Night of the Living Bread (1990) User Reviews

Decent Film Student Parody

[JimBeam49 · 6/10 · 27 October 2006]

I thought this was a decent film student parody. Most people that have really bashed this little short, seem to have forgotten that this is a "film students" work, not a professional piece, placed in the market for profit.

As a fan of NOTLD, I enjoyed the fact that he kept all his scenes as close as possible to the original. You could recognize each one.

This isn't a "bust a gut" laughing type parody, but more of a homage to the original movie, in a short, silly, film student way...

No more, no less.

He did OK in my opinion, which is worth .02 $

Attack of the slices

[Afracious · 6/10 · 22 March 2001]

People are being attacked by slices of bread. There are slices of bread closing in on a farmhouse. You must burn all your bread right now. Use a toaster to repel the masses of dough. They're everywhere. Terrifying. An absurd and amusing short.

Bread and Butter

[jamhorner · 7/10 · 2 December 2007]

I just viewed this great good-natured parody of Night of the Living Dead, and I have to say it was so awful and so corny it was excellent. This movie incorporated all the antics and scenery shots that the original had including the cemetery, the supposable abandoned house, the basement and the front lawn. What I especially love about this movie is the comical use of bread and all the common household enemies bread has a grudge against. C'mon, we know that toasters, toaster ovens and zip-locks have done bread in a dozen times and now we must call for their help in order to defeat the reanimated bread. Aside from the cheap acting and voice-overs, this short horror film is my personal favorite parody of Night of the Living Dead, even better than Night of the Living Dead of 1990.

I think what makes this movie worth watching is how the writers and directors utilized all the dialogue from the original movie and revolved it around bread, including how the bread became reanimated and to avoid leftovers because they are especially dangerous. Another great reason why I love this movie is that, there is no exception as to what bread is evil, bagels are evil and even communions are evil, which is demonstrated by a hilarious scene involving a newscaster and a rather monotone priest. I think that the actors are especially humorous performing the deed of being viscously attacked by slices of bread (i.e. the car scene). I think the end is very worth sticking around.

Even though this is a short and that "Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2: In Shocking 2-D" is debatably another great parody, it's still recommend as a great horror parody done by, what seems to be college filmmakers. I highly recommend this movie to anybody who is able to make fun of Night of the Living Dead and still have respect for the filmmakers. I would also like to recommend this movie to anybody who loves D-movies and horror parody's, it's just a wonderful little short horror film that's fun to watch and learn.

Short feature parody is stiff and dull, and not too funny.

[onnanob2 · 9 October 2002]

"Night Of The Living Bread" is a short feature that parodies "Night Of The Living Dead." The plot of this parody concerns slices of bread coming to life, and killing people. There are a few clever moments in this film (showing the slices of bread advancing on the farmhouse, which parodies the ghouls advancing on the farmhouse in "Night Of The Living Dead"), but not enough to let this film continue as entertaining. The opening scene in the cemetery, and other scenes are somewhat stiff and dull. In its short running time it does copy key scenes from "Night Of The Living Dead," but "Night Of The Living Bread" isn't too funny.

Good-hearted spoof

[Mr-Fusion · 7/10 · 3 March 2016]

"Night of the Living Bread" has one of the great hooks: offering a sendup of a classic movie with goofy but pure intentions. And the results are endearing. Instead of the undead, it's slices of bread with a thirst for human flesh. That sounds dramatic, but rest assured (aside from the premise) the lack of budget is what makes this film. It's pretty much some guy off-camera lobbing pieces of bread at the screaming actors. I dunno, that kind of material just appeals to me. And I can't imagine this movie rubbing anyone the wrong way . . . but even if it does, it's only 8 minutes.

7/10

Night of the Living Bread I Review 74/100

[MovieUniverse · 7/10 · 23 January 2020]

I liked it. Actually it's not bad. A nice comedy about bread. Good music who keeps to movie alive. 74/100

Was this really needed on the DVD?

[WOZ inOZ · 3/10 · 1 July 1999]

Predictable parody, just about failed to impress throughout it's looooooong eight minutes. The only thing that made it worthwhile was the DO NOT COLORIZE line at the end credits. Shame something more entertaining wasn't put on the DVD, like Jonathan Ross' enjoyable profile of Romero on 'The Incredible Strange Film Show.'

Very worthy parody

[Xan-5 · 8/10 · 4 January 2000]

Being someone who lists Night of the Living Dead at number three in her top five favorite movies of all time, and at the same time loving this student film parody, I feel I must defend this movie against the previously posted scathing reviews. This short but sweet opus has always been a crowd-pleaser at horror and science fiction movie marathons where those who attend have a love of the genre yet know not to take zombie movies too seriously. This film is a tribute to the original, not an insult. It is intended to be funny, and many others who I have heard chant for and applaud it agree with me that it succeeds. Especially for those of us who have seen NOTLD 50+ times. Watch for the director cameo as news reporter Jeff Drexel, and also if you have the opportunity catch his Alien parody, Loaf.

This sucked....

[Nobrayn · 3/10 · 3 April 1999]

'Utter Crap' pretty well sums up what this...."movie" was. I'd rather examine the colon of an African elephant with a penlight than sit through this again. I think I've wasted enough time watching this "movie" - I don't need to waste more by commenting on it further......

A fun, original parody

[bluminghausen · 8/10 · 24 October 2010]

I just saw the film again at a horror marathon in Columbus, where the film debuted twenty years ago. It's a crowd pleaser for people who enjoy the silliness of the notion that bread has become animated and is attacking people and for people who enjoy a short, low-budget student film that has somehow remained popular after 20 years.

There are some issues with lighting and sound in this work. The high contrast black and white film is a bit dark in the basement scenes, but the cheesy special effects of floating and flying bread are without parallel in cinematic history.

To my knowledge, this is the first parody of Night of the Living Dead using bread, though a number of uses of the Bread pun have since been added over the last few decades.

Don't watch this

[movieman_kev · 1/10 · 27 September 2005]

This short spoof can be found on Elite's Millennium Edition DVD of "Night of the Living Dead". Good thing to as I would have never went even a tad out of my way to see it.Replacing zombies with bread sounds just like silly harmless fun on paper. In execution, it's a different matter. This short didn't even elicit a chuckle from me. I really never thought I'd say this, but "Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2: In Shocking 2-D" was a VERY better parody and not nearly as lame or boring.

My Grade: F

Good parody!

[djdsk8 · 6 October 2004]

a very well done Parody of Night of the living dead. I thought that this was cheese, but then again you wouldn't be watching a Parody if you didn't want to watch cheese. Very short but gets the point across. The bread is an interesting way to go with the dead, and I really don't get it but if I was making a Parody I don't know where I would go with it so it was a good choice. I wouldn't go out of my way to see it but I would include it in a list of my zombie movies just for a good laugh and to show another fans love of zombie movies. Only thing that could really be worked on is a better amount of speaking and just more dialog. Overall just an expression of being a George Romero fan!

Interesting

[rjssmail · 8/10 · 22 October 2007]

Having seen the short a number of times at horror movie marathons, I believe it to be a humorous parody that slices to the main point of its reference.

Though the themes are crusty and stale to today's viewers, it is by no means a crumby waste of time.

Though being a student film gives little rise to an excuse, the proof is that it appears crafted with care on a budget of little to no dough.

As noted by another reviewer, it is less than ten minutes which is plenty of time to cleanse the viewing palate with a toast of joy, sit back and loaf idly through the film.

I think this short-bread of a film should be enjoyed as an appetizer for the title reference and the viewer should relax and roll with it.

This movie rocks arse!!!

[Jimmy_Neuron · 10/10 · 6 January 2004]

Before viewing, please make sure you have seen Night of the Living Dead... This might well be THE best 7 minute parody I have ever seen! Absurd, crappy 'special effects' (the rope, the rope!!!), and maneating slices of bread... what more do you need???

(Do not watch this movie while eating bread... you might get scared!)

"Slices of bread have risen, and are attacking humans!"

[Foreverisacastironmess123 · 9/10 · 28 October 2015]

Grab your toasters and hit the deck! Could mankind live without bread?, Is just one of the many vital questions that this elegantly simple dryly comedic horror short dares you to ask yourself! Okay so I reckon that what is easily the most attractive feature here is the very nice monochromatic visuals and sound design that very faithfully replicates that of Romero's 1968 classic movie in a very straight-faced but hilarious spoof of it. It starts with what I'm guessing is a brother and sister, they never say, who are visiting a foreboding cemetery, and they soon encounter the killer bread - not a whole loaf now, this is just solitary pieces of the stuff we're talking about here that leap and attack them, somehow just one of the assaulting incredible edibles manages to fell the man, and needless to say it is all so awesomely ridiculous! The dang bread does no more than leap and slap into people's faces,, but you get the idea, and it works! I ask though, what could bread ever do to injure anyone, there are no sharp edges! At worst I guess it could choke you or make you sick if it was rotten! This short certainly isn't bad though, I really love it, it does somehow work nicely as a little companion piece.. It made me laugh when the poor black fella gets it at the end when he opens the door and is engulfed, leaving him looking like this weirdly angelic, dare I say it? Christ-like figure! And I loved the 'crazy credit' "Do not colorize", you're damn right there. Not overdone, not bad, lightly toasted and perfectly even, great stuff! A cute idea and one that comes off as very cute and charming. Fare thee well!

entertaining parody

[gnome-5 · 10/10 · 20 June 1999]

"Bread" very sharply skewers the conventions of horror movies in general and "Night of the Living Dead" in specific and is constantly inventive. The production values are a little rough at times (it's a student film, after all), but it never loses sight of its goal to entertain. Hey -- George Romero liked it enough to include it on the remastered "Dead" video tape, laserdisc and DVD... that should tell you something.

Amusing and affectionate student short movie parody of Romero's immortal zombie horror classic

[Woodyanders · 8/10 · 12 September 2010]

Okay, so this ain't exactly the most polished or subtle fright film send-up ever made, but it's done with a goofy charm and whole-hearted affection that's nonetheless both amusing and appealing in equal measure. An explosion at a bakery causes slices of bread to come to murderous life and attack people. A handful of desperate folks seek refuge at a secluded farmhouse. Will any of them survive the night? Director Kevin S. O'Brien relates the lovably silly story in a perfectly deadpan manner and coaxes suitably dry mock serious performances from his cast. The shots of lethal bread slices smothering victims by latching onto their faces and hurling themselves en masse at a car are positively hilarious. Other clever touches include the survivors using toasters to ward off the bread, the folks in the farmhouse sealing off the windows with plastic sandwich bags, and a radio newscaster advising listeners to burn bread on sight and watch out for deadly leftovers in the refrigerator. This short earns extra points for its downbeat ending and the don't colorize plea in the ending credits. The scratchy black and white cinematography astutely replicates the rough look of the original. The brooding ooga-booga score by Ken Hymes and Wenda Williamson likewise does the shuddery trick. A total hoot.

Surprisingly great for a parody

[N_O-Nomus · 11 May 2021]

I loved how the communion wafers attacked the mission.