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The Dead Don't Die

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The Dead Don't Die	label	The Dead Don't Die
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The Dead Don't Die	comment	The Dead Don't Die is a 2019 American Zombie Apocalypse-themed Horror Comedy film, written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and featuring an All-Star Cast.After a vague sci-fi Excuse Plot leads the dead to rise again, three small-town cops set out to kill some zombies. There's also a nerdy cashier, a delivery guy, a samurai mortician, some teenage hippies, a trio of kids in juvenile detention, and Hermit Bob, among others. Are they important to the plot? Kinda.Not to be confused with Robert Bloch's short story of the same title, or its 1975 Made-for-TV Movie adaptation directed by Curtis Harrington.
The Dead Don't Die	fetched	2023-10-17T06:59:25Z
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The Dead Don't Die / int_12a22bd8	type	Katanas Are Just Better
The Dead Don't Die / int_12a22bd8	comment	Katanas Are Just Better: Ronnie often needs multiple full-strength blows with a machete to decapitate a zombie, and he's even complimented on his swing. Zelda, however, decapitates zombies using her katana with casual ease. It might have a little to do with the fact that she's an alien.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_1777688d	type	Genre Savvy
The Dead Don't Die / int_1777688d	comment	Genre Savvy: Unusually for a zombie film, most people are already aware of what zombies are and what the rules are for killing them.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
The Dead Don't Die / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: The name of the song that provides the film's title is mentioned and played many times.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_1a6960dd	type	Flying Saucer
The Dead Don't Die / int_1a6960dd	comment	Flying Saucer: Zelda gets picked up in one. She's apparently an alien.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_1b65dfad	type	The Cameo
The Dead Don't Die / int_1b65dfad	comment	The Cameo: Many of the big-named stars in the cast appear in what are essentially cameos. Perhaps the most notable is Sturgill Simpson, who provides the theme song and the name of the film and has a cameo as the Guitar Zombie.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_1c5002bc	type	The Stoic
The Dead Don't Die / int_1c5002bc	comment	The Stoic: Both Cliff and Ronnie are impossibly calm when dealing with undead rising from their graves. While Cliff eventually cracks, Ronnie remains perfectly calm. That's because they both read the script of the movie they are in. While Cliff only got scenes with him, Ronnie read the whole thing, thus they can't be surprised by anything that happens around them.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_1e584efa	type	Cruel and Unusual Death
The Dead Don't Die / int_1e584efa	comment	Cruel and Unusual Death: Lilly, the woman who runs the town cleaning service, is one of the first two victims of the zombies and suffers the worse death; she is knocked down by a zombie who then rips out pieces of her stomach and intestines while she moans in pain. You can hear her moaning the whole time the zombies are drinking coffee and leaving the diner, meaning she was left to bleed to death overnight.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_1e7487cd	type	Breaking the Fourth Wall
The Dead Don't Die / int_1e7487cd	comment	Breaking the Fourth Wall: Early on, Ronnie states that the music he's playing on the car stereo is the "theme song," and repeatedly notes that "this is all going to end badly." In the final act, he reveals that he's read the script of the film and knows how it's going to end.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_1f19f198	type	Back-to-Back Badasses
The Dead Don't Die / int_1f19f198	comment	Back-to-Back Badasses: How Ronnie and Cliff make their last stand.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_204340fc	type	Vomiting Cop
The Dead Don't Die / int_204340fc	comment	Vomiting Cop: Mindy vomits after seeing the aftermath at the diner.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_21e5b9c7	type	Failed a Spot Check
The Dead Don't Die / int_21e5b9c7	comment	Failed a Spot Check: Hank and Bobby are doing pretty well against the zombies before realizing that the back door is unlocked and more are coming in that way.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_272abb98	type	Shoot the Shaggy Dog
The Dead Don't Die / int_272abb98	comment	Shoot the Shaggy Dog: None of the characters or plot lines really develop into much, and almost everyone dies.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_2dff6b95	type	Two Guys and a Girl
The Dead Don't Die / int_2dff6b95	comment	Two Guys and a Girl: The three protagonists, and the hipsters from Cleveland.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_2f30a078	type	Binocular Shot
The Dead Don't Die / int_2f30a078	comment	Binocular Shot: Hermit Bob gets several as he observes people fighting against the zombies.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_30d1e0df	type	Full-Name Basis
The Dead Don't Die / int_30d1e0df	comment	Full-Name Basis: Zelda only ever addresses people using their complete first, middle and last names.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
The Dead Don't Die / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: Ronnie Peterson has a Star Wars keyring. Adam Driver, who plays him, also plays Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel movies.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_396e1c2a	type	Face Death with Dignity
The Dead Don't Die / int_396e1c2a	comment	Face Death with Dignity: Cliff and Ronnie are fully aware they are going to die, but it doesn't stop them from calmly and methodically destroying as many zombies as they can. When Bobbie and Hank get overrun, they just stand up for as long as they can and then allow themselves to be eaten.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_3d5c5deb	type	Flat Character
The Dead Don't Die / int_3d5c5deb	comment	Flat Character: There are too many characters introduced to develop any of them.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_4c506837	type	The Snack Is More Interesting
The Dead Don't Die / int_4c506837	comment	The Snack Is More Interesting: Hermit Bob is busy eating a chicken leg while watching farmer Miller getting torn apart.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
The Dead Don't Die / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: Even though it's a comedic zombie movie in the vein of Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland, or Anna and the Apocalypse, it doesn't have anything resembling a happy ending. Just about every named character dies horribly, and Cliff and Ronnie, aware they're characters in a movie and are going to die no matter what, opt to go out in a blaze of glory, taking as many zombies with them as they can until they're inevitably overwhelmed. Zelda is revealed to be an alien who gets her friends to pick her up in their UFO, abandoning the only survivors (Stella, Olivia, Geronima, and Hermit Bob) to fend for themselves, but given the sheer scope of the outbreak and what's causing it, there's no indication that they aren't doomed along with the rest of the planet.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_4fff0dfe	type	Sarcasm-Blind
The Dead Don't Die / int_4fff0dfe	comment	Sarcasm-Blind: Mindy never seems to notice or realise when Cliff or Ronnie make some sarcastic remarks.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_525df529	type	Not Using the "Z" Word
The Dead Don't Die / int_525df529	comment	Not Using the "Z" Word: Notably averted. Ronnie announces very early on that he thinks the problem is zombies.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_53694d39	type	Bishie Sparkle
The Dead Don't Die / int_53694d39	comment	Bishie Sparkle: In a rare live action example, Zoe gets one in her introduction.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_55cd4012	type	"Everybody Dies" Ending
The Dead Don't Die / int_55cd4012	comment	"Everybody Dies" Ending: Just about every character dies, and Zelda is perhaps the only character who isn't doomed - and only because she outright leaves the planet.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_56b53152	type	Green Aesop
The Dead Don't Die / int_56b53152	comment	Green Aesop: It's not exactly subtle about it. The Zombie Apocalypse is explicitly caused by polar fracking while the presidential administration lies about it. Two sympathetic characters drive fuel-efficient cars (a Prius and a SMART car).
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The Dead Don't Die / int_5a1912af	type	The Hermit
The Dead Don't Die / int_5a1912af	comment	The Hermit: Hermit Bob, obviously. He lives alone in the woods, and while he repeatedly witnesses zombie attacks he's always too far away for them to notice.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_60414102	type	Zombie Apocalypse
The Dead Don't Die / int_60414102	comment	Zombie Apocalypse: Fairly classic zombies, with the idea that they pursue the obsessions they have in life made very explicit.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_62434fe2	type	Sanity Slippage
The Dead Don't Die / int_62434fe2	comment	Sanity Slippage: As the zombie apocalypse goes more and more overwhelming, Mindy is slowly but surely sliding down the slope. Especially since the other two officers are super-stoic, to an almost unhealthy degree.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_6627695f	type	Author Appeal
The Dead Don't Die / int_6627695f	comment	Author Appeal: Jim Jarmusch is a noted fan of coffee, as evidenced by his film Coffee and Cigarettes. The first two zombies of the film attack a diner because they're obsessed with coffee.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
The Dead Don't Die / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: Eventually, Mindy is terrified out of her mind and can't take any more of the zombies banging on their police cruiser, and after she sees her zombified grandmother, she gets out of the car, opting to be eaten alive rather than endure the pressure any second longer.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_6d7026fa	type	Punny Name
The Dead Don't Die / int_6d7026fa	comment	Punny Name: Zelda Winston (played by Tilda Swinton) and Posie Juarez (played by Rosie Perez)
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The Dead Don't Die / int_6ec4232f	type	Casting Gag
The Dead Don't Die / int_6ec4232f	comment	Casting Gag: Adam Driver playing a small-town deputy that's a big fan of Star Wars.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_70d8269d	type	Excuse Plot
The Dead Don't Die / int_70d8269d	comment	Excuse Plot: The planet’s axis is thrown off by polar fracking. This event causes the dead to rise again as zombies…somehow.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_7b233b45	type	No Zombie Cannibals
The Dead Don't Die / int_7b233b45	comment	No Zombie Cannibals: As is typical for a zombie film, the zombies don't attack each other.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_863fa679	type	What Happened to the Mouse?
The Dead Don't Die / int_863fa679	comment	What Happened to the Mouse?: Geronimo, Olivia, and Stella are last seen escaping from the juvenile detention center and going into a supposedly safe place. We don't find out what happens to them afterwards. Hermit Bob's fate is also left unknown; he observes the final battle from the distance and calls the world a terrible place right at the end of the movie.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_87e2b631	type	Two Girls and a Guy
The Dead Don't Die / int_87e2b631	comment	Two Girls and a Guy: The three juvenile detention center inmates.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_884e513b	type	Medium Awareness
The Dead Don't Die / int_884e513b	comment	Medium Awareness: Early on, Ronnie shows signs of being aware he's in a movie, particularly in how he refers to Sturgill Simpson's "The Dead Don't Die" as "the theme song." As it turns out, he read the film's script ahead of time (most of it anyway). Cliff also read the script, or at least the parts pertaining to him, and thus also knew he was in a movie.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_8a295a46	type	Cool Car
The Dead Don't Die / int_8a295a46	comment	Cool Car: Several characters comment on how cool Zoe's '67 Pontiac Lemans (misidentified in the movie as a '68) is. Zelda notes her appreciation of the SMART car, though it's not really played as cool.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_8b9c057e	type	Ethnic Menial Labor
The Dead Don't Die / int_8b9c057e	comment	Ethnic Menial Labor: There's a Hispanic woman cleaning the floors at the diner who tries to fight off an attacking zombie with her mop.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_8ba9512b	type	Our Zombies Are Different
The Dead Don't Die / int_8ba9512b	comment	Our Zombies Are Different: The zombies in this film aren't driven by a hunger for flesh, per se, but they are driven by the obsessions they had in life and just happen to attack any living people they find. For example, the first two zombies to rise from their graves only kill the waitresses at the diner because they wanted coffee. They also don't bleed when wounded, but release some kind of black smoke from their bodies, and appear to maintain some degree of intelligence, since Mindy's zombified grandmother remembers her and Hank doesn't attack Cliff after he becomes a zombie, content to just stand there when the latter says hello to him.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
The Dead Don't Die / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	Asshole Victim: Both in and out of universe, farmer Miller is considered an abrasive asshole. Absolutely nobody minds when he's eaten by a zombie horde.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_91e894b4	type	Apocalypse How
The Dead Don't Die / int_91e894b4	comment	Apocalypse How: Explicitly Class 2, implicitly Class 4. The explanation for why zombies are now roaming around is that big government and corporate fracking of the north and south pole has thrown the Earth off of its axis. On-top of the dead returning to life, the day-night cycle has been thrown off, animals behave erratically, everyone's clocks have stopped, and radio and television signals glitch out at random. It is also briefly brought up that the global effects of the fracking could produce floods, earthquakes, and a whole host of other disasters that might potentially lead to mass extinction, but the events of the film are too brief to show any of this happening.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_9600368d	type	Behind the Black
The Dead Don't Die / int_9600368d	comment	Behind the Black: One of the characters trips in a very obvious hole in a graveyard.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_9a1fe522	type	Attractive Zombie
The Dead Don't Die / int_9a1fe522	comment	Attractive Zombie: Zelda spots an attractive zombie woman wearing a revealing outfit, and comments that the skirt "isn't her tartan" before killing her. Cliff takes a while to gaze on an undead tennis player.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_9b0f37de	type	Contemplate Our Navels
The Dead Don't Die / int_9b0f37de	comment	Contemplate Our Navels: Much of Hermit Bob's commentary.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_9bcd82c0	type	Took a Level in Badass
The Dead Don't Die / int_9bcd82c0	comment	Took a Level in Badass: Hank and Bobby do a pretty good job fighting the zombies once they rise.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The Dead Don't Die / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Early on Cliff makes a Retirony comment, and when Ronnie asked why Cliff didn't retire, Cliff asks if they're improvising, and that Ronnie probably knows. It's later revealed they know the script and this is a brief fourth wall break.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_9dd2cbc2	type	CloudCuckooLander
The Dead Don't Die / int_9dd2cbc2	comment	Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Zelda seems to think that preparing the bodies in her funeral home means giving them a make-up inspired by a fashion magazine. Justified since she's revealed to be an alien.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_afc52a86	type	Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot
The Dead Don't Die / int_afc52a86	comment	Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: Zelda is a Scottish-Buddhist samurai mortician alien.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
The Dead Don't Die / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: Ronnie's "This is all going to end badly." It goes on to drive Cliff up the wall.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_b1bf5c9b	comment	Removing the Head or Destroying the Brain: Ronnie patiently explains to Chief Cliff how to kill zombies.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_c3585f4a	type	Boom, Headshot!
The Dead Don't Die / int_c3585f4a	comment	Boom, Headshot!: Standard procedure for killing a zombie.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_d7a92919	comment	Indecisive Parody: It's nearly impossible to tell when the movie is trying to be funny, or if it's even trying to be funny at all. It's equally hard to tell if the heavy-handed sociopolitical commentary is meant to be taken seriously, or if it's merely poking fun at how Anvilicious zombie movies typically are with their messaging.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
The Dead Don't Die / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Once Zelda figures out what's happening, she arranges for a pick-up and departs the planet.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_e4d079c1	comment	Greek Chorus: The three inmates in the juvenile detention facility (particularly Geronimo) talking about the environmental effects and likelihood of zombies coming. Hermit Bob, as well.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_e7e40c98	comment	Berserk Board Barricade: Hank and Bobby hammer in some boards across the doorway to the store. Zombies just come from the other side, causing them to give up.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_e84a7d27	comment	Genre Refugee: Zelda feels more like an over-the-top character from a campy, action-packed martial arts film that wandered into a more rustic zombie movie. Turns out she's actually more of a refugee from an alien-themed movie.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_f4aeb714	comment	Human Aliens: Zelda passes for an albino woman, but she turns out to be an alien.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_f7cee9b	comment	Last Stand: Ronnie and Cliff go out in a blaze of glory, killing zombies in a cemetery. They know it's a last stand before they begin, with Ronnie having read the script.
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The Dead Don't Die / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: Various characters keep mentioning how the gruesome murder might be as well caused by "several wild animals". Eventually becomes a Brick Joke once the news reporter also mentions it as possible cause of death. Talking about the theme song.
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