Handling the Undead (norwegische OmdU) || Fantasy Filmfest || FEAR GOOD AWARD || Deutschlandpremiere

In the organizer's words:

"Seven festival cities - seven jury members - seven films" is the motto of this competition section, which focuses on European (co-)productions. The film selected by the seven-member jury from Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich, Nuremberg and Stuttgart will be awarded the FEAR GOOD AWARDS and announced at the end of the festival.

"Seven festival cities - seven jury members - seven films" is the motto of this competition, which focuses on European (co-)productions. The film selected by the jury will receive the FEAR GOOD AWARDS and be announced at the end of the festival.

Handling the Undead

A man who has lost his wife. A mother who misses her dead son. An elderly lady grieving for the love of her life. They all know the pain of loss, but suddenly the lost ones stand before them again. They are sleeping in their beds again, sitting in their armchairs, living a fleeting version of their former lives - but something is different. And sooner or later it will catch up with them ...

Based on the novel of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvist, whose LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (and its film adaptations) was a globally acclaimed Scandinavian horror bestseller, HANDLING THE UNDEAD tightens the thumbscrews relentlessly and extracts a no less unsettling, dark drama from the familiar zombie formula, which becomes all the more frightening the closer the horror gets to home. Disturbingly visionary genre cinema from our Nordic neighbors.

English Version

After LET THE RIGHT ONE IN a new Scandinavian horror bestseller by John Ajvide Lindqvist finds its way to the big screen. HANDLING THE UNDEAD by Thea Hvistendahl is no less disturbing, unsettling and a dark drama revisiting the zombie formula, which becomes all the more frightening the closer the horror gets to us. Disturbingly visionary genre cinema from our Nordic neighbors.

Film: Handling the Undead (Norway 2023)
Director: Thea Hvistendahl
Cast: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bjørn Sundquist, Bente Børsum, Bahars Pars
Screenplay: John Ajvide Lindqvist, Thea Hvistendahl
Duration: 98 min
Language version: Norwegian OmdU

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