🧟‍♀️ My Daughter Is a Zombie (2025): A Heartfelt Comedy-Horror Where Love Outruns the Apocalypse

What if the last zombie on Earth was your child? That’s the question My Daughter Is a Zombie dares to ask—and it answers with equal parts laughter, heartbreak, and pure chaos. This 2025 South Korean comedy-horror, directed by Pil Gam-sung, takes the zombie genre and twists it into something refreshingly tender, all while delivering box office domination and global buzz.

🎬 A Zombie Story with a Beating Heart

One year after a catastrophic zombie outbreak that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, South Korea has finally declared itself zombie-free. But for Jung-hwan (Jo Jung-suk), the nightmare isn’t over—because his daughter Soo-a (Choi Yoo-ri) is the last zombie alive.

Soo-a isn’t your typical undead—when she’s fed and calm, her violent tendencies ease, and she even responds to her old passions like dancing. As Jung-hwan whisks her away to his mother Bam-sun’s seaside home in Eunbong-ri, he uses his skills as a professional tiger trainer to tame her… and perhaps, just maybe, give her a chance at something close to a normal life.

But the world isn’t ready to forgive or forget the zombie scourge. And as the father and daughter’s bond deepens, the question looms: how long can love keep the apocalypse at bay?

🐅 Tiger Taming Meets the Undead

What makes My Daughter Is a Zombie so unique is how it blends absurd humor with genuine emotional weight. Jung-hwan treats Soo-a’s zombie urges the same way he once handled wild animals—discipline, patience, and unexpected tenderness. His mother Bam-sun (Lee Jung-eun) adds a dose of hilarity, stealing scenes with her stubborn warmth and her backscratcher, which somehow becomes an emotional anchor for the story.

As one character says, “Sometimes, the only cure isn’t medicine—it’s love.”

🎭 Cast That Brings the Chaos to Life

• Jo Jung-suk as Lee Jung-hwan – The devoted father and reluctant zombie wrangler.

• Lee Jung-eun as Kim Bam-sun – The feisty grandmother with a golden heart.

• Cho Yeo-jeong as Shin Yeon-hwa – A mysterious figure whose motives remain unclear.

• Yoon Kyung-ho as Jo Dong-bae – A constant source of both trouble and comedy.

• Choi Yoo-ri as Lee Soo-a – The zombie daughter who dances her way into your heart.

📅 Release & Box Office Phenomenon

Released in South Korea on July 30, 2025 by Next Entertainment World, the film quickly became a smash hit:

• Highest single-day pre-release ticket sales of 2025: 363,749 tickets.

• Opened with 430,091 viewers—the highest opening for a Korean comedy film in history.

• Surpassed 1 million admissions in just 4 days, 2 million in 6 days, and 3 million in 11 days.

• As of August 9, 2025: Grossed US$20.4 million from over 3 million admissions.

🌏 Global Release Dates

The zombie father-daughter tale is going international:

• Taiwan – Aug 1, 2025

• Indonesia & Vietnam – Aug 8, 2025

• Philippines – Aug 13, 2025

• Singapore, Malaysia & Brunei – Aug 14, 2025

• Australia, New Zealand & 12 Oceanian countries – Following weeks

• Hong Kong & Macau – Aug 21, 2025

📺 Streaming Plans

While no official streaming date has been announced yet, given Next Entertainment World’s distribution history, My Daughter Is a Zombie is expected to arrive on Netflix or Prime Video after its international theatrical run. Korean box office hits often debut on streaming within 2–4 months of release, meaning fans worldwide could see it online by late 2025.

❤️‍🔥 Why You’ll Love It

This isn’t your typical gore-fest. Yes, there are zombie attacks and moments of chaos, but at its core, the film is a love letter to the bond between parents and children. It’s Train to Busan meets The Good, The Bad, The Weird, but with a heart that beats louder than its scares.

As Jung-hwan tells his daughter in one of the film’s most touching moments:“No matter what you are… you’ll always be my Soo-a.”

📢 Final Word

My Daughter Is a Zombie proves that the zombie genre still has fresh stories to tell—and that sometimes, the scariest thing isn’t the undead… it’s the thought of losing someone you love. With its runaway box office success and emotional depth, this is one 2025 film you shouldn’t miss—whether you watch it in theaters or wait for it to shuffle onto streaming.

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