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How to make an AI Zombie Love Story video

You two turn into cartoonish zombies and slow dance under a street lamp. One photo of each adult, both on board.

By the Reelfie team · Updated

A zombie bride and groom with pale grey skin and tattered wedding clothes laugh and hold hands in an overgrown garden at duskThe look
An illustration of the look: fog, pale undead skin, and still very much a couple.

Quick answer

Give the AI Zombie Love Story template a solo photo of each of you and press Make our love story. Eight seconds later on screen, you two are on a foggy street at night, turning into cartoonish zombies with pale skin and torn clothes, then holding hands for a slow dance under a street lamp. It’s for two adults who both said yes.

The AI Zombie Love Story template is the opposite of a scary Halloween video. It starts with the two of you on a foggy street at night, turns you both into pale, cartoonish zombies, and then, instead of chasing anyone, you slow dance under a street lamp.

The transformation gets the laugh, and the slow dance turns it into a love story. There’s no gore. This guide covers the two photos, making it, and what to post it with.

What you need

  • Two solo shots: yours and your partner’s, no one else in either
  • Files the uploader takes: JPG, PNG or WEBP, 512 px or more a side, 10 MB at most
  • 80 credits on your account (up to 2 videos for $9.90 is the smallest pack)
  • Your partner on board before you start

It’s an adults-only template: you’re both over 18 and you both agreed. A stranger’s photo, a celebrity’s, or anyone underage is off limits.

Step 1 · Pick the two photos

The zombie look is built from your photos and keeps your faces, so friends can still tell who’s who under the pale skin. That only works if each face is clear to begin with. You don’t need a photo of you together: two separate selfies are fine.

  • One person per photo. Crop out anyone else
  • Both faces fully visible: no sunglasses or masks
  • Faces forward, not turned sideways
  • Similar light in both, so you look like you’re in the same scene

Pick photos where you’re both relaxed rather than mid-laugh. A neutral start makes the transformation, and the slow dance after it, read more clearly.

Step 2 · Make it on Reelfie

  1. 1Go to AI Zombie Love Story, where the slots read You and Your person.
  2. 2Your selfie goes in You, your partner’s in Your person.
  3. 3Read the button: 80 credits for the 8-second 720p clip, charged only when you press it.
  4. 4Press Make our love story.

Feel free to close the tab: the finished clip waits in Assets. A run that breaks hands its credits back on its own.

Have a photo ready?

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A zombie couple with pale grey-green skin grinning over a bucket of popcorn in an empty old cinemaSpooky
AI Zombie Love Story, from two photos.
A couple sharing a kiss on a carousel horse under warm fairy lights at duskSweet
AI Kiss, from two photos.

Want the sweet version without the undead part? AI Kiss takes the same two photos and puts you in golden-hour light. Here is how to make the AI Kiss video.

Step 3 · Caption and posting ideas

Nobody sees it until one of you posts it, so watch it together before it goes anywhere. The clip is vertical with its own audio, which suits TikTok, Reels and Stories alike.

Your Halloween couple post

Your October couple photo, minus the costume shopping.

Till death, and then some.

Long-distance partners

Add a solo photo of each of you. You get the slow dance even when you’re apart.

Still holding hands at the end of the world.

An October anniversary

A love story where nothing, not even being undead, splits you up.

Our love story, now with less pulse. #zombielovestory

Night scenes suffer most from TikTok’s compression. The settings in our TikTok posting guide keep the fog and the lamp light from turning muddy.

Doing it without AI

You can shoot a real version as a couples costume. Pale face paint with grey shadows under the eyes and cheekbones, old shirts you can tear, and messy hair do most of the work. Skip fake blood to keep it sweet, like the template.

  1. 1Find a quiet spot under a street lamp after dark. Stand the phone upright on something steady.
  2. 2Film one take as yourselves, then one in zombie makeup in the same spot.
  3. 3In the zombie take, take each other’s hands and slow dance.
  4. 4Cut from the first take to the second on the beat.

The template skips the makeup, the cleanup and the cold night, and works when you’re not in the same place.

Common problems

  • You can’t tell who’s who as zombies

    Use sharper, front-on photos where each face fills more of the frame. Faces turned sideways lose the most.

  • You two don’t look like you’re in the same place

    One of the photos is probably flash or harsh sun. Swap it for one shot in light like the other’s.

  • The upload was refused

    Usually the file: it has to be JPG, PNG or WEBP, 10 MB or less, 512 px or more a side. Anyone who looks underage is refused every time. Why photos get blocked lists the rest.

FAQ

Is it gory?

No. The zombie look is cartoonish, with pale skin and torn clothes. There’s no blood, and it ends in a slow dance.

Does it need a couple photo?

No, it takes one solo photo each. Selfies taken months apart are fine as long as both of you face forward.

Can I make one with someone who hasn’t agreed?

No: both of you have to be adults who agreed. If you find a video of yourself that you never agreed to, here is what to do.

What does the zombie love story cost?

80 credits per 8-second clip, from up to 2 videos for $9.90 for the smallest pack. Failed runs are refunded.

What happens to our photos?

Your photos are deleted 7 days after upload and never used to train AI.

Make your first one

AI Zombie Love Story: Undead, and still holding hands.

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Your photos are deleted 7 days after upload and never used to train AI.

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