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Dead Lover

2026 · 84 min

A morbidly funny, grotesque romance that revels in its own weirdness, blending body horror with earnest longing.

Directed by: Grace Glowicki
Genres: Horror, Comedy, Romance
Starring: Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie, Leah Doz

Tagline: Love can conquer death.
Overview: 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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Directed by: Grace Glowicki
Genres: Horror, Comedy, Romance
Starring: Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie, Leah Doz

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
grief
obsession
madness
death
Places: small town
countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	6
Humour	8
Realism	2
Romance	6
Tension	4
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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