
My Daughter Is a Zombie
Seen it?2025 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
Why it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh.
- The mood
- Funny with heart.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 54 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Korean, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Jung-hwan is a gruff but loving zookeeper who specializes in training wild beasts. His teenage daughter, Soo-ah, is going through puberty and a full-blown dance obsession. Their days are full of bickering and bonding... until one day, Soo-ah becomes infected by a zombie virus that has swept across the globe. Refusing to give up on his daughter, Jung-hwan takes her to a quiet seaside village called Eunbong-ri, where his mother Bam-soon lives. In a world obsessed with rooting out the infected, Soo-ah shows strange signs of awareness - responding to music, her grandmother's sharp taps with a back scratcher, and even faint traces of human language. Determined to protect her at all costs, Jung-hwan draws on his years of experience training tigers and begins a secret mission to tame and retrain... his zombie daughter.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsBelow par
3 wins and 7 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$38 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 135K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Pil Gam-seong
- Cho Jung-seokLee Jung-hwan
- Lee Jung-eunKim Bam-soon
- Cho Yeo-jeongShin Yeon-hwa
- Yoon Kyung-hoCho Dong-bae
- Choi Yu-riLee Soo-ah
- Geumdong-iMeowmeow
- Jeon Su-jiLee Jeong-hye
- Kim Beong-chounVillage Chief
- Jeong So-jeongMin Eun-young
- Chae IGo Yoon-seo