Day of the Dead AI for TikTok and Reels

Make your video in three simple steps. First, pick the Marigold Bridge, Pet, or Skeleton Arch scene, add one photo, and tick the box to confirm you have the right to use the photo and that every person in it is 18 or older. Next, choose 480p, 720p, or 1080p and see the price on the Create button. Then press Create, pay once with no sign-up, and download your vertical MP4 in a few minutes, 12 seconds on the bridge or 10 seconds on the Skeleton Arch. You get your finished video with no template link, no prompt, no app, and no editing.

It is the Día de Muertos memorial video trend on TikTok where your loved one walks across a bridge of glowing marigold petals. The video starts from one photo and ends on their photo in an ornate gold frame on the altar. The 2026 wave started on October 3 with CapCut templates. Chio_mora created a bridge template that passed 154,534 uses by October 24, 2026, and the top post by @ia_chiomora passed 3.6 million views. The second template, "Se acordaron de ti", where your loved one turns into a skeleton under a marigold arch and back, passed 287,893 uses by October 24, 2026. You get both stories built right into our Day of the Dead AI video generator, as the Marigold Bridge and Skeleton Arch scenes.

One 720p Day of the Dead AI video is $9.90, 12 seconds on the bridge or 10 seconds on the Skeleton Arch, and one $9.90 credit pack covers it. That same pack covers a 480p video too. A 480p video uses 375 credits, while 720p uses 500 credits. A 1080p video uses 1,480 credits, about $23.60 at the $39.90 pack of 2,500 credits, with the rest of the pack staying in your balance. All three scenes cost the same. You pay once with no subscription, and your credits stay valid for 12 months. You buy with no sign-up, and sign-up is free and adds 40 starter credits. See the exact price on the Create button before you pay, and any render that fails returns its credits automatically. Visit the Seadanse pricing page to see every credit pack.

No. You need no CapCut, no template link, and no app. Our Day of the Dead AI video generator runs directly in your web browser on your phone, tablet, or computer, with nothing to install. Add the photo from your phone, press Create, and download your MP4 straight to your device. You see the price on the Create button before you pay, and a render that fails returns its credits automatically.

One photo is all you need. Choose one photo of one person, or one dog or cat, facing the camera with their face clear and in good light. You can use a real photo or an AI-made photo. Cartoon, anime, and game characters work too.

Yes. Your loved one stays recognisably themselves in a warm 3D animated-film look. They keep their own hair, glasses, cap, and clothes from your photo. On the Marigold Bridge scene, the video ends on the photo you uploaded, exactly as it is, in an ornate gold frame on the altar.

Yes. Pick the Pet scene and your dog or cat walks the marigold bridge on four paws. They sniff and nose the glowing petals, look up at you, and its photo, exactly the one you uploaded, sits in the gold frame at the end. Make yours in time for October 27, which is widely shared as the day pets are remembered. The Pet scene costs the same as the other scenes.

Each video shows one loved one's walk across the marigold bridge. Add one photo of one person, or one pet, and make one video for each one you miss. To see you and someone you miss together, AI Hug on Seadanse turns two separate photos into a 6-second video of you hugging cheek to cheek.

Your video stays clean with no words and no text on screen. You write their name and your own words, such as "Te extrañamos", directly in your post when you share it.

Yes. Every video is formatted in vertical 9:16 for TikTok and Reels. It is 12 seconds long on the Marigold Bridge and Pet scenes, from the first step on the bridge to their photo in the gold frame, and 10 seconds long on the Skeleton Arch scene. It plays soft music, and you download an MP4 at 480p, 720p, or 1080p with no watermark on your exported video.

Yes. Your video is ready in a few minutes. You have your finished video in time for Día de Muertos on November 1 and 2, and for October 27, the day pets are remembered.

Yes. The trend caption, "No lo dejen solito, es su primera vez cruzando el puente de cempasúchil", honors a loved one's first time crossing the marigold bridge. Add their photo and watch them make that first walk across the glowing petals, ending on their photo on the altar.

Yes. It is a loving homage in the tradition of Día de Muertos. Your loved one walks the cempasúchil path that families lay to guide their loved ones home. The video finishes with their photo resting on an altar of marigolds and candles, ready to share with your family.

In Día de Muertos tradition, a path of cempasúchil petals guides loved ones who passed from the door of the home to the ofrenda. Its light, color, and scent help them find their way back to their families on November 1 and 2. In your video, each step lights the petals gold.

Yes. You can create other meaningful clips on Seadanse. AI Hug turns two separate photos into a 6-second video of you and someone you miss hugging cheek to cheek. AI Crying Trend turns one photo into your own 12-second night farewell clip, where your smile breaks, tears fall, and you turn and walk away.

Yes. Pick the Skeleton Arch scene and add one photo of your loved one. In one continuous 10-second shot, they walk under a stone arch of marigolds into warm golden light, past a friendly skeleton officer at a desk. They turn into a friendly festive skeleton from the neck down with a golden glow down the spine, turn around as a smiling skull, their own face fills back in with hands to their cheeks, and they open both hands toward you with a warm smile. The trend's "Se acordaron de ti" CapCut template passed 287,893 uses by October 24, 2026. You get the full effect with no template, no app, and at the same price as the other scenes.