# Death Becomes Her (1992)

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**Runtime**: 104 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
**Directed by**: Robert Zemeckis
**Written by**: David Koepp, Martin Donovan
**Starring**: Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini, Ian Ogilvy, Adam Storke

> *In one small bottle... The fountain of youth. The secret of eternal life. The power of an ancient potion. Sometimes it works... sometimes it doesn't.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A Beverly Hills fountain, just after midnight. Helen falls backward, shattering the night with a wet crunch.

Madeline’s rival becomes immortal and twice as murderous. Deadly cakes, snapped necks, vanity strangled by vanity.

Zemeckis carves a sharp-toothed farce from the wreckage of eternal youth.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, playful, unhinged

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 6.7/10 (144647 users) · Metacritic 56/100

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