

Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.
Acting
Terry Kiser's corpse acting deserves an Oscar category
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI physical comedy — actual humans flinging an actual body around

Director
Ted Kotcheff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Terry Kiser reportedly spent weeks perfecting his 'loose neck' technique and could hold his breath for minutes during water scenes.
The film spawned a bizarre 1993 sequel where Bernie is somehow reanimated by voodoo, because 90s.