The Plot.

When Max (Yelchin) learns that his new live-in girlfriend, Evelyn (Greene) is controlling and manipulative, he is afraid to end the relationship.

However, fate occurs and Evelyn is killed in a freak accident.

A couple months have passed and Max meets his dream girl, Olivia (Daddario).

The new romance gets tricky when Evelyn comes back from the grave and insists on continuing their once relationship by all means.

This is NOT a train wreck in the slightest. It's easy to watch and entertaining. Not really sure why Dante never caught fire after the Gremlins. Maybe it's because his style is more suited for TV. Who knows?

This film was a good surprise. If you are a fan of really bad B horror/sci fi films like I am and like Dante is, you'll get a bonus by watching this movie.

Too be sure, it's a small film with a limited budget, but you can do a lot worse.

Cute movie. I don't know why it has such a low rating.

This is not your typical zombie-type movie. It's more of a zomedy (zombie comedy :p) So, don't watch this expecting something like The Walking Dead.

The acting was good, and the writing clever. The zombie makeup was interesting. The flies flying around Greene was funny, and it was one of the things The Walking Dead never implements, but you have to figure that zombies would have a lotta flies buzzing around them.

Anton Yelchin did a good job in the lead, and Ashley Greene was the sexiest zombie you'll ever see.

In thought this would be awful, but I was very entertained. I recommend this.

Some will not like this, because they don't like zomedies, but it will be their loss.

I gave this a 6-star rating.

"Burying the Ex" is the soon to be released flick from director Joe Dante, who brought us the '80s classics "Gremlins" and "The Howling." This time around, we follow horror-movie-loving Max (Anton Yelchin, ie. Checkov from the "Star Trek" reboot series, but without the Russian accent), struggling to rise above the manipulative people in his life. He's working in a dead-end job in a kitschy Halloween curio shop with a demanding boss; living with his controlling girlfriend Evelyn (Ashley Greene from "Twilight"); and dealing with his brother (I mean half-brother, a running gag) Travis (Oliver Cooper from "The Hangover III") who really just needs Max's apartment as a destination to take his booty-calls to.

An odd little statue arrives at the shop that promises to grant a wish… but because it's a "Satan-Genie" (and according to a tag attached)– it has to be granted the "evil way." Cut to the "Satan-Genie" being within earshot of a post-coital promise made between Max and Evelyn: "We will always be together… always and forever"… and the "evil-way" is set in motion.

Max's relationship with Evelyn continues to deteriorate. Evelyn freaks out at a friendly ice cream shop owner named Olivia (played by the comely Alexandra Daddario from True Detective); turns their apartment into a "green, eco-friendly zone" … and relegates (read: jams) his expensive horror movie posters into a drawer… At his wits end, Max takes the advise of brother (half-brother) Travis, and invites her to a public place to break up with her. Max chooses a dog park, which leads Evelyn to believe he has gotten her a dog, and in her enthusiasm, rushes out to meet him and is killed by a bus.

You can guess what follows. Evelyn returns from the grave, hell-bent on rekindling their relationship, and determined to keep Max away from the very-alive ice cream owner, Olivia. And she has a plan to make good on their promise to "always be together… always and forever" that Max is not too keen on.

There are some genuinely funny moments, and director Joe Dante is in great form, but comparisons to the Jeff Baena film "Life After Beth", released last year, are inevitable. Both movies involve girlfriends coming back from the grave to despondent boyfriends who have all kinds of regrets after their deaths; both girlfriends are adamant in reviving their "dead" relationships (and deflecting any interest from any potential "living" girlfriends), all the while slowly deteriorating physically and mentally into zombie-ness (and rage). And according to both films, returning from the grave makes girls super-strong and really horny.

Those are the plot similarities. Burying the Ex is a really fun movie with great directing, photography, physical special effects and outstanding acting that illustrates Dante's pedigree, delivering a far more polished film than Life After Beth. Don't let seeing Beth dissuade you from checking out Burying the Ex. It's a fun watch for those wanting to expand their zombie movie horizons.

More often than not, when I rate a film two or two and a half stars, I'm coming from a place of "Well it's not really for me, but I guess I could see why it might have appeal". Burying the Ex on the other hand comes from a place exactly opposite to that. It's like every five minutes there was something dropped precisely to cater to my interests, but there's no appeal at all. And no amount of goth bars I'd kill to have in my town, horror-themed ice cream parlours, Joe Dante directorial credits or Alexandra Daddario getting her kit off in a graveyard can make up for that.

It's not outright boring, which is certainly welcome, but it's horror that's not scary, comedy that's not funny, and bears not one but two life lessons that seem well learned until they're *both* dropped in the final scene.

I'm not going to make any "Should have stayed buried" digs, because it's really not *that* bad, but I'm not going to recommend it either.

Wuss (Anton Yelchin) works up the courage to break up with his girlfriend (Ashley Greene) but, before he can go through with it, she's hit by a bus and killed. Just as he is about to start a new relationship with another hottie (Alexandra Daddario), the dead girlfriend returns as a zombie.

I had a hard time liking Anton Yelchin's character. He's this wimpy hipster unmotivated guy that I doubt I could stand for five minutes in real life. Surprisingly, there's no mention of his smoking weed as there usually is with characters like this. You're slacking on your clichés, Joe Dante. He also doesn't contribute much in the humor department. That's left on Ashley Greene's shoulders. Oliver Cooper plays Yelchin's half-brother, which is itself supposed to be a joke of some kind. It's repeated throughout the movie despite never being funny. Some people have half-siblings. I don't get what's funny about that. Outside of that 'joke,' he's pretty much the Jonah Hill character. You know, the fat gross guy who is inexplicably attractive to women and whose material is something that was envelope-pushing decades ago but now seems trite. Consider yourself warned he is naked in this so don't eat while watching. As for Ashley Greene, she owns this thing. She delivers all of the movie's laughs and things just seem less interesting when she's off-screen. Sexy Alexandra Daddario is given little to work with but does fine.

I'm glad to see Joe Dante is still around and hasn't completely lost it. I mean, this is nowhere near the stuff he made in his prime, but it's better than anything John Landis has made lately. It's got a lot of the expected Dante touches (perhaps too many), such as old horror movies constantly playing in the background, a moving truck with the name Romero on it, and an amusing guest appearance from Dick Miller. It almost feels like Dante is homaging himself at this point. Aside from these touches, there really is nothing about this that stands out from a thousand other directors with less status. The movie looks as though it could have been made for television, honestly. It's a watchable horror comedy, funny in parts and gross in others. Worth a look but don't expect much.

A guy (Anton Yelchin)'s regrets over moving in with his girlfriend (Ashley Greene) are compounded when she dies and comes back as a zombie.

Apparently this film has largely negative reviews. That surprises me. I can understand mixed reviews, because this is definitely not Joe Dante's finest film. But where are the horror fans who appreciate all the great references? This is definitely a love letter to horror fans, the ones who are gore to the core.

Maybe the humor was a little off. I thought the sex factor was played up a bit more than it ought to have been (but I am also very prudish). And Ashley Greene was somewhat annoying (though this was how her character was scripted, so that should be a compliment). Overall, this was enjoyable and light. I can see it getting improved reviews as time goes on.

Burying the Ex sounds like a fun concept, putting the cynicism of relationships with some horror movie camp. It's quirky overall, with the combination of the monster movie tropes of its star, Anton Yelchin, and the flavor of Joe Dante's vision, this must be a perfect formula of an enjoyable zombie comedy. But surprisingly, the movie is lacking the enthusiasm it deserves. It seems like the film's only priority is just sticking to formula of a typical R rated comedy, and ends with a horror movie schlock. When it shows affections to the horror side, Burying the Ex becomes fun. But it would take a long while for the film to get there.

The film introduces itself with its main character seemingly living in misery with his girlfriend. His girlfriend apparently wants him to give up himself from being a horror movie junky, thus he struggles with her choice of choosing a lifestyle that he isn't really fond of. Then we get to meet another girl who has a better fitting personality for Max. This is meant to be something playful or somewhat, but the film's approach seems to lack real energy to make them totally entertaining. A raunchy best friend (or half brother) also exists in this story to provide a straight comic relief, but not even him could spice up these moments. When Evelyn turns into a zombie, it seems like the film doesn't earn much of a surprise. It still sticks to the quirkiness, but it's just another way to anticipate for the real payoff as we watch more of them trying hate each other, at the same time concerning the other girl and his supposedly funny half-brother.

It's only the third act where the film finds real joy from itself, even though it only lasts for a few minutes and looks pretty trashy, but this is what most of the film should have been, embracing its horror movie roots than forcing some romcom silliness. It's quite a shame because the film is scattered with potential comedy gold as well. There is a running joke about the catchphrase of Max's work that lead his costumers with amusingly bitter reactions. The film could have used more of that type of humor. The acting is surprisingly not so interesting. Anton Yelchin seems to build his own cliché as a hero who fights monsters with a hot girlfriend, but this is probably his least likable among. His Charlie Brewster had sense of adventure and humanity, while Odd Thomas had all the curiosity a monster movie needs. Here, he's basically struggling to get back to that mold, though he still spares the charisma only when the script calls him for it. Ashley Greene is trying to be freaky and cute as both human or zombie, but it never shines either way. Alexandra Daddario makes herself bubbly, maybe a little too much.

Burying the Ex should be fun. It's a simple quirky idea and yet it sticks in throwing some lazy clichés and unenthusiastic tone. Only the last few minutes where the real conflict kicks in and reveals the film's supposed true madness. If only the film focused more on that, or at least give more humor like the one that tells people to go to hell than another sex joke about half-brother having an orgy on the hero's apartment. It just wasted a cool concept for a dark comedy that could potentially bring its own personality, it's also scattered with a good taste of classic horror love, but what took over instead are the familiar and less inspired ones.

Not exactly of course, although this does feel like its aimed at a specific audience. Some might feel it's a bit too soft for them and that it feeds too many clichés throughout, but that would take all the fun out of it, if you'd reduce it to that. I understand that that's how some will feel (or felt) after watching this.

You missed out on a fun ride though. Yes you know where this is going, from start to finish, but it's fun to watch. Anton Yelcin seems to have a soft spot for the fantastic/light horror entertainment, which is a nice thing. Dante is an experienced director to say the least and he knows how to mix humor with some violence. It might not always work, but when it does (combined with the acting) it's funny

There's like a split second where this film might be an interesting look at the dynamics of what makes relationships work or don't (I thought the film was going to present Ashley Greene's Evelyn as sympathetic), but this is not that at all. It's just a lowest common denominator type-A domineering girlfriend trying to make a man-child grow up instead of just letting him be him. Except this time the twist is that she comes back as a zombie and he still doesn't have the fortitude to tell her the truth (he would rather kill her, again).

Broad, with a few horror film fan touches, and nothing remotely approaching the level of a Joe Dante film and what that normally entails.

Embracing the corny B-movie allure, Burying the Ex takes advantage of its modest yet mildly fun concept. It produces decent comedy with pop reference, fitting acting and smart script. The movie is still stuttering with odd plot development, but all things considered it's a fun popcorn flick worthy of a few giggles.

Max (Anton Yelchin) has been bothered by his shifty relationship with Evelyn (Ashley Greene). Theire personalities almost always clash, not to mention Evelyn can be incredibly volatile. Things get worse as a shady curse of some sort bind them both forever, this includes afterlife. After a tragic accident Evelyn rises from the death to fulfill her eternal love. The premise is by all means average romcom, but it is delivered with adequate conviction and wit.

Ashley Greene fully welcomes the quirky role. She's equally obnoxious as living eco-obsessed girlfriend and a creepy zombie lady. The change of tone and behavior is done realistic enough, despite the exaggerated set-up, to ensure their situation is oddly identifiable. The cast isn't large, only four main characters, and it keeps the pacing moving relatively well.

The script is done with tongue-in-cheek approach. Dialogues are occasionally cringeworthy, though most of the times they contain enough modern pop references or silly puns, audience can't help but laughing at them. Plot can be shady and a bit forced, but if audience can overlook some of these obscurities, there's mild fun to be had here.

Burying the Ex is a simple B-movie, yet it is presentably humorous in the scale it plays on.

This movie is described as a comedy-horror, but it's not funny and it's not scary.

All it is, is a way to waste 90mins of your life.

If you're looking for a "shawn of the dead" type movie, keep looking because you definitely didn't find one in "burying the ex".

The film is packed with clichés, and in some many cases tries too hard to be funny. The slapstick is poorly executed; The characters are poorly written, non relatable and too predictable; the plot is thin.

If you think I am being too harsh on the film, it is only because I literally just lost an hour and a half of my life and USD 10.

My personal advise is to avoid. 2/10

After a prolific career during the 20th century, director Joe Dante decided to reduce the frequency of his projects in the 21st one, almost exclusively limiting himself to TV series and occasional short films (not to mention his popular "retro" site Trailers from Hell). In this century, he has only made three films: the mediocre Looney Toons: Back in Action; the entertaining, but not very memorable, The Hole; and, more recently, Burying the Ex, a likable horror comedy which evokes his independent period (when he worked with the great Roger Corman), shot on a low cost and in a very short time; it's definitely not among his best movies, but it still deserves a moderate recommendation, specially to movie buffs who appreciate Dante's naughty style and the constant references to classic fantastic cinema. Max, the main character of Burying the Ex, works at a disguise and Halloween decorations shop, something which justifies the presence of classic posters, specialized magazines (Fangoria, Famous Monsters, Video Watchdog) and fragments of films such as Plan 9 from Outer Space and Night of the Living Dead. And we even have incidental tracks from Tarantula, It Came from Outer Space, and I don't know how many other ones. But those are just audiovisual ornaments. The most important thing in Burying the Ex is the bizarre love triangle between Max, Evelyn and Olivia. Like in many other zombie films, the infection (or curse, in this case) isn't useful only to create the threat of the living dead, but also to explore some aspect of human experience. For example, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Day of the Dead (1985) employed the zombies as a metaphor of racism, consumerism and class division (respectively). Burying the Ex takes a more humorous route, using the zombie as the metaphor of the "hellish girlfriend" who wants to control her boyfriend's life and alter his way of being; it might not be a particularly deep idea, but it adds some substance to this humble film. Anton Yelchin brings a good performance as a docile "geek" submissive to his girlfriend's requests, while Ashley Greene transmits Evelyn's emotional evolution with conviction, and Alexandra Daddario brings a natural and credible performance as a romantic interest more compatible with Max's personality (by the way, it's difficult not to question how Yelchin manages to attract such spectacularly beautiful women... that might be the authentic fantastic element of the film). On the negative side, Alan Trezza's screenplay is too obvious, with many predictable situations which lack of the imagination I expected in a film directed by Dante. Fortunately, the screenplay improves during the third act, when the romance clichés give way to the more immediate danger of the zombie girlfriend, almost invincible and willing to do anything to retain her boyfriend. I'm a fan of Dante's, and that might have made an influence in my appreciation of Burying the Ex; it's definitely not a great or highly memorable film, but it kept me entertained and it keeps a continuous degree of tension which is easy to lose whenever comedy and horror are combined.

Burying the Ex (2014)

*** (out of 4)

Highly entertaining mix of horror, romance and comedy as horror fan Max (Anton Yelchin) wants to get rid of his girlfriend Evelyn (Ashley Greene) but minutes before he can do so she's killed in a tragic accident. However, due to a previous accidental wish, she ends up coming back from the dead to rekindle their love, which doesn't sit well with Max since he's moved onto Olivia (Alexandra Daddario) who shares his love of horror.

If you're a fan of director Joe Dante's work then you're really going to love this film, which is certainly a throwback to his earlier films like THE HOWLING in regards to how many winks there are to other horror movies. This film pretty much works on every level because it's funny. It's got some nice gory moments for horror fans. Even the love triangle works extremely well thanks in large part to the direction and the cast members being so great. Not to mention if you're a horror fan then you're going to get to have all sorts of cool treats including discussions about Bela Lugosi, the Halloween monster cereal and we even get clips from films like PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE and THE WIZARD OF GORE.

BURYING THE EX is a movie that will appeal to many but I think horror fans are going to get the biggest kick out of it. I'm sure a lot of people will look at the Max character and be able to relate to his love of movies, being stuck in a lifeless job and then there's the problem with the girlfriend who doesn't get him. All of this is brought to more life when he does get the girl who digs the stuff that he likes but that's when the zombie shows up to mess everything up. This is really a charming little date movie that manages to appeal to horror fans willing to add a little romance and comedy into their diet. This movie really is something truly funny and there's no question that Dante is able to mix all of these elements together into something really special.

There's no doubt that one of the biggest benefits is that the cast is so great. Yelchin has this laid back, dry approach that is just downright hilarious at times and especially during the scenes where he can grow a pair enough to tell the girl that he is done. Greene is simply divine in her performance because she's perfect at playing the annoying part but she also manages to make you feel bad for her because all she's really trying to do is keep the "romance" alive. She really makes for a memorable character. Even Daddario is excellent in her supporting role as is Oliver Cooper who plays the half brother who likes sex. Then there's the cameo by Dick Miller, which is just terrific.

BURYING THE EX works on many levels but I think its best aspect is simply its charm. All of the elements of the story work extremely well and if you're a horror fan you're going to get a kick out of them as well as the rest of the monster stuff that shows up.

Horror comedy is one of my absolute favorite genres of movies. If not THE favorite. I love it. If done right the horror makes the comedy funnier, and the comedy makes the horror scarier/cooler.

Burying the ex, I'm afraid, doesn't really succeed all that well. It's not bad, not in any way, actually. It has several things going for it, but it just doesn't, uhm, never really leaps beyond just OK.

Anton Yelchin does a great job, he's a really good actor. And that really adds to the movie, had he been some other less talented guy, the movie definitely would have suffered.

Being vegan myself, I didn't love the tiny stabs at veganism and at being environmentally conscious, although I totally get what the movie is going for. I just wished they didn't use it as a bad thing. Because it's actually a good thing! (but yeah, I get that it can be annoying, especially if it's too much)

I hoped for this movie to be a lot better than I thought it was. There's some cool stuff for sure, but not quite enough. They went another direction than I hoped for. Sort of.

I hoped for more action, more gore, more horror. It's really more like a drama-comedy, with elements of horror, at least for the most part. Too much drama. Yeah.

I love Joe Dante, I'm in love with Alexandra Daddario, and I liked Anton Yelchin in pretty much everything he did... But... What the hell is this movie?

A script that goes nowhere, not the glimmer of a surprise in the story progression, no character development to speak of. Lots of stuff hinted at, but nothing getting fleshed-out... What's worse is Dante's direction... It looked like a TV movie for crying out loud! The "Mickey Mousing" music got on my nerve in the first five minutes... Poor Dick Miller had to get off the crapper to do his usual cameo in this crapper of a movie...

Joe! What the hell, man? I was hoping for something of the same caliber of "Drag me to Hell", but I guess your style was never as broad as Raimi's... Your strength has always been nostalgia driven, and here it got lost in this bad script...

I'll go watch "Gremlins" and "Matinee" a couple of time to wash the after taste of this dud.

Personally, this movie could have been better. I went in with high expectations, which made it more of a disappointment. So, basically, Max (Anton Yelchin) is now dating this girl that he just moved in with, Evelyn (Ashley Greene). The relationship is dysfunctional, and so Max seeks help from his half-brother, Travis (Oliver Cooper), to break up with her. She dies, and when Max starts dating a new girl, Olivia (Alexandra Daddario), Evelyn comes back from the grave and still wants to date him.

That's the gist of it. It's supposedly a comedy horror, but it doesn't really succeed at either of those. We'll talk about the horror first. It's not scary. It's not Gorey, either. There's one scene that has a lot of gore, and could be considered scary, but even THAT was tame. There are a lot of references sprinkled throughout for true horror lovers, but that's really it.

The comedy was...terrible. Hardly any of the jokes were actually funny, and only a few were chuckle worthy purely for the shock value. It's continuously thrown in our faces that Travis is Max's half brother, and just that fact seems to be the joke, but like, it held nothing to the plot at all. I'm pretty sure they only did that to make one lame joke at the very beginning. Ashley Greene's character is the only slightly funny thing in this movie, and even then, she fails. Basically the joke is "Ohh look! I'm DED and I want to have SEX with u!!11 Sex is hilarious, right?" And, that's about as far as the humor goes. They kept trying to push Max into these awkward situations, but I couldn't laugh about it at all, cause I didn't care about him. All of the characters are boring, cliches with even less depth than a peice of paper. Travis is the slob who thinks sex is funny, Max is a spineless, timid, pathetic human being, etc

The acting isn't the best either. Not the worst ever, but I was cringing pretty bad at a few parts. However, for the type of movie this is, the effects were actually pretty good.

I don't want to go on forever, so that's all I'll be saying about it. It's not the worst move I've ever seen, but it's not the best either. There was definately room for improvement. It was entertaining enough, and I did chuckle a few times, even if it was from the effects or the attempts at humor. If you have nothing else to watch, I'd recommend maybe giving this a shot, but don't expect anything phenomenal.

To label Joe Dante as one of the greatest horror/cult directors of all times would be too much honor, but admittedly he has been around for a good four decades now and inconsistently delivered a handful of mature B-movie classics as well as a batch of juvenile popcorn flicks. "Piranha", "The Howling", "Matinee" and both his "Masters of Horror" contributions are genre favorites that I personally consider as genuine classics, whereas various other titles (like "Small Soldiers", "Explorers", "The 'Burbs" and "Trapped Ashes") are categorized as interesting misfires in my book. I'm afraid that "Burying the Ex" also homes in this latter category, and the ratings as well as various other critics' reviews establish that Dante's latest movie comeback didn't result in a real hit.

For starters, and this isn't entirely Dante's fault of course, is "Burying the Ex" yet another entry in the exhausted and slowly irritable sub-genre of zombie comedies. Between 2003 (since "Shaun of the Dead") and 2014 (release year of this film) there came out far too many zombie comedies to even list, and the painful truth is that the vast majority of them aren't funny, nor horrific. I gave up on watching these, and I know for a fact that many other horror fans did the same. Heck, I probably never would have bothered to check out "Burying the Ex" if it didn't have Joe Dante's name attached to it. Secondly, and this is a completely personal objection, it's another script that makes the dreadful mistake of depicting zombies as intelligent characters, capable to communicate and function normally. Their flesh is rotting, and yet they cheerfully continue to talk, think and remember their previous lives; I hate that! Zombies are essentially brain dead, emotionless and silent killing machines. Every time a zombie opens his/her mouth to speak, the almighty George A. Romero rolls over in his grave. The plot is ultra-thin and quite stupid, by the way. A geeky horror shop clerk's exaggeratedly environmentalist girlfriend gets hit by a bus and dies, moments before a meeting that he arranged to break up with her. Due to a previously spoken vow in the presence of a gimmicky satanic device, however, she returns from the grave and remains determined to spend the rest of eternity by his side. Bummer, since he just found new and true love in the shape of a gothic, ice-cream-scooping princess.

It's probably linked to the fact that I find the screenplay utterly worthless, but suddenly all of Joe Dante's usually pleasing trademarks come across as pathetic and meaningless now. The lead characters are B-movie geeks, there are numerous references, quotes and even footage of classic horror titles throughout the entire film, but everything seem irrelevant and without any added value. Even the appearance of Dante regular and living cult monument Dick Miller feels misplaced and pitiable. At age 86, Miller shouldn't be making cameos as a police officer. There aren't really good zombie gags worth mentioning, while the make-up effects are poor and kept to a minimum. Anton Yelchin, who sadly passed away far too young, should be remembered for his role in "Green Room" instead, and even the mediocre "Fright Night" remake was better than this. I have a tremendous fondness for the ravishing actress Alexandra Daddario, but I'll gladly re-watch "Texas Chainsaw 3D", "Bereavement" or - if absolutely necessary - "Baywatch" instead of this.

Some might say that this movie is a waste of time, or stuff like that... Well... F**k 'em! Buring the Ex is quite good fun, not classy stuff or all the intelligent... But simple and good laughs! Anton Yelchin is one of my big favorite actors, in multiple genres, and here, besides Oliver Cooper, who basically repeated his role as the clumsy Levon in Californication, gave us really enjoyable performances, that feels familiar, making the audience bond to their characters. The only thing to say about Alexandra Daddario's part, is that even being a key role to the history, it was very shallow both in writing and performance. Now Ashley Greene was the real deal of the movie, as the crazy zombie girlfriend... Hilarious, very well written and played character, Ashley Greene made me cheer for her the whole movie... The lack of substance in miss Daddario's part may have helped it a little... But Ashley Greene made me really enjoy the movie! The zombie make up is spectacular, award worth and very well crafted! I like the jokes in the movie, most of them at least... The writing is quite intelligent, even not showing it all the time, but is quite intelligent sometimes! The special effects are one point that made wonder really hard... It is just to be laughable or is just really low budget? If is the first case, my laughs were mere embarrassment... ONE POST SCRIPTUM REALLY REALLY UNNECESSARY... With some spoiler ahead!

Evelyn is better than Olivia... IN SO MANY WAYS... That I really think that Olivia should be the one that end in the grave!

Firstly, I believe that zombie movies have been done to death, that the bad far outweigh the good. And secondly mixing romance, comedy and horror (zombies) successfully is a tough challenge. But legendary film director Joe Dante pulls it off with this one. But not only is it a zombie romantic comedy, it is also a great homage to horror movies, in particular the classic stuff. Good to see Dick Miller briefly as Crusty Old Cop! Nowhere near as good as say Shaun of the Dead but Burying the Ex is pretty enjoyable.

Burying The Ex(2014) Starring: Anton Yelchin, Ashley Greene, Alexandra Daddario, Oliver Cooper, Dick Miller, Mark Alan, Ozioma Akagha, Gabrielle Christian, Archie Hahn, Erica Bowie, Tomoko Karina, Stephanie Koenig, Wyndoline Landry, Julia Marchese, London May, Katie Roberts, Mindy Robinson, Pandie Suicide, and Alexandra Vino Directed By: Joe Dante Review SOME RELATIONSHIPS JUST WON'T DIE. Hello Kiddies your pal The Crypt-Critic, we can all agree that it's hard to breakup with someone. Even I know that and I've never even had a girlfriend. So apparently the best thing to do especially if you find someone better is kill your ex. But make sure she stays dead. The Film is about Max who who finally has his girlfriend Evelyn move in with him.But when Evelyn turns out to be a controlling, manipulative nightmare, Max knows it's time to call it quits. There's just one problem: he's terrified of breaking up with her. Fate steps in when Evelyn is the victim of a fatal, freak accident, leaving Max single and ready to mingle. Just as Max is thinking about moving on with what could be his dream girl, Olivia – Evelyn has returned from the grave and is determined to get her boyfriend back...even if that means transforming him into one of the undead. The movie is a low budget horror comedy which means it's more for laughs than anything else. In that regard it succeeds I actually thought it was funny in some parts which made the film a lot more fun to watch without seeing zombies getting slaughtered. But that's the films lost point, there weren't that many funny scenes in the first half and not much zombie slaughtering so it's not that great. In achieving it's goal but if it's made to be funny well it's a little funny, you might enjoy it a lot more than I did. The acting is pretty good from our four main leads and the supporting cast weren't awful but they weren't that good either. Anton Yelchin, Oliver Cooper and Alexandra Daddario are the standouts they seemed they had the most fun when making the film. The direction is pretty good, Joe Dante put out a great opening sequence and cutaways. Burying The Ex is a mildly entertaining horror comedy, it has good acting with three great standouts the plot is genius for a horror comedy and while the effects and makeup are poor but the direction by Joe Dante bring it back to square goodness. Three brains out of five.

Initially, I had expected a bit more comedy element from director Joe Dante's "Burying the Ex". With that being said, don't get me wrong here, because this is still an enjoyable movie for what it turned out to be. It just failed to live up to what I had hoped it would be.

The story is about Max (played by Anton Yelchin) who is not overly happy in his relationship with Evelyn (played by Ashley Greene). And when he finally musters up the courage to break up with her, she dies in a car accident. But he quickly finds out that a promise of being together forever has a very literal meaning as Evelyn returns from the grave.

The characters in "Burying the Ex" were good, and they were mainly the reason for the movie staying afloat. They were nicely detailed and even more so brought to life on the screen by the acting talents cast for portraying them. My personal favorite had to be Travis (played by Oliver Cooper).

"Burying the Ex" is lacking a handful of good laughs and funny moments, and as such, the movie is suffering from that. Which essentially left the movie in a very mediocre state. That was a shame, because the movie really had potential for much more.

Having seen "Burying the Ex", I can say that this is the type of movie that you watch once, then put it away on the shelf, bagged and tagged.

My rating of "Burying the Ex" is a score of five stars out of ten, because the movie was very generic and mediocre to me. I just had expected a bit more from it.

Submissive horror-fan Max (Anton Yelchin) is stuck in a relationship he can't get out of. His domineering but beautiful girlfriend, Evelyn (Ashley Greene) re-decorates his apartment without his permission, won't allow him to drink milk and other such offenses. Quite frankly, Max would rather be with a cute ice cream shop owner (Alexandra Daddario) but doesn't quite know how to make the proper transition. As luck would have it, Evelyn gets hit by a bus and dies. End of story right? Wrong.

A zombie-comedy not unlike, say, "Warm Bodies," "Burying The Ex" is the latest offering from director Joe Dante, who brought such beloved genre fare as "Gremlins" and "The Howling" to the big screen. While not quite up to the standards of said halcyon era, Dante works well within a limited budget and with a capable cast. Yelchin plays the hapless Max perfectly (when will someone give this guy bigger and more prominent work?) while Greene plays the waspy, oppressive and yet irresistible counterpart to a T. Even when the film doesn't quite fire on all cylinders, it remains enjoyable thanks in no small part to its talented young cast.

Unfortunately, the film feels somewhat stagnant in other places. It doesn't quite riff on genre tropes as much as one would hope, working from a surprisingly pedestrian script. Originally conceived as a 15 minute short, "Burying The Ex" feels like a small-scale concept stretched too thin. To be frank, this would have made for a great "Tales From The Crypt" or "Creepshow" segment. As a feature- length film, however, it comes up short. Dante doesn't bring the anarchic spark he brought to "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" or the heart of "Matinee," becoming another in a long line of horror directors currently spinning their wheels.

It's not that "Burying The Ex" is bad, per se. But it all feels fairly pedestrian and, well, forgettable. You could bury this one in your subconscious and just forget you ever saw it altogether. And that's a shame. With a more than capable cast and a proved director, "Burying The Ex" should have added up to more than just a pleasant 90 minute diversion. Add it to your Netflix queue, have a drink or two and enjoy the silly shenanigans, but don't be surprised if you forget to call the "Ex" back in the future.

Filmmakers, please take note: THIS is the proper use of clichéd dialogue. Milk it for what it's worth. BURYING THE EX (a play on "Let's just shake hands and bury the axe.") makes excellent use of clichés like, "I sorta... threw her under the bus..." and "You're DEAD to me!" and "She... moved on..." Even the slacker brother, Travis, a character normally little more than ANNOYING in a movie, is funny because of his lines: "You've gone NECRO, bro!" BURYING THE EX is perhaps the closest we'll ever come to seeing T.M. Wright's classic A MANHATTEN GHOST STORY brought to the screen and it's to Joe Dante's credit that he turned the trick with a truly wicked sense of humor. This is the movie that SCREAM wanted to be (but WASN'T.) (And, lest I forget, there's also the cameo by Dick Miller.)

A neat story in witch a guy is at one step to break-off the relationship with his girlfriend because she begins to be mean with other peoples and authoritarian in the house. Soon Max meets an ice- scream clerk and she falls in love with him and the faith makes that his current evil girlfriend will by hit by a bus and die but it's to soon to be happy because even after death she will return to stay aside him. What he can do to make her vanish from his life and be with Olivia the more cute and polite girl who has a lot in common?

To be fair I didn't know what to expect from this movie, I though it will be a horror but turns out to be more like a black comedy with less disturbing and gory scenes. The combination is good the acting of the evil girlfriend who has return from the dead as a zombie makes the whole film to be entertaining. The performance of Anton Yelchin I kinda dislike it, it seems on the screen to be bored and soft just like "ok let's finish this already". I liked him more in Charlie Bartlett. Perhaps a more lively actor would have been a better choice or a comedy one since this one has humor in it.

But still even so, for the viewers who love this zombie-love- resurrect type, this will make a Sunday afternoon even more sunny.

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.