Over Your Dead Body (2026)
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A struggling director and his aspiring actress wife find themselves in a deadly game of survival when their mutual plans to murder one another are interrupted by actual criminals.
The story
Struggling director Dan Burton and his wife Lisa, an aspiring actress, retreat to a remote lakeside cabin for a weekend getaway. However, the trip is fraught with tension as both are secretly plotting to murder the other to solve their respective personal problems. Their deadly game of deception is thrown into chaos when they discover they are not alone in the cabin. The couple must navigate their crumbling marriage and a series of escalating dangers as they find themselves hunted by a group of escaped convicts who have taken refuge in the same location.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Dan Burton, a struggling director, and his wife Lisa travel to a lakeside cabin where both secretly plan to murder the other. Their plot is interrupted when they discover a group of escaped convicts—Pete, Todd, and Allegra—are hiding in the house. After a chaotic confrontation where they eliminate a local acquaintance, the couple must fight to survive against the armed fugitives. The conflict escalates as they navigate the cabin and surrounding woods, eventually involving Dan's father, Michael, who arrives to help. After a series of violent encounters and a desperate escape by boat, Dan and Lisa manage to defeat the fugitives. The film concludes with the couple reconciling and finding fame by filming a movie about their harrowing survival experience.
- First release year
- 2026
- Runtime (minutes)
- 107
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Jorma Taccone
- Writers
- Nick Kocher · screenplay; Brian McElhaney · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Jason Segel · Dan; Samara Weaving · Lisa; Paul Guilfoyle · Michael; Keith Jardine · Todd; Timothy Olyphant · Pete; Juliette Lewis · Allegra; Jake Curran · Henry
- Genres
- action; comedy; thriller
- Themes
- marriage
- Tone and mood
- comedy; thriller
- Premise and plot tags
- survival; remake
- Source material / true-story basis
- The Trip
- Reception
- The film received mixed or average reviews from critics.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 51 · scale: 100 · review count: 17
- Production trivia
- The film is an English-language remake of the 2021 Norwegian film The Trip.; Principal photography took place in Tampere, Finland.
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