Cutting Deep into Horror | One Cut of the Dead (2017): Japan’s Genius Zombie Horror Comedy, Filmmaking Chaos & Cult Movie Heart
Published: May 1, 2026
Duration: 1:41:48
What starts as a scrappy Japanese zombie movie quickly becomes one of the most inventive, hilarious, and unexpectedly heartfelt horror-comedies of the last decade.
This week on Cutting Deep into Horror, Henrique Couto & Rachael Redolfi dive into One Cut of the Dead (2017), Shinichiro Ueda’s brilliant cult favorite about zombies, chaos, low-budget filmmaking, and the beautiful disaster of trying to make art when everything is falling apart.
At first glance, One Cut of the Dead looks like a strange, messy, low-budget zombie movie. But stick with it, because th...
This week on Cutting Deep into Horror, Henrique Couto & Rachael Redolfi dive into One Cut of the Dead (2017), Shinichiro Ueda’s brilliant cult favorite about zombies, chaos, low-budget filmmaking, and the beautiful disaster of trying to make art when everything is falling apart.
At first glance, One Cut of the Dead looks like a strange, messy, low-budget zombie movie. But stick with it, because th...