Burying the Ex

2014 "Some relationships just won't die."
5.4| 1h29m| R| en
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Before horror enthusiast Max can break things off with his girlfriend Evelyn she dies in a bus accident. In time, Max meets another woman only to have Evelyn resurface as a zombie ready to resume their relationship.

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XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.
Mabel Munoz Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?
Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Nicolas F. Costoglou Which are my thoughts about this film in general, it is a neat idea, but it lacks the energy you expect from a Joe Dante movie...The actors all do a great job, Anton Yelchin especially is very believable in this unbelievable setting so that you care about what 's going on.The photography is good, but i expected more, mostly in the scenes which are supposed to be (obvious, cause Joe Dante) homages to old horror movies. I expected something like in "The Burbs", when Tom Hanks goes to the house of his neighbours and the whole weather seems to change...The effects work really well, the Zombie make-up and body-get- crippled-scenes are fairly effective, and the actress does a great job.The soundtrack (normally a big part of Dantes movies) feels very bland and there are two key scenes where the music is totally out of place and takes the emotion, or tension away.BUT it's overall a very cute little movie, which works as a nice, morbid couple-night film that you can enjoy...
trashgang Joe Dante, the director, the man who gave us The Howling (1981) an instant classic. From there on he gave us horror with a comedy taste. Just look at Gremlins (1984) or for some Piranha (1978). This here I can classify under a horror again with a comedy feeling.The story is rather simple and can even be called dull but somehow it do works. Stepping into a new relation, Max (Anton Yelchin) wants to make it out with his girlfriend Evelyn (Ashley Greene). When the moment is there Evelyn dies and Max moves over to Olivia (Alexandra Daddario). After the funeral suddenly Evelyn rises from the grave. from there on you will have those awkward situations. Not that I had a great time laughing it out but the clips shown of old classic horrors and the brain eating towards the end makes it worth picking up. An ideal flick to watch with your friends.Gore 0,5/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 1/5
Prismark10 Joe Dante's glory days seem to be several decades ago as he never really managed to top Gremlins. Maybe his films were too reverential to horror films that influenced him and had too many actors from his stock company popping up in cameos.Max (Anton Yelchin) is in an unhappy relationship with Evelyn (Ashley Greene) his volatile girlfriend. A devil genie idol grants them a wish in a twisted way as they are bound to be together forever. Unfortunately when Evelyn is run over by a bus she comes back from the dead as a zombie still wanting to be with Max.In the meantime Max has moved on with hip ice cream shop owner Olivia (Alexandra Daddario) who has an immediate attraction to him. Max needs to stop Evelyn, his half brother helps out but Evelyn then gets a lust for brains.This is a romantic zombie horror-comedy. Its a low budget B film from a director who once made better and bigger budget films with full studio backing.Dante has his trademark touches such as having Dick Miller around as the oldest cop on duty and there are old horror film clips featuring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.It is fast paced but uneven film . Outside of the two female leads it is let down by Yelchin who is not good enough as the male lead. It is surprisingly to see him look so old with receding hair even though he was only in his mid 20s. I think he struggled with the material and just turned up for the pay cheque and delivered a so-so performance.
stermix501 After reading some bad reviews I was ready to drop this movie. However it was late to search anything else of just 1h30 min, so I gave it a go with my hand on the remote ready to press stop.It wasn't too bad. I let the remote aside and grabbed a pizza. The story is a copy paste of "Life after Beth" at a point I am surprised there is no legal claims there. Anyhow this one is slightly more colorful has better filming and acting, together with eye-candies in the... eyes of Dadario. That, takes the film to a teen-romantic-comedy style where you might wonder why no such blue eyes ever stalked you when you separated.My gf and I enjoyed it overall, but Joe Dante has lost his magic.