There have been several TV shows and movies released this year that have explored the darker side of swearing to spend your life with another human, in sickness and in health and all of that. We’ve gotten Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, The Drama and Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, to name a few, and now we can add Over Your Dead Body. Jason Segel and Samara Weaving play a couple who each plan to use their weekend getaway as an opportunity to off their spouse. Over Your Dead Body reviews are in, and they’re painting quite the bloody picture.
Samara Weaving is a modern-day scream queen, so this “deliciously gory” offering is to be expected from her. However, it’s a bit of a turn for director Jorma Taccone (MacGruber and The Lonely Island’s Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping), as well as for Jason Segel (Shrinking, The Muppets). Angie Han of THR says it works, though, with most of the violence landing in “comically cartoonish” territory, rather than “horrific.” Han says:
