Handling the Undead

"Slow-build horror powered by an amplified sound design and a broody score" 

"It works in parts (...) But Thea Hvistendahl’s patience-insisting slow burn can be testing, like watching a block of ice slowly melt, a story told in the smallest of drips, some of which sink in deeper than others (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" 

"An unexpectedly poignant lament" 

"A living-dead nightmare with a brain and a heart and, most importantly and inedibly, a soul" 

"In the landscape of zombie cinema, a genre full of predictability, Handling the Undead emerges not as a full-fledged horror film but a unique, slow burn, dominated by drama and avoiding jump scares" 

"Thea Hvistendahl’s debut feature boasts a peculiar, eerie atmosphere and demonstrates her solid directing skills, but its last third destroys all the promise shown in the first two" 

"Hvistendahl establishes herself as a filmmaker with a keen interest in the human condition and a remarkable visual eye (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"