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...

Everyone has that one psycho ex. Well... not everyone. But a lot of folks. I do, many do, enough do for there to be a whole lot of movies on the subject. Joe Dante's Burying The Ex takes that predicament one step farther, straight into the realm of the supernatural, as the director always does. We haven't had a Dante flick in a while (he's the genius behind Gremlins, Innerspace and Small Soldiers, for those who don't know), and it amazes me the lack of marketing which led to me taking my sweet time in seeing this. Glad I did, because it's a treat. Any headline that boasts Dante, Ashley Greene, Anton Yelchin and the luscious Alexandra Daddario in the same film is automatically a rental, before I've even read a synopsis. This one is a darkly comic zombie romantic comedy and subtle Hammer Studios homage, an irresistible flavour indeed. Yelchin is a lad who works at a halloween FX store, has an affinity for retro horror and all things macabre, and is dating prissy Ashley Greene, who couldn't be more different than him. She's an abrasive, vegan type A personality jealous manipulative control freak banshee who is sinking their relationship quicker than the Titanic. Enter Alexandra Daddario, a hip, horror movie themed ice cream parlor owner, and sparks fly between her and Yelchin. Those sparks are shot down by a dagger glare from Greene, and it's in that moment Yelchin realizes he has to dump her. Before he can do the deed, she's fatally hit by a bus, dies and essentially solves his problem. Or does she? Cue Gothic organ music. Before he can take Alexandra on one date, she rises from the grave, now a sex starved psycho zombie bitch hell bent on keeping him for her own, pretty much forever. Quite the situation eh? Dante is never one for metaphors and heady trickery (a refreshing trait), all of his premises are straight up, face value, 100% genre simplicity. She's dead, he needs to somehow kill her... again. It's charming and lighthearted, while still retaining the macabre, like Tim Burton by way of Stephen Sommers. Greene is disarmingly hilarious as everyone's worst nightmare of an ex, Yelchin is earnest and exasperated in equal doses, and Daddario is a babe and a half, always winning me over with them eyes. They all frolic in Dante's casually R rated inter zone where everything is purely rooted in movie-land, and nothing needs to be seriously thought out. The writing is sharp, heartfelt and riddled with easter eggs for fans of horror from back in a better day. Brilliant stuff.

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.

Although the movie itself is portrayed as a comedy, It is as if it was a comedy with all the humor taken out of it. This movie had the potential for a lot of tongue and cheek humor. It is almost as if all the one liners and jokes were taken out on purpose. The movie was such a let down... almost as if you're waiting for something humorous to be said, but nothing was delivered. If you must see it, rent it for cheap, but it does not warrant buying or watching more than once. it will be a movie easily forgotten. The acting was decent, the makeup was good, and the overall plot line had a lot of potential. But nothing could save this movie from the dry script that left you wondering if it was truly meant to be a comedy, or the comedy label was wrongly applied.