History Film / LifeAfterBeth

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** Jim O'Heir and Creator/NickOfferman, Aubrey Plaza's castmates from ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', appear in this movie: the former has a cameo, the latter provides a voiceover for an in-universe documentary.

* PunBasedTitle: Obviously a play on "life after death".

* RedHerring: The Slocums' Haitian housekeeper quit her job just before the dead started to rise, so Zach suspects she was involved, and becomes more suspicious when Maury refuses to give him her address [[spoiler: it turns out that she left due to Maury's sexual harassment and the timing was coincidental - while no other explanation is found, HollywoodVoodoo doesn't seem to have been a factor]]

* FamousLastWords: Their significance (or rather lack thereof) is discussed in-universe by Zach and Maury.

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''Life After Beth'' is a 2014 "[[RomanticComedy Rom]]-[[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies Zom]]-Com" movie written and directed by Jeff Baena, starring Creator/AubreyPlaza, Creator/DaneDeHaan, Molly Shannon, and Creator/JohnCReilly.

''Life After Beth'' is a 2014 "[[RomanticComedy Rom]]-[[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies Zom]]-Com" movie written and directed by Jeff Baena, starring Creator/AubreyPlaza, Dane [=DeHaan=], Molly Shannon, and Creator/JohnCReilly.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Even as more and more people begin behaving strangely around him, Zack is the only one who seems to notice any of it.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: In this movie, [[RevenantZombie zombies start out with their human personalities]], but as their brains decay, they become first absent-minded and forgetful, then increasingly erratic and aggressive, and only after a certain point do they finally become the familiar growling zombies we know and love. They also have a bizarre fondness for attics, and smooth jazz calms them down. And the biggest difference, which could play a part in how quickly this particular ZombieApocalypse is dealt with: they are not contagious. It's just everyone who recently died comes back as zombies in the area.

* ExcusePlot: The zombie apocalypse that brings Beth back doesn't have much bearing on the rest of the movie, and [[spoiler: ends up resolving itself by the end]].

* ExcusePlot: The zombie apocalypse that brings Beth back doesn't have much bearing on the rest of the movie, and ends up resolving itself by the end.

Beth Slocum (Plaza) dies after getting bitten by a venomous snake, leaving her boyfriend Zach Orfman ([=DeHaan=]) devastated. Zach starts spending time with Beth's parents Maury (Reilly) and Geenie (Shannon), up until the moment where they suddenly shun him out. Curious, he comes to their home uninvited, only to find them in company of... a very much alive Beth, who seems to have forgotten everything since last week, including dumping Zach and dying.

** Jim O'Heir and Creator/NickOfferman, Aubrey Plaza's castmates from ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' appear in this movie: the former has a cameo, the latter provides a voiceover for an in-universe documentary.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: In this movie, [[RevenantZombie zombies start out with their human personalities]], but as their brains decay, they become first absent-minded and forgetful, then increasingly erratic and aggressive, and only after a certain point they finally become the familiar growling zombies we know and love. They also have a bizarre fondness for attics, and smooth jazz calms them down. And the biggest difference, which could play a part in how quickly this particular ZombieApocalypse is dealt with: they are not contagious.

* ZombieApocalypse: Starts without any explanation, appears to be a localized one, and is quickly dealt with.

** Jim O'Heir and Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza's castmates from ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' appear in this movie: the former has a cameo, the latter provides a voiceover for an in-universe documentary.
** Plaza's [[HeterosexualLifePartners Heterosexual Life-Partner]] Anna Kendrick appears as Erica Wexler, Zach's childhood friend.

''Life After Beth'' is a "[[RomanticComedy Rom]]-[[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies Zom]]-Com" movie released in 2014, written and directed by Jeff Baena and starring Dane [=DeHaan=] and Creator/AubreyPlaza.

Beth Slocum (Plaza) dies after getting bitten by a venomous snake, leaving her boyfriend Zach Orfman ([=DeHaan=]) devastated. Zach starts spending time with Beth's parents Maury and Geenie, up until the moment where they suddenly shun him out. Curious, he comes to their home uninvited, only to find them in company of... a very much alive Beth, who seems to have forgotten everything since last week, including dumping Zach and dying. Delighted, Zach sees this as a second chance for his relationship with Beth, but he soon realizes that his girlfriend CameBackWrong, and she keeps getting worse...

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: In this movie, zombies start out with their human personalities, but as their brains decay, they become first absent-minded and forgetful, then increasingly erratic and aggressive, and only after a certain point they finally become the familiar growling zombies we know and love. They also have a bizarre fondness for attics, and smooth jazz calms them down. And the biggest difference, which could play a part in how quickly this particular ZombieApocalypse is dealt with: they are not contagious.