The Dead Don't Die is trending on Netflix and I feel justified in loving this bizarre zombie film

There are countless examples of films or TV shows finding new life and finding a place on Netflix’s trending list years after their release. This most recently happened with Jim Jarmusch’s bizarre 2019 horror film. The dead don’t diewhich is currently being eaten up by those with one Netflix subscription (It was the third most popular film at the time of writing). And I can’t get over it.

I’m not going to lie, I’ve never felt like I love something as much as I do now. I mean, it’s been five years since what I consider to be one of these The best zombie apocalypse movies ever made came out and divided audiences (many of my colleagues and friends didn’t like it). I’m not saying this just because The dead don’t die is currently one of the best movies on Netflix I’m starting to get excited, but hear me out…

Bill Murray in “The Dead Never Die.” — (Image credit: Focus Features)

I feel like I was one of the few people who actually liked The Dead Don’t Die Back in 2019

When The dead don’t die When it came out, I was so excited to tell people how much I loved the offbeat zombie movie about a city with an army of ghouls, and then immediately was amazed when all but one of my friends liked it. This wasn’t just the case among my circle of friends either, as the film has a 54 percent approval rating Rotten tomatoes Tomatometer and 38% on the Popcorn Meter (the fan score).

As I dug deeper into the matter, I checked back to see what my colleagues at CinemaBlend thought about it at the time. However, we gave the film a rating of 3/5 in our test officially The dead don’t die reviewthis was the highest score among employees. The average score was only 2.4/5, which was worse than Men in Black Internationalanother film that opened the same weekend.

Do I have bad taste or has pretty much everyone else not seen the best in an embarrassing horror comedy starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver and Selena Gomez?

Two made-up zombies in

(Image credit: Focus Features)

But Jim Jarmusch’s unusual zombie comedy is now one of the most popular films on Netflix

I watched the film once or twice after I saw it the first time, but it was largely in the back of my mind. It became one of those films that I only thought about when I was talking about Adam Driver’s best films or when Sturgill Simpson’s The Dead Don’t Die came on Spotify.

So you can probably imagine how shocked and thrilled I was when I happened to see the star-studded zombie movie at the top of the Netflix trending list. What’s going on here? How did this random movie that only a small group of people (myself included) liked five years ago become more popular? Barbie And Megan Fox’s sexy robot movie? But hey, I’m not trying to make sense of it, I’m just glad more people are willing to watch Bill Murray deals with a zombie outbreak calmly after all these years.

Danny Glover, Bill Murray and Adam Driver in The Dead Don't Die

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I’m so glad people can finally see the ridiculously stacked cast of The Dead Don’t Die in action

When it comes to zombie movies (or horror movies in general) with massive casts, this one is it is in a league of its own. Bill Murray, Adam Driver and Chloë Sevigny all play police officers, Tilda Swinton plays a katana-wielding funeral home manager, Danny Glover plays a hardware store owner, Selena Gomez and a pre-Elvis Austin Butler plays young travelers, Iggy Pop, RZA and Tom Waits play random characters, and Carol Kane plays a drunken zombie looking for a bottle of Chardonnay.

And that’s just part of the cast. I’m glad people can finally see these actors face off against zombies (or become zombies). Sure, some lines sound like the actors are reading their lines for the first time, but it definitely adds to the charm of what I’ve been imagining for a long time best horror comedies of all time. Everyone in this film, even actors more associated with dramatic roles, looks like they’re having the time of their lives.

Selena Gomez in “The Dead Never Die.”

(Image credit: Focus Features)

Maybe people will finally accept the film’s awkward and self-referential tone

The dead don’t die is an extremely meta film. One of the most meta horror films I’ve ever seen and this aspect adds so much to the film. I’m just glad that more people are experiencing it for themselves now. Does that mean everyone likes it? No, probably not. But people are watching it like crazy.

There are scenes throughout where the characters reference being in a movie by talking about the theme song, but there’s also a moment near the end where Driver Officer Ronnie Peterson tells Murray’s Cliff Roberton that he knew that things would end badly because he had read out the script that “Jim” gave him. He’s about to die, and Driver is sitting there talking about the script in this awkward, deadpan voice. Brilliant!

Adam Driver and Bill Murray in The Dead Don't Die

(Image credit: Focus Features)

And can we all agree that Sturgill Simpson’s theme song, “The Dead Don’t Die,” is absolute perfection?

I don’t know how many people know this, but Sturgill Simpson can write a damn good song. He’s released some of my favorite albums of the last decade and a half, and his title track here is honestly one of the best additions to his discography. The song is used multiple times throughout the film, including a rather captivating scene where Selena Gomez drives down a deserted country road.

This beautifully composed and performed country track sounds like an old gospel song like “What Are They Doing in Heaven Today” and is perfect even without the context of the film. Simpson’s “Breakers Roar” from his 2016 LP, A Sailor’s Guide to Earthwas masterfully used in one absolutely stunning scene in Civil War earlier this year, and although “The dead don’t die“Used more comedically to match the tone of the zombie film, it has a similar enchanting effect that helps the scene just glide along.

And if you haven’t already, this song is a great introduction to the work of one of today’s greatest and most inventive country singers.

There are many upcoming zombie films on the way, but I doubt we’ll see anything like this The dead don’t die Someday soon or ever again. But it’s not all bad news as we are blessed with this silly mess of a good time.

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