa Dauksta. “A story about grief and loss, but also about hope and understanding of what we can’t comprehend or control.” This does look extra bleak and dark, with all the undead messing up the lives of the living. Not for everyone, but some will be very into this.
Here’s the official US trailer (+ poster) for Thea Hvistendahl’s Handling the Undead, from YouTube:
You can rewatch the festival trailer for Hvistendahl’s Handling the Undead right here, for more footage.
Intro via Sundance: “Reuniting Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie (The Worst Person in the World), Handling the Undead is a visually expansive experience, full of arresting images and subtle performances that collapse the space between the living and the dead. Director Thea Hvistendahl’s steady directorial hand leaves her characters room to breathe, to mediate moral gray area, letting the minutiae of grief lead them as they feel their way through an extraordinary circumstance. Hvistendahl’s interpretation of Lindqvist’s novel addresses daunting questions about the body, the soul, loss, and moving on, pushing viewers to get to the root of reanimation: What would you do, and how would you feel, if someone you loved returned?” Chilling.
Handling the Undead, originally known as Håndtering av Udøde in Norwegian, is directed by Norwegian filmmaker Thea Hvistendahl, making her narrative feature debut following the doc The Monkey and the Mouth and many short films previously. The screenplay is by John Ajvide Lindqvist and Thea Hvistendahl, adapted from the book of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvist. Produced by Kristin Emblem and Guri Neby. This initially premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival earlier in the year. Neon will release Hvistendahl’s Handling the Undead in select US theaters (NY & LA) starting May 31st, 2024 this summer.
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