Pride and Prejudice and Zombiesis aperfect spooky season story. Regency and head shots? You can watch this greatJane Austeninspired film on Peacock this October! Based on the novel bySeth Grahame-Smith, the premise is simple: What ifPride and Prejudicehad to also deal with the zombie apocalypse? If youthink you don’t need to see Mr. Darcy kill a zombie, think again. The 2016 movie brought all the brilliance of the story we knew and love from Austen’s catalog to lifewith the zombie twistof Grahame-Smith’s novel. And now you can watch it on streaming.
Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesstarsLily Jamesas Lizzie Bennet, the second-eldest Bennet sister and a master of zombie killer. It has all the makings of Austen’s story and what we loved about it but alsomakes sure to cast our favorite characters in a new light. Mr. Darcy (Sam Riley) is still as arrogant as ever but this time, he’s one of the best zombie killers in the English countryside. Lizzie still has to deal with Mr. Collins (Matt Smith) andlove is still in the air for our beloved Bennet sisters.Just with a bit more blood on their gorgeous dresses.
Jane Bennet (Bella Heathcote) and Charles Bingley (Douglas Booth) still have that infatuation with each other but this time, Jane really knows how to use a pistol to her advantage.There is just something so funaboutsetting classic novels or historical stories with some supernatural elementto them and Grahame-Smith’s work gave audiences a new way of looking at the past. TheBurr Steersfilm ofPride and Prejudice and Zombiesreally showed audiences why fans flock to Grahame-Smith’s books.
Seth Grahame-Smith Really Loves the Supernatural and History
The other work from Grahame-Smith that had audiences gasping wasAbraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter.Based on the novel by the same name, it put the16th President of the United States into the role of a vampire hunter(in his free time of course). It even earned itself a follow-up novel withThe Last American Vampire. you’re able to alsowatch it this October on Hulu. These fictional stories are either based on classic novels likePride and Prejudice and Zombiesor real life historical facts. Grahame-Smith’s work is a fun way of looking at things we know well and why not have a little excitement this Halloween withPride and Prejudice and Zombies.
You can watchPride and Prejudice and Zombiesnow on Peacock.
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