One Cut of the Dead

About One Cut of the Dead

Real zombies arrive and terrorize the crew of a zombie film being shot in an abandoned warehouse, said to be the site of military experiments on humans.

One Cut of the Dead is a 2017 comedy horror film directed by Shinichiro Ueda. It runs 96 minutes and was released in November 2017.

Its themes are making of, filmmaking, cinema on cinema, and film in film.

Takayuki Hamatsu stars as Director Higurashi, Yuzuki Akiyama as Chinatsu, Kazuaki Nagaya as Kazuaki Kamiya, and Harumi Shuhama as Nao. The screenplay is by Shinichiro Ueda. It streams on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, and AMC Plus Apple TV channel in the United States.

His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th, Cannibal Holocaust, and Final Cut make useful companions to One Cut of the Dead, all filed under found footage. TMDB voters put it at 7.6 out of 10 across 1,043 votes.