My Daughter is a Zombie (Jombittal, 좀비딸)
Director – Pil Gam-sung – 2025 – South Korea – Cert. 15 tbc – 114m
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When his teenage daughter becomes a zombie, her father must use his skills as an animal trainer to help her lead a normal life – from LKFF, the London Korean Film Festival 2026 which runs in cinemas from Monday, November 2nd to Tuesday, November 16th
Like fathers everywhere, Lee Jung-hwan (Cho Jung-seok from Exit, Lee Sang-geun, 2019) struggles to connect with his 15-year-old daughter Lee Soo-ah (Choi Yu-ri from Alienoid, Choi Dong-hoon, 2022). A failed, professional K-pop dancer who achieved modest success as an animal trainer – for instance, successfully getting his zoo workplace’s Bengal Tiger to dance – he has passed on his love of dancing to his daughter, although her generation’s idea of dancing is very different from his. Nevertheless, it’s in the family’s genes.
One day, they observe bizarre behaviour outside their window from a neighbouring couple, which could be easily explained if life were like a zombie movie. The woman having bitten her husband’s neck, she advances towards their sitting room window and, recognising life (food) when dad moves into her sight in the course of rescuing the cat, relentlessly hammers her head against the glass ’til it breaks. … Read the rest