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The Girl with All the Gifts

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In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into thoughtless, flesh-eating monsters. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity. From TMDB

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  • Specter Cinema Club @spectercinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 1, 2025

    This month is all about Black Final Girls in honor of #BlackHistoryMonth ✊🏽 linktr.ee/spectercinema • SCARY MOVIE 1 & 2 (@daddydisco.bsky.social) • 28 DAYS LATER (@thackerybinx86.bsky.social) • THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS (@garrettmcdowell.bsky.social) • RUN SWEETHEART RUN (@lovelyzena.bsky.social)

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  • Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 13, 2024

    Rewatching THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS for today's UCLA Black Horror class, The Sunken Place. It's paired with Night of the Living Dead and our short film, Danger Word (YouTube). Three zombie stories w/ Black leads! Sennia Nanua carries this film! A fantastic performance!

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  • Jeanne (she/they) @fangirljeanne.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2025

    When I think about my issues with the season 1 finale of The Last of Us I can’t help but compare it to the film adaptation of The Girl with All the Gifts dealt with the exact same question. Should you kill a child to “save humanity?”

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  • Mr. Tyler CroOoOoOoOok @mrtylercrook.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2023

    I just rewatched The Girl With All The Gifts and I think it is still my favorite zombie movie of all time. Now I gotta re-read the book because I remember it was different but I can’t remember how.

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  • Pam K Nail @pknail.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2026

    #Junesploitation Day 8 - Zombies! Today's movie is THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS (2016), another first-watch. (Pre-show trailers: Overlord, Blood Quantum) @fthismovie.bsky.social www.fthismovie.com/2026/05/anno...

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  • flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 13, 2025

    Glenn Close continues to absolutely kill it in every movie she’s in, I see. She was great in The Girl With All The Gifts, which is basically a zombie movie.

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  • FishFeast (Jon) @fishfeast.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 18, 2025

    I watched the Girl With All the Gifts again tonight. Such a good movie and take on the zombie idea. The book is better, but the movie did a good job I thought.

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  • Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2025

    5. The Last of Us took its "Cordyceps" infection from a real genus of zombifying fungus: Ophiocordyceps, which zombifies ants (so did the film and novel, The Girl With All the Gifts). Ophiocordyceps compels ants to leave their nests and climb a plant, dying there so the fungus can spread its spores

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  • Mooch @cachiporra.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 13, 2025

    THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS (2016, Amazon, #film) A bloody fungus actioner about a strange child trying to understand a dying world. Glenn Close does the damn thing while Sennia Nanua and Gemma Arterton hold close behind. Too overlong for its ideas, but it's a solid effort with some neat art.

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  • ayanae @ayanae.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 14, 2025

    Literally no one asked for underrated books or movies about zombie children getting studied in a facility but if you're interested, I'd wanna recommend The Girl With All The Gifts. Phenomenal book, great movie.

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  • Gary Erskine @garyerskine.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 17, 2024

    The Girl With All The Gifts, 2016. Dir. Colm McCarty. With a screenplay by Mike Carey based on his book this post apocalyptic film takes a different turn on the zombie genre with a cast that includes Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine, and Glenn Close, and featuring a standout debut by Sennia Nanua 1/

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  • Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2024

    Watched The Girl with All the Gifts last night. Great film. Sennia Nanua holds her own against the likes of Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton and Paddy Considine. Bonus points for the scary run-right-at-you British zombies, not the wussy shambling American ones.

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  • NH Woods Girl @xl-diva-ranting.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2025

    Gearing up for #horrorwatch by re-reading "The Girl With All the Gifts" by M.R. Carey. (Which has a really good movie adaptation that would be an appropriate #zombie feature for #horrorwatch at some point.)

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  • EOFFTV @eofftv.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 7, 2026

    Colm McCarthy's The Girl with All the Gifts (2016) is an absolute gem, an intelligent and thought-provoking zombie film that takes the stale and tired genre into new and more interesting territory. eofftvreview.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/t...

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  • House of Slade @pulptrashdiscorama.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 21, 2025

    The Girl with All the Gifts is my favorite zombie film to date. I prefer the original Day of the Dead, but the Snyder remake is a worthy entry.

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  • Gary Erskine @garyerskine.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 17, 2024

    The Girl With All The Gifts. Special mention also goes to Gemma Arteton's performance as teacher Helen Justineau. Quite a revelation to see her bring her acting skills to the fore in this film and by far the best I've seen from her. Her relationship to Melanie is honest and genuinely heartfelt.

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  • Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2024

    Cached UK/IE Kindle giveaway: 5 copies of M. R. Carey's THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS, which was made into an okay movie; it failed for me because I think it *needed* to be told from a first person point of view. It is, in its own way, a sweet story. #KindleBookGiveaway #UKKindleBookGiveaway

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  • Debbie Moon @debbiemoon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 14, 2024

    The Girl With All The Gifts (GOAT zombie movie, in my opinion).

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  • Rogue 🦊 @xombiekitty.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 22, 2024

    #TheGirlWithAllTheGifts was fantastic. Brilliant performances & character arcs. Sennia Nanua was an absolute standout as Melanie. I also enjoyed Dominique Tipper appearing bc I adore her lol 😸 TY @plotgewitter.bsky.social for suggesting it to me 💙 #Films #FilmSky #Movies #MovieSky #Zombies 🎬🎥📽🍿

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  • B_Rye989 @brye989.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 27, 2026

    Share a horror movie title that begins with the letter “G” 🎥 G is for… The Girl With All The Gifts

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  • Cam 🦂🏳️‍🌈 @szyca.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2025

    The Girl with All the Gifts - M.R. Carey I watched the movie forever ago and loved it, and the book is even better. This is one of my favourite takes on the zombie apocalypse, and I always love a good dose of science fiction in my horror! 📚💙📚🩸

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  • Mikko Meriläinen @merilainen.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 13, 2024

    I very much enjoyed The Girl with All the Gifts as a film, so unsurprisingly enjoying it even more as a book. Nice take on the zombie genre! Overall, I've found that I enjoy (post-)apocalyptic stories set in the UK quite a bit more than US settings, for whatever reason.

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  • Lena Lisa Vogelmann @kalafudra.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2025

    Alles englischsprachig, aber The Girl with All the Gifts (Buch + Sequel und Film) spielt in England/UK, so wie auch 28 Days Later (und die Folgefilme). We Bury the Dead spielt in Tasmanien (der ist ganz neu). Amerikanisch, aber anders als Vieles: The Battery (Film) Mehr fällt mir grad nicht ein!

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  • Megan @forestfauxx.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 24, 2025

    #NowWatching 7/31 a post apocalyptic film The Girl with All the Gifts (2016) dir. Colm McCarthy

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  • Marci 🎃 @marcishaun.blacksky.appBluesky · Feb 9, 2025

    #NowWatching 📽️💀 The Girl with All the Gifts (2016) #scifi #horror

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  • Dora B @heyitsdora.comBluesky · Apr 19, 2026

    The Girl With All the Gifts is an excellent movie. I saw it after reading the book years prior, and it was really great to see how they translated certain scenes to film. Definitely worth a watch. (And some movies on here for me to add to my list, too!)

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  • NH Woods Girl @xl-diva-ranting.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 17, 2026

    Idk why this crossed my mind, probably tonight's lineup which is awesome, btw. Has the group ever watched "The Girl With All the Gifts"? Great book, pretty decent movie.

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  • MajorGaff @majorgaff.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 21, 2025

    I looked through all 98 comments (so far) hoping to see “The Girl with All the Gifts”. It’s my favorite zombie movie by far. The plot is fantastic, the first 20 minutes make me cry, and I end up rooting for the… let’s call it “change” to avoid giving away the plot.

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  • Goth Rat Summer [6'7"] @sciencehippies.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2025

    I thought of another one, The Girl With All The Gifts. The movie is fine, but this worked more for me in the book format. I don't want to explain too much because that's part of the enjoyment, but it's from a unique perspective. Cordyceps type fungal zombies.

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  • rue 🐇🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cielsosinfel.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 9, 2025

    Btw The Girl With All The Gifts is a really good book and I recommend it Ive never watched the movie but we will be watching it in the class Also I majorly ship Helen Justineau and Caroline Caldwell. They're so..they're so.

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  • Bryony Taylor @vahva.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2024

    Fantastic page turner. Think Matilda if it were set in a Zombie Apocalypse. I saw the movie first and loved it,not realizing it was based on this book. Having seen the film didn't spoil it for me though. I'd like to read more by the author. The Girl With All The Gifts - M.R. Carey #bookreview

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  • John @oldmankaidan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2024

    I haven't read much lately, but The Girl With All The Gifts got me back into reading or looking for new books to read. It was made into a movie, but the book is so much better.

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  • Jon Adcock @jonadcock.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 18, 2026

    In addition to the game, The Last of Us, that's also the plot of the zombie book (and movie) The Girl with All the Gifts. Looks like both the game and the book came out at roughly the same time, so it's hard to tell who influenced who.

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  • Horror Queers @horrorqueers.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 28, 2026

    We’re closing in on the end of #hqprideparty so for today’s prompt, check out a film with a significant “quiet” element. Silence in vital in key moments of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS - an under seen gem that more folks need to check out

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  • Darci Meadows, Published Author @saintwalker98.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2026

    2016 was a bad year, for everyone, & an unfocused year for horror? big series entries kinda flopped to the finish, the biggest cinematic winner was Train to Busan which made horror international again, along with fellow zombie film The Girl With All The Gifts

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  • Brok Windsor 🇨🇦 @brokwindsor.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 17, 2026

    I'm celebrating WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH with a movie themed daily challenge - let's see 10 favorite female movie characters. Day 6: Melanie - The Girl With All the Gifts

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  • K-Med @kmed.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 6, 2026

    Let's give away a Kindle book! The first book I'll be giving away is The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey. To enter, just do the following: ☑️Follow me ☑️Repost this ☑️Comment with a book or movie you enjoyed recently Good luck everyone! Winner picked this weekend.

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  • David T H Lewis @davidthlewis.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2025

    #nowatching my #hooptober film 11/31 and zombie movie 3/5, The Girl With All The Gifts. Taking a pause from the Romero zombie films too see a British take on a post apocalyptic zombie world.

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  • John @johnsw.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 20, 2025

    I also wish to spoil the joke and mention that The Girl With All The Gifts is a UK film.

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  • HEY LADY!? @somarysueme.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2025

    if I had a genie that would only grant very silly and specific wishes it would be for fans of The Last of Us to read The Girl With All The Gifts and for fans of Annihilation to read Annihilation. For my second wish, a fan film of Authority made up of Archer (2009) edits.

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  • Gareth Slade @jesusofgazareth.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 18, 2025

    The Girl With All The Gifts is an excellent British zombie film with a twist

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  • Dungeon Maester @maesterrory.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 22, 2025

    First thing I thought of was the zombie movie "The Girl With All The Gifts." The protagonist is a zombie girl. Also a beautiful eerie soundtrack. Based on a book but I haven't read it.

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  • Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2025

    His THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS is another post-apocalypse novel that was made into a rather good film (scripted by Carey, IIRC) which, of course, nobody saw because we don't deserve nice things.

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  • rue 🐇🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cielsosinfel.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 16, 2025

    This class is giving me the impetus to finally watch the film version of The Girl With All The Gifts tho I really really love the book so I'm excited

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  • Pope Francis II, Ghoulmaxxing @francisgasparini.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 24, 2025

    This is The Girl With All The Gifts and The Boy On The Bridge. Pretty good books, okay film adaptation of the first one.

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  • Laura Baxter @lteacher123.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 17, 2025

    3 very different sequels. I've been putting off Fright Bite because I'm terrified of zombies. Luckily I think I have aphantasia so might manage to get through it. I read The Girl With All The Gifts and completely dissociated it with zombies. I saw the trailer for the film and was 😱.

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  • The Weirdling @theweirdling.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2024

    That’s a great premise. It sounds like a good one.have you read The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey? It’s a movie too, but the book was better. (Isn’t it always? 😜) I also liked Feed by Mira Grant. And World War Z by Max Brooks. That one might actually be my favorite zombie book.

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  • Becky🪼 @killerweasel.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2024

    The entire Blackwell Ghost series (there are like 8 of them) As Above So Below Host (2020) - takes place on zoom, was shot during the lockdown on zoom Cockneys vs Zombies The Girl With All the Gifts (highly recommend the book too) Slither Black Sheep (New Zealand film)

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  • Astrael @astrael.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2024

    The Girl with All the Gifts was one of the last films I studied in film school, man that one still sits with me.

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  • Pumpkin Appreciator (scared) @miatadork.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2024

    Listened to the Girl With All the Gifts audiobook, thought the movie was a very decent adaptation.

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  • (Self) Regulators, mount up! @bankuei.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 7, 2024

    The Girl with All the Gifts. Please tell me you've seen this movie? If not, you absolutely need to see this movie.

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  • Jimothy Mrgan @antichrista.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 28, 2023

    Nice! I still haven’t seen the film adaptation of “The Girl With All the Gifts,” but I absolutely adored the book. Recommended! (There aren’t many zombie-based novels I can say that about.)

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  • Amadeus Almighty @amadeusalmighty.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 17, 2023

    Currently watching the best zombie movie I've ever seen, "The Girl With All The Gifts". Unless they fuck it up with the ending this is already my favorite zombie movie.

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  • Del-Raiser Cenobite @shrecknet.comBluesky · Aug 7, 2023

    THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS is the best zombie movie I've seen since TRAIN TO BUSAN, despite their wildly differing tones. GWAtG is a somber, ruminative piece on the inherent value of life. Train to Busan is pure action melodrama. Both are ♦♦♦♦♦

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  • Zaya J. is writing a Black romance novel! @zayaj.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    #31DaysofHorror Day 3 movie picks: -The Girl with All the Gifts -Quarantine

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  • LGBTQIA (all at once) @ranma.northsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2026

    Working on watching 1 horror/thriller film a day through October. Currently winging it, but very open to suggestions. Oct 1st: The Girl with All the Gifts(2016) Oct 2nd: Talk to Me(2022)

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  • Prof Cloutman-Green @girlymicro.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 4, 2026

    2day I thought I wld share a fungal movie fm Don't Open That Door: A microbiologist's guide to infection in movies & TV The Girl with All the Gifts The science in this one makes me so happy, there was no way it could be excluded Don't Open That Door is due out late 2027 #Dontopenthatdoorbook

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  • stefanmodigh @stefanmodigh.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 7, 2026

    📽️🍄‍🟫 The Girl with All the Gifts (2016) My rating 7/10 #filmsky #movies #film #hbo

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  • Lorax @waveshape.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 31, 2026

    I did like how Lord and Miller lifted the closing scene of The Girl With All The Gifts for a live-action Pixar movie

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  • Logan’s Jog (like Logan’s Run, but I jog) @logansjog.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 28, 2026

    I’m not sure it qualifies as a zombie movie totally. But I liked The Girl with All the Gifts a lot.

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