Dead Lover

Name: Dead Lover
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror, Comedy, Romance
Released: March 20, 2026
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 77

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Cartuna | Release Date: March 20, 2026 | Not Rated

Summary: 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 experiments.

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror, Comedy, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Katie Walsh

Mar 29, 2026

Dead Lover, in all its stinky, sexy, queer and grotesque glory, is one of the grossest and loveliest films about love I’ve ever seen. This one’s for the horny, hopeless goth inside all of us. Read full review

Barry Hertz

Apr 1, 2026

The real trick of the film, though, is how it constantly steadies itself in the face of ever-mounting absurdity. This is a movie of such sexual outrageousness and stylized depravity that it should topple over every few minutes. And yet Glowicki and Petrie (who plays multiple roles) ride the razor’s edge of delirium to create something fantastical, even beautiful. Read full review

Screen Rant Gregory Nussen

Mar 20, 2026

It would be an understatement to say that Dead Lover is unusual. It may be more accurate to call it entirely novel. Read full review

Collider Jason Gorber

Feb 3, 2025

For those drawn to the bent, who crave some "Cheepnis" in a cinematic landscape of overproduced and overpriced madness, they just might fall in love with Dead Lover for all of its foul, fecund, and farcical facets. Read full review

Steven Scaife

Mar 12, 2026

The can-do spirit of Dead Lover, as evidenced by the way it couples goofy sound effects with cuts and camera movements, takes it a long way. Read full review

The Guardian Mike McCahill

Mar 18, 2026

It is perhaps too much the acquired taste (and smell) to appeal to everyone, but it’s distinctive, never dull and – much like its most noxious niffs – difficult to shake. Read full review

Erik Piepenburg

Mar 20, 2026

It’s too much yet not enough. Read full review

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