LIFE AFTER BETH (2014)

A deliciously dark comedy not for everyone, Life After Beth opens with an innocent enough hike, taken by high school girl Beth Slocum (the wonderful Aubrey Plaza), that ends in tragedy when she's bitten by a snake and dies.  Beth's boyfriend Zach (Dane DeHaan), weeks later, is still deeply mourning the girl's loss, so much so he's taken to visiting her parents - even playing chess with Mr. Slocum - but when he suddenly finds himself being avoided by the Slocums Zach is determined to learn why.  What he discovers is that Beth has come back to life, come back home, the Slocums trying to keep her resurrection as secret even as Zach starts to realize that this new Beth is starting to develop some odd quirks the old Beth never had - such as penchants for violence and slaughter.  A funny, weird, off-the-wall romantic zombie horror comedy made fresh by the performances of DeHaan and especially Plaza, Life After Beth injects some new life into what's normally a tired, shuffling-on-its-feet (pun intended) genre. (rated R)  B

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