--- title: Watch the First 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' Trailer description: The film adds blood and gore to Jane Austen’s classic tale canonical: https://time.com/4068387/pride-prejudice-zombies/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-09T18:50:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:40:46.997Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch the First 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' Trailer og:description: The film adds blood and gore to Jane Austen’s classic tale og:url: https://time.com/4068387/pride-prejudice-zombies/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ef233d90f0c7feb/698867aacf40a87f74c40218/screen-shot-2015-10-09-at-1-41-38-pm-e1444412565347.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-10-09 at 1.41.38 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the First 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' Trailer twitter:description: The film adds blood and gore to Jane Austen’s classic tale twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ef233d90f0c7feb/698867aacf40a87f74c40218/screen-shot-2015-10-09-at-1-41-38-pm-e1444412565347.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Lily James as a Zombie in the _Pride and Prejudice and Zombies_ Trailer by [Megan Daley / EW](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Megan Daley / EW Oct 9, 2015 6:50 PM UTC  by [Megan Daley / EW](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Megan Daley / EW Oct 9, 2015 6:50 PM UTC The Bennet sisters aren’t relying on anyone else to take down the horrifying zombies ravaging the English countryside. They’ve got the skills – and the weapons – to get the job done. (And in a [corset](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/01/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies-photos), that’s no simple task.) The trailer for _Pride and Prejudice and Zombies_, based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s best-selling novel, arrived online Friday. Inspired by Jane Austen’s classic tale, the story follows the relationship between Lizzy (Lily James) and Mr. Darcy (Sam Riley), but it’s obvious she has more than romance on her mind. “Rather than knitting and crocheting, they’re polishing muskets,” James told EW during a [recent interview](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/01/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies-photos). “She’s the most badass zombie slayer there is.” The teaser reveals a sneak peek at the sword-wielding, explosions, and serious butt-kicking fans can expect from the adaptation. _Pride and Prejudice and Zombies_ – starring James, Riley, Lena Headey, Matt Smith, Jack Huston, and Charles Dance – hits theaters Feb. 5, 2016. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/09/pride-prejudice-zombies-trailer) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4068387/pride-prejudice-zombies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4068387/pride-prejudice-zombies/"},"headline":"Watch Lily James as a Zombie in the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Trailer","datePublished":"2015-10-09T18:50:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:40:46.997Z","description":"The film adds blood and gore to Jane Austen’s classic tale","url":"https://time.com/4068387/pride-prejudice-zombies/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ef233d90f0c7feb/698867aacf40a87f74c40218/screen-shot-2015-10-09-at-1-41-38-pm-e1444412565347.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Daley / EW"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ef233d90f0c7feb/698867aacf40a87f74c40218/screen-shot-2015-10-09-at-1-41-38-pm-e1444412565347.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-10-09 at 1.41.38 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4068387/pride-prejudice-zombies/","name":"Watch Lily James as a Zombie in the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Trailer"}}]}] ```