Warm Bodies

Warm Bodies follows an unusual romance inside a crumbling city where the dead outnumber the living. R, a pale, bookish zombie with a dry sense of humor, roams a deserted airport and scavenges to survive. During a raid, he encounters Julie Grigio, a vivacious human who challenges his instinct to feed. Through small gestures and growing curiosity, R begins to feel something beyond hunger, and Julie sees a glimpse of warmth in his eyes. Their connection enchants their allies and unsettles R's fellow undead, who view him as a danger. As their bond deepens, the borders between life and death loosen, hinting that love might reverse the decay surrounding their world. The tone mixes horror with wit and heartfelt motion, quietly reflective.

Directed by Jonathan Levine, Warm Bodies adapts Isaac Marion's novel for the screen in 2013. The film pairs Nicholas Hoult as R with Teresa Palmer as Julie, delivering a genre bending mix of horror, romance and offbeat comedy.

Box office details show Warm Bodies grossing about 117 million worldwide on a 35 million budget, signaling a solid commercial performance and broad audience appeal for a horror romance that connected with both fans of zombies and romance too.

Warm Bodies helped popularize the zombie romance subgenre and sparked conversations about humanity and transformation. Its mix of tenderness and undead humor resonated with audiences, influencing later light hearted horror romances and continuing a trend toward softer zombie stories in mainstream film and television and influenced marketing for similar films.

Critics were mixed to positive, often praising the balance of humor and heart and the performances by Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer. The film foregrounds themes of identity and change, suggesting love can prompt moral growth and redefine what it means to be alive in a world gripped by fear.