Dead Lover

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A lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses finally meets her dream man, but their whirlwind affair is cut short when he tragically drowns at sea. Grief-stricken, she goes to morbid lengths to resurrect him through madcap scientific experiments, resulting in grave consequences and unlikely love.

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A bonkers riff on the lengths people will go to for connection, Dead Lover's singular sensibility can be an acquired taste but writer-director Grace Glowicki's vision is admirably one of a kind.

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Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

1d

If you want to walk away from a film with its particular aroma still sticking to your clothes, then set a date in stone for Dead Lover.

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Katie Rife

RogerEbert.com

Mar 23

3/4

It’s an absurd film, but also a romantic and quietly radical one.

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Erik Piepenburg

New York Times

Mar 19

God bless Glowicki for pushing ahead as a genre leading lady who isn’t scared to tackle oddball characters in nutty films.

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Andrew Parker

The Gate

43m

9/10

It’s the movie for horny weirdos to end all movies about horny weirdos. And we all need more movies about horny weirdos.

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Alexa Margorian

Exclaim!

1d

7/10

It's the kind of movie that makes one wonder, "How the hell did she come up with this?"

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

1d

2.5/5

Absurd and gross, Dead Lover is a truly unique film whose performances and story will either be magical or off-putting, depending on your tolerance for bawdy body horror.

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BC

Mar 21

By far the strangest film us black box theater weirdos needed. However you end up feeling about it, it will surprise you in new ways every 20 seconds. Loved it

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@BikerGvrl 19h

Was so hyped to see this and so disappointed with the result. 😕

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Synopsis

A lonely gravedigger who stinks of corpses finally meets her dream man, but their whirlwind affair is cut short when he tragically drowns at sea. Grief-stricken, she goes to morbid lengths to resurrect him through madcap scientific experiments, resulting in grave consequences and unlikely love.

Director: Grace Glowicki
Producer: Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie, Yona Strauss
Screenwriter: Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie
Distributor: Cartuna / Dweck Productions
Production Co: Featured Creatures
Genre: Horror, Romance, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 20, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 1h 19m