Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
The film of the zombie mash-up, with Lily James as Elizabeth and Sam Riley as Darcy.
The Bennet sisters were trained in combat and nobody told Austen. Play the romance straight and the zombies straight, at the same time.
You know the story and you want it with swordfights.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: the Bennets, the suitors and the shape of the romance.
Changes: the genre: a plague of the undead, martial-arts sisters and a lot of swordplay.
Directed by Burr Steers, from Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel. Lily James, Sam Riley, Matt Smith as Mr. Collins, Lena Headey.
Whose story is it?
Elizabeth’s, played by Lily James as a fighter; Sam Riley is Darcy.
How much time does it ask?
1 hour 47 minutes. Directed by Burr Steers.
Lily James, Sam Riley, Bella Heathcote, Jack Huston, Douglas Booth, Matt Smith, Charles Dance, Lena Headey.
Where to find it
Other ways to get it: Blu-ray — Amazon · Find where it’s streaming — JustWatch
More ways into Longbourn: Pride and Prejudice (1940) · Pride and Prejudice (BBC, 1980) · Pride and Prejudice (BBC, 1995)