The Dead Don't Die is a 2019 American horror-comedy film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. The film stars an ensemble cast including Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Chloë Sevigny, Tilda Swinton, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover, Caleb Landry Jones, Rosie Perez, Iggy Pop, Sara Driver, Carol Kane, and Tom Waits.
The film takes place in the small town of Centerville, where the dead begin to rise from their graves and terrorize the town's inhabitants. The three bespectacled police officers, Cliff Robertson (Murray), Ronnie Peterson (Driver), and Mindy Morrison (Sevigny), are initially skeptical about the situation but quickly realize the gravity of the situation. They are joined by a strange Scottish morgue expert named Zelda Winston (Swinton), who has an unusual affinity for samurai swords and is in the town on a mysterious mission.
As the zombie outbreak intensifies, the group faces a number of challenges, including a group of zombie teenagers, a racist farmer (Buscemi) who refuses to abide by the quarantine, and the undead rising from the town's graveyard. Meanwhile, the eccentric inhabitants of Centerville, including a hermit (Waits) who lives in the woods and a local eccentric (Tilda Swinton), add to the film's strange tone.
The movie is filled with dark humor, existential musings, and social commentary, making it both a horror movie and a satire. The Dead Don't Die has received mixed reviews from both critics and audiences, with some praising it for its unique take on the zombie genre while others found the humor too dry and the pacing too slow.
