'Over Your Dead Body' review: Samara Weaving and Jason Segel face off in a comically bad romance

The Lonely Island's Jorma Taccone has been carving out his reputation as a filmmaker with bonkers parodies like the mockumentary Pop Star: Never Stop Never Stopping and the action-packed Saturday Night Live spinoff MacGruber, itself a spoof of MacGyver. With his latest, Over Your Dead Body, he moves into a grimmer brand of humor, remaking The Trip, a Norwegian dark comedy, written and directed by Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow, Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters). Samara Weaving and Jason Segel star as Lisa and Dan, a married couple who have grown absolutely sick of each other. Sure, to their friends or family, it seems like they're planning a weekend getaway to Dan's dad's cabin to romantically reconnect. But really, what Dan has planned is what true crime internet would call an "alpine divorce," meaning he's plotting to murder his wife and make it look like a climbing accident. But fret not for Lisa. The twist that launches Over Your Dead Body into Act Two is Lisa's homicidal scheme of her own, intended for her husband. However, both their deadly plans will be thwarted when a trio of home invaders crash their perverse party. Out of this remake's premiere at SXSW, Over Your Dead Body had aud