Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer star in this teen zombie romance adapted from the novel by Isaac Marion. In a post-apocalyptic world, zombie R (Hoult) feasts on the brain of a suicidal teenager and subsequently falls in love with the dead boy's girlfriend, Julie (Palmer). R decides to rescue Julie from certain death at the hands of his zombie clan and takes her back to his lair. The romance that unfolds between them results in R gradually coming back to life and sets off a series of events that could transform the entire half-lit world.