''She's Back'' is an American 1989

black comedy film Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally ...

directed by

Tim Kincaid Tim Kincaid (born Tim Gambiani on July 2, 1944) is an American film director, film writer and film producer. As a pornographic director, Kincaid is often credited as Joe Gage. Career Kincaid made his feature film debut in 1973 with the R-rated ...

. It stars

Carrie Fisher Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in the Star Wars original trilogy, original ''Star Wars'' films (1977–1983) and reprised the role in'' Star Wars: The F ...

in the main role.

Plot

During an assault on their house in

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, Beatrix is murdered. To obtain vengeance, she comes back from the afterlife to visit her husband Paul.

Cast

as Beatrix (Bea) *

Robert Joy Robert Joy (born August 17, 1951) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as medical examiner Sid Hammerback on the police procedural series '' CSI: NY'', and his appearances in the films ''Atlantic City'' (1980), ''Ragtime'' (1981) ...

as Paul *

Matthew Cowles Matthew Cowles (September 28, 1944 – May 22, 2014) was an American actor and playwright. Early life The son of actor and theatre producer Chandler Cowles, he was born in New York City. Career In 1966 Cowles played the title role in Edward Al ...

as S. Bloom *

Joel Swetow Joel Swetow (born December 30, 1951) is an American actor. Select filmography Film Television Videogames Audio books References External links * 1951 births Male actors from New York City Living people American male film acto ...

as Razorface *

Sam Coppola Sam Coppola (July 31, 1932 – February 5, 2012) was an American character actor of stage, film, and television, appearing in more than 35 films and nearly 40 television shows, since 1968. Education Coppola was an alumnus of the Lee Strasberg ...

as Detective Brophy

Production

The fact that Fisher, an already extremely famous actress at the time, accepted to play in this low-budget film has attracted considerable attention. The film's

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was 'Dead and Married'.

Release and reception

A retrospective very negative review recalls the release history of the film: "This anemic comedy, which bore the more descriptive working title 'Dead and Married', played Miami cinemas in the summer of 1989 before sailing into the Bermuda Triangle of lost films. The video-releasing company folded, and ''She's Back'' languished in limbo until LIVE Home Video brought it out on tape in late 1991." Another review finds that ''She's Back'' is a black comedy and that it is "(u)neven, but occasionally funny."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:She's Back (film) 1989 drama films 1989 films Films about the afterlife 1989 crime films Films set in Queens, New York American films about revenge American ghost films 1980s ghost films Films directed by Tim Kincaid