Daisy Ridley’s "Grimly Inventive" Horror Thriller Breaks Out on Home Video

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Published Feb 6, 2026, 7:00 AM EST

Rahul Malhotra is a Weekend News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once.

He has been writing for Collider for over two years, and has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He also writes obsessively about the box office, charting the many hits and misses that are released weekly, and how their commercial performance shapes public perception. In his time at Collider, he has also helped drive diversity by writing stories about the multiple Indian film industries, with a goal to introduce audiences to a whole new world of cinema.

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It's always difficult for an actor who becomes associated with a franchise bigger than themselves to craft an identity outside it. Many cast members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe would attest to this. While Adam Driver and John Boyega had already broken out with Girls and Attack the Block, respectively, before being cast in Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens, their co-star Daisy Ridley was a relative unknown. Ridley played the lead role of Rey in the Star Wars sequels, which grossed a combined total of over $5 billion at the worldwide box office. It was always going to be difficult to top those numbers. But Ridley has made interesting choices in her post-Star Wars career, with her latest film quickly emerging as a hit on the PVOD charts.

Directed by Zak Hilditch, the zombie horror film We Bury the Dead received critical acclaim when it debuted theatrically in January. The movie is now sitting at a "Certified Fresh" 88% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics' consensus reads, "Anchored by Daisy Ridley's magnetic performance and a grimly inventive premise, We Bury the Dead keenly uses familiar zombie tropes as a framework to deliver a beautifully shot, emotionally resonant meditation on loss and grief." But it only grossed around $4 million in its entire box office run, despite opening in more than 1,000 theaters domestically.

Daisy Ridley Has Received Critical Acclaim for Several Performances

The movie made an instant impression on the home video market. According to FlixPatrol, We Bury the Dead was among the most-watched movies on the domestic iTunes charts on February 4, when the leaderboard was topped by fellow new release The Housemaid. Starring Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, and Brandon Sklenar, The Housemaid is coming off a massive box office run, grossing over $300 million worldwide. We Bury the Dead, on the other hand, will have to rely entirely on PVOD audiences to turn a profit. For Ridley, it's another in a string of well-received performances, following a dramatic turn in 2024's Young Woman and the Sea, and her work in the neo-noir Magpie and the romantic comedy Sometimes I Think About Dying. Ridley is expected to reprise her role as Rey in a new standalone Star Wars movie, after her final outing as the character in Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker was met with collective disappointment.