Editing Death Becomes Her (section)

===Legacy===
''Death Becomes Her'' has acquired a significant cult following, especially in the [[LGBT]] community.<ref name="Julia Pugachevsky">{{cite news |author=Pugachevsky |first=Julia |date=June 21, 2013 |title="Death Becomes Her" Is Ruling Our Lives: NewNowNext Style |work=newnownext.com |url=http://www.newnownext.com/newnownext-style-death-becomes-her-is-ruling-our-lives-and-our-wardrobes/06/2013/ |access-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140208/http://www.newnownext.com/newnownext-style-death-becomes-her-is-ruling-our-lives-and-our-wardrobes/06/2013/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Matthew |date=2023-03-21 |title=Remembering the unabashed zaniness of 'Death Becomes Her,' now streaming on Peacock |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/remembering-the-unabashed-zaniness-of-death-becomes-her |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=SYFY Official Site |language=en-US |archive-date=May 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522082837/https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/remembering-the-unabashed-zaniness-of-death-becomes-her |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Paste">{{cite news |last1=Panther |first1=B. |title=The Queer Immortality of ''Death Becomes Her'' |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/meryl-streep/death-becomes-her-queer-immortality |access-date=27 October 2024 |work=[[Paste Magazine]] |date=August 1, 2022}}</ref> In [[RogerEbert.com]], Jessica Ritchey wrote, "Time has been kind to 'Death Becomes Her', and the mordantly funny eye it turns to Hollywood pretense and our cultural inability to forgive women for aging. With the virtual extinction of Hollywood's interest in women over thirty, it's a real pleasure to see a film centered on and held down by two actresses as strong as Streep and Hawn."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ritchey |first=Jessica |date=May 3, 2016 |title=Chuck Jones Meets "Sunset Boulevard": On Robert Zemeckis' "Death Becomes Her" |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/streaming/chuck-jones-meets-sunset-boulevard-on-robert-zemeckis-death-becomes-her |access-date=May 22, 2023 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |archive-date=May 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522082837/https://www.rogerebert.com/streaming/chuck-jones-meets-sunset-boulevard-on-robert-zemeckis-death-becomes-her |url-status=live }}</ref> An article in ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' titled "The Gloriously Queer Afterlife of 'Death Becomes Her'" called the film a "gay cult classic" and "a touchstone of the queer community".<ref name="Kristy Puchko">{{cite magazine |author=Puchko |first=Kristy |date=August 3, 2017 |title=The Glorious Queer Afterlife of 'Death Becomes Her' |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/08/death-becomes-her-25th-anniversary-meryl-streep-goldie-hawn-gay-classic |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924075951/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/08/death-becomes-her-25th-anniversary-meryl-streep-goldie-hawn-gay-classic |url-status=live }}</ref> The movie is screened in bars during [[LGBT Pride Month|Pride Month]], while the characters of Madeline and Helen are favorites of drag performers. In this vein, the movie inspired a ''Death Becomes Her''-themed runway show on [[RuPaul's Drag Race (season 7)|season 7]] of ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]''.<ref name="Julia Pugachevsky"/> The winner of season 5, [[Jinkx Monsoon]], has cited the movie as an inspiration to become a drag queen. Jinkx has participated in ''Death Becomes Her''-themed photoshoots,<ref>{{cite news |author=Rudolph |first=Christopher |date=May 17, 2013 |title=Jinkx Monsoon and Ivy Winters Star in Ricky Middlesworth's 'Death Becomes Her' (PHOTOS) |work=[[HuffPost]] |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/17/death-becomes-jinkx_n_3287753.html |access-date=June 10, 2018 |archive-date=October 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017122451/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/17/death-becomes-jinkx_n_3287753.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and in 2018 they played Madeline in a drag stage show parody called "Drag Becomes Her" alongside [[RuPaul's Drag Race (season 6)|season 6]] contestant [[BenDeLaCreme]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rotter |first=Joshua |date=2020-03-10 |title=Can drag queens beat death? Find out in 'Drag Becomes Her' |url=https://48hills.org/2020/03/can-drag-queens-beat-death-find-out-in-drag-becomes-her/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=48 hills |language=en-US |archive-date=May 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522082838/https://48hills.org/2020/03/can-drag-queens-beat-death-find-out-in-drag-becomes-her/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Tom Campbell, an executive producer of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', reflected on the appeal of the movie to gay audiences:{{cquote|They're fighting for beauty. They're against the system. They're also villains, but we understand their complexity. We root for the undead divas because they're trying to win a game that's rigged against them, and—to borrow an apocryphal quote from [[Ginger Rogers]]—they sort of have to do it 'backwards and in high heels.'<ref name="Kristy Puchko"/>
}}In May 2024, ''RuPaul's Drag Race's'' [[Trinity the Tuck]] and [[Jujubee (drag queen)|Jujubee]] released their single [[Sinematic (Trinity the Tuck album)|"'Til Death Becomes Us"]] alongside a music video, serving as an homage to the original film.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-25 |title=Trinity the Tuck and Jujubee Collaborate for a Sinful New Single, "Til Death Becomes Us" |url=https://socialitelife.com/trinity-the-tuck-and-jujubee-collaborate-for-a-sinful-new-single-til-death-becomes-us/ |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=Socialite Life |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Trinity the Tuck is your sinful pop goddess & her new EP is coming just in time for Pride |url=https://www.pride.com/gay-music/trinity-the-tuck-sinematic |access-date=2024-06-01 |website=www.pride.com |date=April 30, 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

Rotten Tomatoes lists the film on its 100 Best Zombie Movies, Ranked by Tomatometer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=100 Best Zombie Movies, Ranked by Tomatometer |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/essential-zombie-movies/ |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |language=en-US}}</ref>