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Life After Beth

  • 20142014
  • RR
  • 1h 29min
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
21K
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Life After Beth (2014)
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ComedyFantasyHorror

A young man's recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her.A young man's recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her.A young man's recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her.

IMDb RATING
5.7/10
21K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Jeff Baena
  • Writer
    • Jeff Baena
  • Stars
    • Aubrey Plaza
    • Dane DeHaan
    • John C. Reilly
Top credits
  • Director
    • Jeff Baena
  • Writer
    • Jeff Baena
  • Stars
    • Aubrey Plaza
    • Dane DeHaan
    • John C. Reilly
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 80User reviews
    • 171Critic reviews
    • 50Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 nominations

    Videos7

    Life After Beth
    Trailer 1:49
    Life After Beth
    Life After Beth
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    Life After Beth
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:49
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    Clip
    Clip 1:27
    Clip
    Clip
    Clip 1:25
    Clip
    "Beth's Alive"
    Clip 1:22
    "Beth's Alive"
    "Zombie Neighbors"
    Clip 0:37
    "Zombie Neighbors"

    Photos36

    John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Aubrey Plaza, and Dane DeHaan in Life After Beth (2014)
    John C. Reilly and Molly Shannon in Life After Beth (2014)
    Dane DeHaan in Life After Beth (2014)
    Aubrey Plaza and Dane DeHaan in Life After Beth (2014)
    Aubrey Plaza in Life After Beth (2014)
    Aubrey Plaza and Dane DeHaan in Life After Beth (2014)
    Aubrey Plaza and Dane DeHaan in Life After Beth (2014)
    Aubrey Plaza and Dane DeHaan in Life After Beth (2014)
    Jeff Baena in Life After Beth (2014)
    Dane DeHaan in Life After Beth (2014)
    Life After Beth (2014)
    Aubrey Plaza in Life After Beth (2014)

    Top cast

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    Aubrey Plaza
    Aubrey Plaza
    • Beth Slocumas Beth Slocum
    Dane DeHaan
    Dane DeHaan
    • Zach Orfmanas Zach Orfman
    John C. Reilly
    John C. Reilly
    • Maury Slocumas Maury Slocum
    Molly Shannon
    Molly Shannon
    • Geenie Slocumas Geenie Slocum
    Cheryl Hines
    Cheryl Hines
    • Judy Orfmanas Judy Orfman
    Paul Reiser
    Paul Reiser
    • Noah Orfmanas Noah Orfman
    Matthew Gray Gubler
    Matthew Gray Gubler
    • Kyle Orfmanas Kyle Orfman
    Anna Kendrick
    Anna Kendrick
    • Erica Wexleras Erica Wexler
    Eva La Dare
    Eva La Dare
    • Pearlineas Pearline
    Thomas McDonell
    Thomas McDonell
    • Danas Dan
    • (scenes deleted)
    Alia Shawkat
    Alia Shawkat
    • Rozas Roz
    • (scenes deleted)
    Allan McLeod
    Allan McLeod
    • Supermarket Stockeras Supermarket Stocker
    Paul Weitz
    Paul Weitz
    • Mr. Levinas Mr. Levin
    Michelle Azar
    Michelle Azar
    • Mrs. Levinas Mrs. Levin
    Jim O'Heir
    Jim O'Heir
    • Chip the Mailmanas Chip the Mailman
    Rob Delaney
    Rob Delaney
    • News Anchoras News Anchor
    Adam Pally
    Adam Pally
    • Diner Sommelieras Diner Sommelier
    Elizabeth Stillwell
    Elizabeth Stillwell
    • Lucyas Lucy
    • (as Elizabeth Jayne)
    • Director
      • Jeff Baena
    • Writer
      • Jeff Baena
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    A hike alone in the woods ends tragically for Beth Slocum with a fatal snake bite. Her death leaves her parents and boyfriend Zach reeling. After the funeral, Zach tries to make friends with Mr. and Mrs. Slocum, but even they reject him, and he's determined to figure out why. Then he sees Beth. Her parents are trying to keep her resurrection a secret, but zombie Beth provides Zach with the opportunity to do everything with her that he didn't get to do while she was still alive. But with Beth's increasingly erratic behavior and even more strange occurrences around town, life with the undead Beth proves to be particularly complicated for her still-living loved ones. —Anne Campbell
    zombie girlfriendfemale zombiesex with a zombiezombie apocalypsekissing a zombie314 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Some girls just want to watch the world burn.
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Fantasy
      • Horror
      • Romance
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for pervasive language, some horror violence, sexual content, nudity and brief drug use
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Nick Offerman can be heard narrating the documentary on Machu Pichu in the beginning of the film. One of the several ties to Aubrey's role in the series Parks and Recreation (2009-2015).
    • Goofs
      At around 5 minutes, Zach and Maury are seen playing a game of chess unfortunately the chess board was incorrectly set up, so that the bottom-right square is black.

      Unfortunately as a consequence, the black queen and king plus the white queen and king are all on the wrong starting squares. No one ever plays the game of chess with the bottom-right square as black, because then all the kings and queens would then be incorrectly placed on the wrong color starting squares. How to set up the pieces on a chess board: First set up the board so that the bottom-right square is white . . . Place a rook on each of your two corners . . . Place the knights next to the rooks . . . Place the bishops to the inside of the knights . . . Place the queen on the remaining, matching-color square . . .
    • Quotes

      Erica Wexler: I'm so sorry about Beth, by the way. Your mom talked to my mom about it.

      Zach Orfman: I used to really want her to come back.

      Erica Wexler: Of course.

      Zach Orfman: But things are really complicated between us, you know? Like kind of fucked up.

      Erica Wexler: Right.

      Zach Orfman: Now, I just kind of wish she would stay dead.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Vin Diesel/Aubrey Plaza/Will.i.am (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Smooth Sax
      Composed by Steve Jeffries

      Courtesy of APM Music

    User reviews80

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    What is it?
    Ah, the zombie genre...Is there still anything we haven't seen before? Life after Beth takes a swing at the RomZomCom sub-genre but it biggest problem is that it isn't really anything. I suppose it's meant to be funny but there's nothing really funny about it. It isn't dramatic either or dark or creepy or anything. The trailer didn't seem to bad (and looked rather funny, reminded me a bit of Fido) but the writers don't seem to know what to do with the idea (a girl dies and returns as a zombie but doesn't know it and everyone's trying to keep it a secret). It won't be a big success because it doesn't appeal to anyone in particular and won't be remembered as a classic or even a great addition to the zombie genre.
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    • Jerghal
    • Nov 6, 2014

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 15, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Якщо твоя дівчина - зомбі
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Abbolita Productions
      • American Zoetrope
      • Destro Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,400,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $88,273
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $15,843
      • Aug 17, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $274,717
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 29min
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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