#handling the undead 2024

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Handling the Undead (2024), dir. Thea Hvistendahl

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Handling the Undead (2024)

3.5/5

Streaming on Hulu as of 11/08/24

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Håndtering Av Udøde aka Handling The Undead (2024)

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new-to-me #142 - Håndtering av udøde (Handling the Undead)

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First look at NEON’s HANDLING THE UNDEAD directed by Thea Hvistendahl.

Starring Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielson Lie

The film follows three families who are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them.

Releasing in theaters May 31st

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Tiny Review: Handling The Dead 2024. Super dull.

It feels like a thin cross between Skinnamarink and Manchester By The Sea. Definitely not a zombie movie. Nor horror. Nor a drama.  

Very niche. No story at all. Just an unresolved premise.

Handling the Undead is a 2024 Norwegian horror mystery film, directed by Thea Hvistendahl from a screenplay by Hvistendahl and John Ajvide Lindqvist, based upon the novel of the same name by Lindqvist. It stars Renate Reinsve, Bjørn Sundquist, Bente Børsum, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bahar Pars and Inesa Dauksta.

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Handling the Undead (Håndtering av udøde) (2024) Thea Hvistendahl

June 27th 2024

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#97. Handling the Undead - Thea Hvistendahl

3.5/5

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31 Days of Horror Marathon 2024 ↪ Day 2: Handling the Undead (2024) dir. Thea Hvistendahl

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got a new gig

kit & will together again and we are living for it

will poulter, kit connor, manu ríos

will star with manu and zombies in Rapture

Will Poulter (Guardians of the Galaxy 3), Kit Connor (Heartstopper) and Manu Ríos (Elite) are set to lead buzzy horror Rapture, and it’s bound for Cannes.

source: deadline

It’s an intriguing premise. Set in Medieval England in the year 1348, the story alights on Lansley Abbey, a remote stone monastery in Yorkshire, which houses ten monks bound by a life of strict routine and devotion. Their fragile peace is disrupted by the arrival of a messenger – a man with haunting news from the outside world who rapidly shows symptoms of a mystery illness. A virulent plague is spreading through the land: marked initially by a hemorrhagic fever, it turns its victims into “revenants” — restless, undead beings. As the contagion closes in, Lansley Abbey becomes a battleground: desperate outsiders beg for refuge while the infected threaten to overrun its walls. The monks are torn apart by a moral rift — between those who believe they must care for the sick and those who want to protect the centuries of knowledge safe-guarded by the monastery. As death is fully unleashed, so too is the brothers’ capacity for extraordinary acts of altruism and ruthless betrayal, forcing them to confront the ultimate question: what does it mean to be human?

The film marks the debut feature for playwright and director Jordan Tannahill. Filming is due to begin later this year in Hungary. Producers are Elevation Pictures (Infinity Pool), 2AM (Past Lives) and Brookstreet Pictures (The Brutalist). Eli Arenson (Lamb) is attached as director of photography. 2AM is handling domestic sales.

Poulter and Connor reunite after recently starring in Alex Garland’s Warfare. Spanish actor and singer Ríos also appeared in Pedro Almodovar’s Strange Way Of Life.

Gabrielle Stewart, CEO HanWay Films, said: “We have all been blown away by the vision Jordan has for Rapture. It is rare to have such an atmospheric and terrifying zombie horror film that inhabits such an authentic historical world, with complex characters grappling with the biggest moral dilemmas. It is no wonder he has already attracted such great casting in Will, Kit and Manu with more to come, backed by top tier producers.”

Tannahill’s plays include Late Company and Botticelli in the Fire. His novel The Listeners was shortlisted for the Giller Prize, and in 2024 was adapted into a limited series for the BBC.

Tannahill is represented by CAA, Casarotto and Jackoway Austen. Will Poulter is represented by WME, Hamilton Hodell and Sloane Offer. Kit Connor is represented by Independent Talent, WME and Hansen, Jacobson. Manu Rios is represented by WME.

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Handling the Undead (2024) | dir. Thea Hvistendahl

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IWTV Musings - LDPDL & Nosferatu 2024 (Pt10b: Bloody Appetites)

IMO the IWTV/TVC fandom underestimates how dang BLOODY vampire sex can be. In Anne Rice's books, drinking blood is the most intensely intimate & erotic act vampires can perform. But there's a real disparity between TVC/IWTV show-onlies, and fans expecting more gothic horror themes & tropes in the show and/or fics--inc. the inherently erotic nature of a vampire's bite both in AND out of sexual acts. And watching Nosferatu 2024 only confirmed for me that AMC's IWTV & its fandom really sanitizes vampire biology.

(I've already discussed my thoughts on Claudeleine's convo about blood.)

Bloody Bodily Fluids

Anne Rice's vampires are like ticks, bloated with blood--they cry, spit, sweat blood, and if AR's vamps could've had sex in the books, yes their nightly emissions would be bloody too. But AMC dances around it, and the show-only fans have no idea cuz the show's too PG about gay sex.

Like, people laugh at Lestat earning his red wings by drinking period blood in Memnoch (as if that's something a vampire wouldn't do--let alone the wildest thing Lestat has done, which, chile....)

I've seen polls ask whether or not all a vampire's bodily fluids are bloody, and what kinds of blood they drink, and the results are always fascinating (x x x x x x x x x x x)

And let's not forget the TikTok meme

I've read 1000+ IWTV/TVC fics, but can barely list on 2 hands the fics that made a point to emphasize bloody bodily fluids (sweat/saliva/ejaculate/etc)

There's even tags for Blood Kink and Blood as Lube in Rated M-E fics, as if BLOOD is a warning the VAMPIRE fandom needs, and is not something natural to The Nature of being a bloodsucking vampire having sex (which tends to involve a copious exchange of bodily fluids)

And it's not just sex this show/fandom's oddly squeamish about. AMC!IWTV frustratingly censored/obfuscated/ignored/outright effed up important parts of AR's vamp biology. Setting aside the ridiculous amount of alcohol & cigarettes & whatnot we see them with, I've said before how I don't like Louis' bodily death in 1x2, cuz AMC ignored how AR's vamps expel ALL their bodily fluids & waste--poop & pee included. It's a literal MESS, and the scene made no frikkin sense; they just skipped right over it; Lou pukes a bit and he's fine??? As if.

Cuz for AR, the birth of a vampire resembles the birth of a child. Ask anyone who's given birth before: if you didn't handle your business beforehand, you'll piss & crap the delivery bed with all that pushing; it's NOT always clean & pristine like they show on tv. 😅

But wtvr. It just really bothers me how vampires are physically humanized/sanitized way too much in this show/fandom.

Blood is Life: "You Made Your Maker"

In Nos2024, appetite & love & psycho-sexual obsession & hate & life & death are all rolled into one; where Ellen's never been happier holding hands with Death--Orllen literally f**k e/o to death. Their marriage bed is a slaughter--the sheets are SOAKED in a puddle.

Sure, we can assume that's all Ellen's blood Orlok cried & puked up as he died--he's shriveled & empty without her blood. BUT! It also looks like Ellen had a fatal hemorrhage--like childbirth/miscarriage/stillbirth. Even the way Ellen cradles Orlok reminds me of a mother cradling a child--esp. with how much Orlok kept nursing from her boobs (& Thomas' pecs), like a breastfeeding child.

Instead of blood-drinking & bodily fluid swapping being a cyclical exchange that creates new "life" for the undead (Ellen becoming a vamp), Orllen both die--the mother and the child together; breaking the vampiric cycle.

With Loustat, the vampiric cycle plays out fully, with Lestat as the "father or further of a new order of beings," and Louis as Lestat's completely reborn vampire child/fledgling (also in Nosferatu 1979, with Jonathan Harker/Thomas Hutter--the 1992 Dracula has vamp Mina Harker, too; and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen goes the distance & keeps Mina a vamp).

And during sex, which is a bloody friggin mess where Louis' laying in a puddle of blood, covered in oozing love bites & bloody ejaculates, Lestat emerging from Louis' body would look like the blood-covered child LOUIS birthed. And that reminds me of a Loustat fic by @vulcanvampyr that uses kinda similar imagery:

another year (or: this, here, a reason) (6427 words) by vulcanvampyr

"You made your Maker;" with Louis drawing Lestat's blood, as Lestat creates pleasure in Louis' stomach/core/womb/etc--the place where Les' blood sits in Lou's body (his arterial Lou drinks, & his bloody ejaculate when Les climaxes). The vampiric cycle keeps cycling, where through sex & blood Loustat makes e/o again & again.

Love Bites - Little Death, Little Drink

Speaking of oozing love bites, that brings me to my final point. There's the Actual Death vampires experience when they're Turned, and then there's the Little Death (petite mort), the swooning fit of a sexual climax paralleled with the Little Drink of a vampire bite.

Blood is Life--and from the POV of Lestat/Orlock/Dracula, it's the blood of Louis/Ellen/Mina that is life. The best crack, the finest wine, the tastiest meat. Louis can deny himself all he wants--LESTAT clearly doesn't. Horndog AMC!Loustat isn't Bed Death book!film!Loustat; AR No Homo'd as much as possible cuz of censorship. Even in AR's drafts Loustat never used the Little Drink on e/o, which is WILD. book!Les STARVED for Lou's blood for 200 years.

Clearly, AMC!Loustat feeds off e/o, esp. during sex. They're bloody. BUT! Other than Loustat's Little Drink in 1x1, and Loumand's in 1x5, we only see vamps bite e/o during fights (the 1x5 fight & 1x6 hate sex). 😔 It was a cute nod to have Loustat banging on blood red sheets in 1x6, but IMO Lou shoulda been covered in love bites. 😩

As Louis' depression worsened, & he disassociated & distanced himself even more, you think Lestat WOULDN'T bite him to get that connection back? 🤨 Even Claudia bit Lou to get his attention in 1x7.

So I prefer how Nos24 portrayed vampiric sex. Orlok BITES, right over the heart. Sloppy & slovenly, slobbering like an animal (a wolf), he is Appetite--raw hunger, thirst, etc. Blood is a drug for him, esp. Ellen's blood, which turns him on to the point of distraction and the obliteration of all reason--he doesn't even care that the sun's coming and is about to roast him alive. He just keeps drinking Ellen's blood. Her BLOOD is his greatest weakness, not even the sun.

Even Ellen's scent (lilacs) has Orloc reeling like a dope fiend strung out on that black tar heroin.

I've always had doubts about Loumand's blood-drinking scene in 1x5, but IF Louis really was drinking Armand's blood (and not just faking it), they were literally banging in front of Daniel's salad. 🍆

TL;DR: MORE BLOOD, PLEASE 🙏

So yeah, for vampires, Blood IS their whole Life. And I'm just sad that we've lost so much of that in AMC's sanitized vampire fandom--the most we see of blood is when vamps are being violent & killing; rarely when when they're being loving, and it's a real shame, IMO.

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Handling the Undead (Thea Hvistendahl, 2024)

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Fic Masterlist

Because Tumblr search features are shit. Fandoms, Fics, and Series are organized in alphabetical order. Each link will send you to the Tumblr version but there will be a link to the AO3 version within that post. If you would rather go straight to AO3, my account is linked in the post pinned on my blog.

Assassin's Creed:

Of Blades and Parchment Series

Tumblr tag: #Of Blades and Parchment

Altmal AU where Malik never became an assassin and instead works as a crippled bookseller. Series is in progress.

DPxDC

Two Crickets (My addition is only 646 words but idk about the ones before it)

no tag

An addition to a prompt by @/ailithnight and writing by @/omnicrafts and @/atiyasnake

The GIW has had Danny for an undeterminable amount of time. The strain is finally more than he can handle and he body hops into a brain dead clone, R13. Danny thinks he is having a nice dream. Kon is worried for the escaped clone he found in the middle of a field.

TW: mentions of tortue

Here's Where You'll Stay (3082 words, 1 chapter)

Tumblr Tag: #Here's Where You'll Stay

"As John stared at the door preparing to get his face mauled, he couldn’t help but incredulously complain that this was not how he wanted his weekend to go. He had plans! He supposes that he would be willing to put them on hold for Phantom’s sake, but he wasn’t agreeable to the incoming face mauling. "

When Phantom comes down with Core Sickness it's up to John Constantine to save the ghost from fading.

Nothing Says "True Love" Like Being Given The Soul of Your Murderer (1510 words, 1 chapter)

Tumblr Tag: #nstllbgtsoym

Dead on Main ship. Addition to a post by @/nelkcats

"Another snarl caused him to lose his staring contest with the Bat. Nightwing was now standing between the two of them and appeared to be trying to placate the crime boss while Red Robin made the bloody stupid decision of trying to sneak up behind him. Red quickly paid the price for his folly, finding himself flat on his back pinned underneath Hood's boot while he honest to God snapped at Nightwing like a rabid dog.

"It's my gift! He gave it to me. Now fuck off before I m̶a̷k̸e̸ ̵y̶o̸u̶."

Yeah. Someone should probably interfere before they pissed him off anymore.

"You should corral your kids before one of em' loses a hand."

"Hngh." Batman leaves to break up the fight with Nightwing's aid. Hood scampers off to one of the corners of the cave, cradling the violet ball in his gloved hands as if it was the most precious thing in the world. It sounded like he was purring. John was suddenly very tired."

Rending Flesh From the Bone (3093 words, 1 chapter)

Tumblr Tag: #RFFTB

Dick wasn't so sure about Jason's "gut feeling", but what are brothers for if not to support each other during paranoia episodes? Now, deep underground in an abandoned subway tunnel, Dick is starting to have regrets as he watches the scene before him.

TW: Gore, Cannibalism, Vomiting, Zalgo Text

Slap a Bow on It (4752 words, 1 chapter)

Tumblr Tag: #Slap a Bow on It

Dead on Main ship, written for Dead on MAYn 2024

 "Contrary to popular belief, Danny wasn’t stupid. He could be a bit oblivious, but he always got there in the end. So when Danny woke up the next morning and realized that last night wasn’t a dream, he had an epiphany. He was being courted by the super hot and apparently undead crime lord who ran the haunt on the other side of the street."

TW: Danny is thirsty as hell, mentions/allusions to nsfw but nothing explicit

Star Shoes (2772 words, 1 chapter)

Tumblr Tag: #Star Shoes

Dead on Main ship, written for Dead on MAYn 2024

"Things had been going so well for him lately. He should have expected the other shoe to drop. Or the metal pipe in this case."

In which Danny and his totally normal boyfriend who is definitely not Red Hood are abducted by cultists. Danny is super concussed, but he's got the spirit.

The Dead Stay Dead (My addition is only 679 words but idk about the ones before it)

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An addition to writing by @/some-kind-of-creature and @/nerdpoe.

In which the LOA has a rule that those who die are never mentioned again and are erased from their records. Damian doesn't think to mention his late sister. Once he does he creates a portrait to commemorate her, but it turns out his sister is actually his brother now.

The Double-edged Blade of Chance (5309 words, 1 chapter)

Tumblr Tag: #The Double-edged Blade of Chance

Dead on Main ship, written for Dead on MAYn 2024

Not everyone gets to meet their soulmate. It was just a fact of life. There was always a chance, but chance was a double-edged blade. 

Jason quite literally runs into his soulmate at the young age of eight.

“Sorry! I thought you were a ghost!”

"Why would I be a ghost?”

TW: Major Character Death, Child Neglect, Mentions of Abuse, Mentions of Drug Addiction, Depression

Unnamed fic (ghost chirps/unintentional ghost adoption au fic)

Tumblr Tag: #ghost chirps/unintentional ghost adoption au fic

Addition to a post by @/starwrighter

Fic is currently a work in progress with only a minimal amount released to the public under the Tumblr post. Once it's completely written chapters will be posted and linked independently.

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Winter 2024- What I Finished

So as this anime season is coming to an end. Here are the shows I actually kept up with and overall enjoyed immensely.

There will be spoilers so be warned lol

The Unwanted Undead Adventurer

I have enjoyed this series, the way Rentt is so determined to become a mithril-class adventurer even as an undead. The 3D models for the fight scenes move pretty well with the background matching them, especially in episode 9. This series is a slow-burn, even with the story progression, but I appreciate it because we see so much character growth for Rentt and how he interacts with the people and his friends. The music is fairly average for the series, but it does have some good moments especially when Rentt is in thought or making a choice. I loved coming full circle and him regaining his "human" features even though he still is very much a vampire now. Shun Narita, the composer for the series had some standout moments (fight scenes and contemplativeness) of music throughout the season so hats off to him.

The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

I fell in love with the humor of this series from the get-go and not a single episode is a disappointment. It is so full of life and this past week for episode 11, the line " Now that's the wrong way to use healing magic" was used in a perfect moment. The lead up of Usato's characters growth and seeing all his hard work and "torture" from Commander Rose's training *actually* matter was brilliant. Element Garden has done a great job with the music that just gets your blood pumping. Probably will make a separate post for this series once it's over.

A Sign of Affection

The shoujo everyone is talking about, FOR GOOD REASON. To see the romance between the leads develop was so satisfying and wholesome. The development of the side characters so far is handled well, and at times the flashbacks scenes take over an episode but they are necessary. The art style and the use of lighting are done so well. It was a very cute show and always will love seeing an adult romance.

Solo Leveling

What can I say that hasn't been said already? I started reading the manwha in 2019 and have reread many times since. Hiroyuki Sawano was a great choice and the soundtrack WILL be on loop once it's released fully. Smart pacing choices to have it end with him gaining a job, this week will be a blast of an episode. Wish it had been slotted for 24 episodes... The last two episodes KILLED it, the animation, the music?! I was on cloud nine.

Mr. Villains Day Off

A perfect wholesome background anime, that is just about a Villian who loves pandas on his days off. The episodes where they focus on the Rangers aren't super interesting and makes you question the ethics of the world? It's a very cute show and sometimes, it's just a need in life. Ending was split between resolving the previous episode and the lead up to the Rangers and the Villian's battle.

Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord

The Isekai'd into an Otome game genre is SO saturated but somehow I ended up loving this show. Yumielle is so autistic coded and straightforward, no one quite knows how to react to her. Patrick is head over heels for her, not that she ever notices, and they're dynamic is adorable. I have laughed watching this show and the only reincarnation anime that didn't bog me down with guessable plot.

Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable!

I fell so hard for this anime that I binge read the manga...who's art is definitely butchered in the adaption, it's so wholesome but the way episode 11 ends off MY GOD the miscommunication hurts me, and people will definitely riot watching the finale...and then picking up the manga to suffer for 40 chapters...BUT it's worth it. Tsubasa and Fuyuki all the way, they're chemistry is the best in the show as they each influence each other to open up, to be serious about the future and to help themselves grow as people. So sad to see this show go but maybe we'll get another season?

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!

This anime has me kicking my feet in joy and makes me miss my long-distance partner so fucking much. When Kurosawa and Adachi kissed? I was whooping in happiness. Adachi has a lot of room to grow with his communication with Kurosawa but pretty sure the final manga cover is a wedding outfit? My poor notes app I use to write my thoughts/observations as I watch seasonal anime is " SO GAY. KISS PLEASE." for several episodes between them. I loved that the end credits was the wedding but I can't wait to read the manga to compare it!

Gushing Over Magical Girls

I'm not one to watch ecchi shows but this, THIS is just such a delight to watch. Utena is such a loveable protagonist, a magical girl loving person who gets turned into a villain and has to "fight" the girls she loves. By fighting its not LMAO. I adore all the characters in this show and how fresh the writing for them is. Its beautifully animated and the finale was so much fun to watch!

Mashle S2 - Divine Visionary Arc

I picked up the first volume at the bookstore halfway through the season to try reading, after Bling-Bang-Bang-Born blew up, and I was not disappointed. Binged Season 1 and caught up in a day. There's just something so satisfying with gag humor and shounen fight scenes. I love everyone (besides for Innocent Zero, fuck that guy) and will for sure be binge reading the manga. The music, as always, is so hype and having rap for the fight scenes is very interesting. The soundtrack for S2 just released yesterday and has some amazing tracks on it.

Shangria-La Frontier

What. An. Amazing. Show. Never thought I'd like a VR Gaming anime as much as I do now, but this was just so vibrant and humorous. Sunraku's tenacity at gaming and taking on challenges, plus my love for rogue/assassin builds from DND, made him such a likeable character. The entire Weathermon fight to be slotted for 4 episodes was just..gorgeous and stunning. The Music?!? God its perfection. The NPC's of Rabitzu... to have characters and just to not be weird was very much appreciated to me. I sincerely wish it had the fandom that other Fall 2023 shows, cough cough Frieren, Undead Unluck and Apothecary Diaries, has because I just want more merch sobs. The cosplans I have for this show? Too many, and its already in production for another 2 cour season for this fall!!

The Apothecary Diaries

What a spectacular show and fabulous 24 episodes. The animation, the music (Satoru Kosaki, Kevin Pinken, Alisa Okehazma), the characters, the backgrounds?! I enjoyed watching the characters interact and loved the humor in the animation. I also just read and caught up with the manga in 2 days...so it's that good and a worthwhile watch and read!

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Handling the Undead (Thea Hvistendahl, 2024).