Neon has shared the official trailer for the upcoming U.S. debut of the Norwegian horror mystery Handling the Undead, starring The Worst Person in the World’s Renate Reinsve as a grieving mother whose dead son comes back from the grave along with other deceased people in Oslo.
Following its world premiere earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, the film will finally be arriving in U.S. theaters, starting on May 31 at the IFC Center and on June 7 in select cities.
“On a hot summer day in Oslo, the 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?” reads the synopsis. “A family is faced with the mother’s reawakening before they have even mourned her death after a car accident; an elderly woman gets the love of her life back the same day she has buried her; a grandfather rescues his grandchild from the gravesite in a desperate attempt to get his daughter out of her depression. Handling the Undead is a drama with elements of horror about three families, a story about grief and loss, but also about hope and understanding of what we can’t comprehend or control.”
Check out the Handling The Undead trailer below (watch more trailers):
Who’s involved in Handling The Undead?
Handling The Undead is directed by Thea Hvistendahl from a screenplay she co-wrote with John Ajvide Lindqvist, based on Lindqvist’s 2009 novel of the same name. Lindqvist is best known for his coming-of-age vampire novel Let the Right One In, which had already been adapted into the big screen twice, including 2010’s English remake Let Me In. The film also stars Anders Danielsen Lie, Bjørn Sundquis, Bente Børsum, Bahar Pars, Inesa Dauksta, and more. It is produced by Kristin Emblem and Guri Neby.
