'' Burying the Ex '' is a 2014 American zombie comedy film directed by Joe Dante and written by Alan Trezza . The film stars Anton Yelchin , Ashley Greene , Alexandra Daddario and Oliver Cooper . It screened out of competition at the 71st Venice International Film Festival . The film was released on June 19 , 2015 , by Nice guy and horror fanatic Max ( Anton Yelchin ) is dating the beautiful-but-manipulative Evelyn ( Ashley Greene ) . Evelyn is an extreme environmentalist working for a blog company that promotes " going green " , while Max works a dead-end job at the local horror memorabilia shop . Max often finds himself trapped trying to do whatever he can to keep Evelyn happy , including changing his diet and selling his old car . In addition to this , Max dreams of opening up a horror memorabilia shop of his own , much to Evelyn 's dismay . One day at the shop , Max unloads the latest shipments and finds a Satan Genie , an object that claims it can grant anyone 's wants or desires . Believing it to just be another silly item for the shop , Max places it on the shelf in the storage room and dismisses it
71st Venice International Film Festival
71st Venice International Film Festival
Burying the Ex