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Dead Lover

2026 84 min English 19

“Love can conquer death.”

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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Grace Glowicki Director · Ben Petrie Writer

United States release March 18, 2026 · Produced in Canada, United States · Production Neon Heart Productions

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Canada · United States

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Original language

English

Spoken on screen

English

Release dates

United States · January 24, 2025

Premiere · Sundance Film Festival

United States · March 18, 2026

Limited theatrical

United States

March 9, 2025 · Premiere · South by Southwest Film & TV Festival

April 4, 2025 · Premiere · Los Angeles Festival of Movies

April 5, 2025 · Premiere · Wisconsin Film Festival

October 24, 2025 · Premiere · Montana Film Festival

Australia

August 15, 2025 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival

October 7, 2025 · Premiere · New Farm Queer Film Festival

October 13, 2025 · Premiere · SXSW Sydney

Belgium

April 11, 2025 · Premiere · Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival

Canada

September 10, 2025 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival

Czechia

July 6, 2025 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Finland

April 3, 2025 · Premiere · Night Visions Film Festival

France

September 5, 2025 · Premiere · L'Etrange Festival Paris

Netherlands

January 31, 2025 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam

Poland

July 18, 2025 · Premiere · BNP Paribas New Horizons International Film Festival

South Korea

July 6, 2025 · Premiere · Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival

Sweden

February 1, 2025 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival

United Kingdom

August 18, 2025 · Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival

March 20, 2026 · Theatrical

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