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A group of young adults decides to stay in a bed and breakfast for the night, but by morning two people are dead. Now witnesses and possibly suspects, the sheriff keeps them in town... but that's not the best idea, since there's about to be an outbreak of zombies, and not many will survive the next few days.
Maybe you stumbled on this film because you like horror comedies. And if you did, that was a good idea. It's funny and has gore that may remind you of such low budget classics as the early works of Peter Jackson ("Bad Taste" and "Dead Alive"). Nice blood, decapitated heads, a chainsaw and a homemade shotgun.
Maybe you stumbled on this because of the cameos from Diedrich Bader and David Carradine, or the appearance of horror regular Jeremy Sisto. Bader and Carradine are both great, though their parts are small. Sisto is also his typical self, which means you'll probably enjoy him. He's not as prominent as he is in other films (such as "May"), but he does not disappoint.
The reason you should have watched this film, but you probably didn't, is for Zach Selwyn (also known as simply Zachariah). He plays Randall Keith Randall, the musical gas station attendant. His songs are great, particularly one where he mixes rap and country, and has zombies dancing the "Thriller" dance. (Outside of this film, he is marginally known for his songs "CILF" and "TSA Gangstaz"... YouTube them.) The film would have been great without him, but he brought the enjoyment over the top.
I had known of this film's existence for years, but never had it forced on me until now... I'm glad it was. The picture's a little grainy and the budget is clearly nothing special, but if you're the type of horror fan who can look past that... you'll love it. The only problem is that Billy Burke (Charlie Swan from "Twilight") dropped out and doesn't appear... but you wouldn't notice.
Maybe you stumbled on this film because you like horror comedies. And if you did, that was a good idea. It's funny and has gore that may remind you of such low budget classics as the early works of Peter Jackson ("Bad Taste" and "Dead Alive"). Nice blood, decapitated heads, a chainsaw and a homemade shotgun.
Maybe you stumbled on this because of the cameos from Diedrich Bader and David Carradine, or the appearance of horror regular Jeremy Sisto. Bader and Carradine are both great, though their parts are small. Sisto is also his typical self, which means you'll probably enjoy him. He's not as prominent as he is in other films (such as "May"), but he does not disappoint.
The reason you should have watched this film, but you probably didn't, is for Zach Selwyn (also known as simply Zachariah). He plays Randall Keith Randall, the musical gas station attendant. His songs are great, particularly one where he mixes rap and country, and has zombies dancing the "Thriller" dance. (Outside of this film, he is marginally known for his songs "CILF" and "TSA Gangstaz"... YouTube them.) The film would have been great without him, but he brought the enjoyment over the top.
I had known of this film's existence for years, but never had it forced on me until now... I'm glad it was. The picture's a little grainy and the budget is clearly nothing special, but if you're the type of horror fan who can look past that... you'll love it. The only problem is that Billy Burke (Charlie Swan from "Twilight") dropped out and doesn't appear... but you wouldn't notice.
Three couples are on a road trip to a wedding in Galveston when they decide to make a pit-stop in a weird little rustic town Lovelock. They stop over for the night at the local bed and breakfast (run by none other than 'Bill" himself, David Carradine). But when the chef winds up carved and filleted and the owner dies of an apparent heart attack these road weary friends learn the story of Pandora's Box the hard way and with possessed zombies to boot. 'Dead & Breakfast' is the perfect companion piece to 'Shaun of the Dead'. 'Dead' one ups the zany genre referencing humor of 'Shaun" by adding absolutely hilarious songs the link (and even further the plot) many of the scenes together. The comedic timing of the actors greatly improves as the feature progresses as the humor gets crazier and the gore gets going. "Dead" is quite gory and conjures many a fond memory of past 80's gore classics.
- suspiria10
- Sep 9, 2005
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While heading to Galveston in a RV for the wedding of a friend, the driver Johnny (Oz Perkins) gets lost and arrive in the small town of Lovelock and his friends Kate (Bianca Lawson), Sara (Ever Carradine), Melody (Gina Phillips), Christian (Jeremy Sisto) and David (Erik Palladino) decide to spend the night in the Bed and Breakfast owned by Mr. Robert Wise (David Carradine). David has an argument with the chef of the inn, Henri (Diedrich Bader), and when the chef is found dead and Mr. Wise has a heart attack in the middle of the night, the local Sheriff (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) suspects of the group and asks his assistant Enus (Mark Kelly) to take the key of their trailer and stay in Lovelock during the investigation. Then the Sheriff arrests a drifter (Brent David Fraser) that becomes his prime suspect. When the clumsy Johnny accidentally breaks a box of Mr. Wise, he releases the fiend Kuman Thong and the evil spirit possesses the locals transforming them into zombies.
Matthew Leutwyler certainly wrote and directed "Dead & Breakfast" with the intention of making a cult-movie. Unfortunately his target is never reached, but this gore comedy is funny and a worthwhile entertainment. There are good lines and most of the characters are likable, and one of the best moments if the phone call of the maid of honor Kate to the bride Lisa, with a hilarious dialog. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Adivinhe Quem Vem Para Morrer" ("Guess Who is Coming to Die?")
Matthew Leutwyler certainly wrote and directed "Dead & Breakfast" with the intention of making a cult-movie. Unfortunately his target is never reached, but this gore comedy is funny and a worthwhile entertainment. There are good lines and most of the characters are likable, and one of the best moments if the phone call of the maid of honor Kate to the bride Lisa, with a hilarious dialog. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): "Adivinhe Quem Vem Para Morrer" ("Guess Who is Coming to Die?")
- claudio_carvalho
- Mar 7, 2008
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I was at a screening of Dead and Breakfast tonight at the Sidewalk Film Festival here in Birmingham and really enjoyed the movie.
Warning- this movie is not for the weak of stomach. Gore content is out of the roof. However if you are a fan of splatter comedies such as the Evil Dead series, this movie is a must see.
The premise of the movie is your stereotypical horror movie set up. On the way to a wedding a group of semi-strangers get stuck in a small town overnight and someone gets killed.
The highly comedic twist to this horror is apparent even after the first killing as one of the group spends a good thirty seconds trying to run away from the dead body and instead slipping in a pool of blood over and over.
This movie was very much influenced by the Evil Dead series (in fact you can even see an Evil Dead poster in the closet where they first find the chainsaw) but does the comedy even better.
The appropriately over-the-top music of Zach Selwyn serves as a good and humorous progression between the scenes. He features original songs such as "Comin to kill ya", "Possessed" and "Quiet Little Town".
This was one of the best movies that I've seen in a very long time and I would give it a 9/10.
Warning- this movie is not for the weak of stomach. Gore content is out of the roof. However if you are a fan of splatter comedies such as the Evil Dead series, this movie is a must see.
The premise of the movie is your stereotypical horror movie set up. On the way to a wedding a group of semi-strangers get stuck in a small town overnight and someone gets killed.
The highly comedic twist to this horror is apparent even after the first killing as one of the group spends a good thirty seconds trying to run away from the dead body and instead slipping in a pool of blood over and over.
This movie was very much influenced by the Evil Dead series (in fact you can even see an Evil Dead poster in the closet where they first find the chainsaw) but does the comedy even better.
The appropriately over-the-top music of Zach Selwyn serves as a good and humorous progression between the scenes. He features original songs such as "Comin to kill ya", "Possessed" and "Quiet Little Town".
This was one of the best movies that I've seen in a very long time and I would give it a 9/10.
A group of friends on their way to a wedding get lost in the vast Midwest,and are forced to stop for the night in the quiet little town of Lovelock.The friendly innkeeper,Mr.Wise(David Carradine),shows them their rooms then promptly drops dead the next day,forcing the group to stay in town during the investigation.But while the local sheriff does his work,a mysterious force sweeps the town,turning its residents into murderous zombies."Dead and Breakfast" is a vastly entertaining zombie flick filled with amusing jokes and gore.The make-up effects are some of the best I have ever seen,especially when Erik Palladino is dancing around with a chainsaw grinding into his neck,or when the top half of a zombie's head is removed.The combination of humour,gore,and good old fashioned zombie horror gloss make "Dead & Breakfast" one of the finest horror films of 2004.The cast is okay and the action is never dull.If you enjoyed "Evil Dead 2" or "Braindead" give this film a chance.7 out of 10.
- HumanoidOfFlesh
- Jan 21, 2006
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I would give it 3 stars if I hadn't watched too many zombie movies. Despite the dross out there it only shines because of the unique musical aspect. It doesn't as a zombie movie. Have a care about what you will watch and you can find better. It IS worth seeing if you want a standard to judge things by. A bad standard admittedly but a standard nevertheless. Good sets but I feel like it was an advert for a terrible country band. It conforms to some faintly amusing stereotypes and there are some interesting use of weapons. The characterisation owes much to the 'Hammer' school of glossy hair and a wide mouth for screaming school of acting. You won't like them and so the musical interlude about their endeavors serves only to annoy, frustrate and occasionally judge others by their standard.
- jamesmawebb23
- Feb 7, 2012
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I had this one sitting around for awhile (as I recorded off TV about two years ago), but I heard mainly poor things which made me leave to sit on my shelf gathering dust. Clearing out my copies, I decided to take the dive and in all honesty it wasn't too bad. It might be dumb, but still sorely entertaining. The very low-budget horror / comedy 'Dead & Breakfast' is completely daft, but surprisingly amusing with its tongue-in-cheek pulp send-up of the zombie sub-genre. Its influences are obvious, but it doesn't try to hide it but wears it on its sleeve. After an imaginative get-go, it does fall on the familiar side (small rural town under threat/people boarded in a house with the dead outside) with its running joke beginning to wear thin, but its comic book enthusiasm (and crazy blood splatter) drives it on. It really relishes in the gruesomely squishy make-up FX and oddball pluckiness. However it has some interesting facets like the storyboard illustrations cutting between scenes and linking the erratic storytelling is a singing narration (which does feel longer than it is) with a real country swing. But the leering one would be variation of how the zombies come about. Nicely done. Roaming through is a rock soundtrack, and a score that's got the flair to match. The performances are light-head, but colourfully quirky and sharp with the likes of Gina Phillips (who's perfectly wholesome), Jeremy Sisto, Bianca Lawson, Ever Carradine, Erik Palladino, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Brent David Fraser and Miranda Bailey. It was cool to see David Carradine pop up in a cameo role too. Also recognizable showing in minor parts are Vincent Ventresca, Portia de Rossi and Diedrich Bader. Spiritedly goofy, messy fun.
- lost-in-limbo
- Oct 11, 2009
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I just watched this one last night with my brother-in-law we both got allot of chuckles out of it and a few good laughs.
This movie is a cross between "Evil Dead 2" and "Shawn of the dead" with a touch of "kungfu Hustle" style dance scenes thrown into the mix, but not quite as good as any of the above mentioned movies.
It starts abit slow but picks up pretty fast.Lots of gore in the second half so if you have a weak stomach...
Some of the funniest bits in the movie are the song interludes, listen to the words,as it is funny stuff.
The acting is all pretty good,and the special effects well above average.
Highly recommend this one.
This movie is a cross between "Evil Dead 2" and "Shawn of the dead" with a touch of "kungfu Hustle" style dance scenes thrown into the mix, but not quite as good as any of the above mentioned movies.
It starts abit slow but picks up pretty fast.Lots of gore in the second half so if you have a weak stomach...
Some of the funniest bits in the movie are the song interludes, listen to the words,as it is funny stuff.
The acting is all pretty good,and the special effects well above average.
Highly recommend this one.
- stormruston
- Dec 30, 2005
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This is one of those movies I enjoy watching after a hard days work and when you don't have neither the time nor the mind to spend on a movie.
It uses a photografy I found quite good and sometimes even plays with cartoon postcards which then passes to reality with very nice graphics. The soundtrack is hilarious and perfect! The whole movie is accompanied by a small band which has a few sketches singing about the movie's plot though the band itself interacts with the story, it's not a new idea but it's really well adapted.
The story itself isn't innovative but still entertaining and provides a refreshing/dark humour. It lasts about 1h and 30m of which 1h is filled with hacking, shooting and of course thousands of litters of blood. It has a good pace and never gets boring.
I'd recommend it for a light and humorous audience.
It uses a photografy I found quite good and sometimes even plays with cartoon postcards which then passes to reality with very nice graphics. The soundtrack is hilarious and perfect! The whole movie is accompanied by a small band which has a few sketches singing about the movie's plot though the band itself interacts with the story, it's not a new idea but it's really well adapted.
The story itself isn't innovative but still entertaining and provides a refreshing/dark humour. It lasts about 1h and 30m of which 1h is filled with hacking, shooting and of course thousands of litters of blood. It has a good pace and never gets boring.
I'd recommend it for a light and humorous audience.
- darkforcepet
- Aug 15, 2005
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The review note on the box remarked that this was the "american answer to 'Shaun of the Dead'"...so perhaps i had high expectations coming into this. First off, its a fun movie -- cheesy, funny, worth 90-120 minutes of your time. There are enough snippet funny moments and lines delivered with perfect timing to keep you interested (especially enjoyed the homage to 'Thriller')...but if you're looking for a Shaun of the Dead companion piece--this isn't it. While 'Shaun' mixed a perfect amount of suspense, humor, and gore, 'Dead & Breakfast' merely provided some humor and a whole lotta blood. This movie was worth a rent, just don't go into it with high expectations. I wouldn't place it next to my other zombie movies in my home collection, i would put it somewhere else...like probably back on the shelf at blockbuster. :-)
- wishinhart
- Jul 29, 2006
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Are you here, watching a movie called Dead and Breakfast, expecting an Oscar winning movie? You shouldn't be. This movie is fun. It's humorous. It makes fun of itself. It makes you smile and doesn't take itself seriously. You can't be in a bad mood while watching this movie. That's why it's a 10/10 for me. It's exactly what it needs to be.
A group of friends has to go to a wedding, and decide to take a drive trough the American Midwest to get there... but they get lost...have to spend the night in a bed and breakfast, in a little Midwestern town. Soon the whole city turn into zombies, and start killing everyone. Let's face it, you should not expect a great scenario, but who would expect a great scenario in a zombie movie. This one is a especially good. Cut into chapters, separated by country songs, the whole thing is well directed and well played (in context : this is a zombie film, not the next Oscar winning blockbuster), and blood is dripping all over the place, a bit of humor, and bits and pieces of bodies. A future classic of the genre. And you should watch the remix of Jackson's "Thriller" while the zombies are attacking : hilarious. Another highpoint is the presence of Carradine (Bill in Kill Bill), yeah! Zombie Rocks.
- jaimelesbellesamericaines
- Mar 20, 2005
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What!? Maybe I'm not the right person to write about films in this genre because I found this to be so bad I walked out half way through. As fairly big name TV actors kept popping up I had hope that something would gel. It didn't or, at least, nothing gelled before the "Night of the Living Dead" siege started, the chainsaw was brought into play, and I left.
The overacting was at best fair. The troubadour was annoying. The comedy was for folks that still find slipping on a banana funny and also find slipping on a banana ten times to be ten times as funny; things like a severed head as a hand puppet (though funny to write) is not that funny to see. Ironically, the gory slapstick was the best thing about this film because it didn't give me nausea, as well done gore or implied violence can, and because it offered so much variety.
All and all, it is not my cup of blood. If you found the previous sentence funny then you should not miss this film.
The overacting was at best fair. The troubadour was annoying. The comedy was for folks that still find slipping on a banana funny and also find slipping on a banana ten times to be ten times as funny; things like a severed head as a hand puppet (though funny to write) is not that funny to see. Ironically, the gory slapstick was the best thing about this film because it didn't give me nausea, as well done gore or implied violence can, and because it offered so much variety.
All and all, it is not my cup of blood. If you found the previous sentence funny then you should not miss this film.
I had to post a comment as the previous one was far too harsh on this film.
I saw this film with quite a lot of expectations of it and was pleasantly surprised that it didn't let them down too much. That's not to say it is the greatest horror comedy, but it it really entertaining.
Caradines appearance seems to have more to do with having a famous face, than anything, but his appearance it welcome.
The "crazy" songs in the film vary from being a reasonable narrative device to being incredibly grating, but i guess in the spirit of how the film is presented they are okay. They could put people right off the film though, if they are too humourless.
So it's no Evil Dead 2 or Bloodsucking Pharoahs, but it a good watch for your horror fans and your non horror fans looking for a light horror romp to kill an evening.
I saw this film with quite a lot of expectations of it and was pleasantly surprised that it didn't let them down too much. That's not to say it is the greatest horror comedy, but it it really entertaining.
Caradines appearance seems to have more to do with having a famous face, than anything, but his appearance it welcome.
The "crazy" songs in the film vary from being a reasonable narrative device to being incredibly grating, but i guess in the spirit of how the film is presented they are okay. They could put people right off the film though, if they are too humourless.
So it's no Evil Dead 2 or Bloodsucking Pharoahs, but it a good watch for your horror fans and your non horror fans looking for a light horror romp to kill an evening.
People who compare this to Evil Dead and Braindead should be ashamed! I'm not saying this movie is bad but those two movies are so much better. I gave this movie a 6 because I enjoyed it the whole way through.
The comedy aspect of it was the worst part. The actors wasn't that funny and the jokes was usually a bit tired and took away too much from the vibe of the movie. I would have liked the humor to be a bit more sinister. And the gore a bit more visual and extended.
Everyone who likes splatter will probably enjoy this but don't expect a masterpiece like Evil Dead or Braindead.
The comedy aspect of it was the worst part. The actors wasn't that funny and the jokes was usually a bit tired and took away too much from the vibe of the movie. I would have liked the humor to be a bit more sinister. And the gore a bit more visual and extended.
Everyone who likes splatter will probably enjoy this but don't expect a masterpiece like Evil Dead or Braindead.
Title: Dead and Breakfast (2005)
Director: Mathew Leutwyler
Cast: Jeremy Sisto, Ever Carradine, Erik Palladino, Oz Perkins, Gina Phillips, David Carradine
Review:
Some people are calling Dead and Breakfast America's answer to Shaun of the Dead. I don't agree so much with that comment but oh well thats what their calling it. Read my review to see why I don't agree.
The story is about these friends who are on their way to a wedding and on their way there they end up staying at a Bed and Breakfast in the small town of Lovelock. Everyones a hillbilly and the place is full of weirdos. When one of the kids mistakingly opens a little oriental box that has a demon trapped inside it people start to get possessed and the bloody mayhem and gore begins. If that isn't a tired and worn down premise for a horror movie I don't know what is.
The problem with this movie for me was that it lacked a lot in the originality department. It was influenced by a few other horror movies and was desperately trying to imitate them and therefore sacrifice its freshness. First off, we get mixing music with the zombie mayhem which is good and all, but we've seen that before. These zombie go as far as imitating - step by step- the dancing zombies in Michael Jacksons thriller video. Even worse is the fact that this same gag had been used in a film called Shaolin Soccer. So right off the bat I felt this "been there done that" vibe. Not only that but since it wasn't something all that original the sequence felt forced. Like they were just trying to duplicate something that they found funny in some other film they saw.
It also wanted to be Dead Alive a lot. This is most noticeable in a sequence in which one of the main characters is assaulted by a swarm of possessed folk and she goes crazy hacking them up into pieces with a chainsaw resulting in a very similar ending then the one we saw in Dead Alive in which Lionel goes crazy with the lawnmower. Only thing is that when we saw that scene for the first time in Dead Alive it felt fresh and new, here it just feels like something we've seen before.
The movie has some comedic moments here and there like the scene in which one of the possessed uses a head as a ventriloquist dummy. But the problem is that when the film finally does find a cool visual gag or joke it overuses them till the point where they are annoying. They keep using that ventriloquist joke all through out the film. Same thing happens with the country singer who appears every few minutes to sing about whats going on in the movie. The first few times its funny...but then it just feels over used.
The possessed folk don't look posses at all! I mean if this movie was so influenced by the Evil Dead as it obviously was (heck there's even an Evil Dead poster hanging from one of the walls at one point) then why not take a hint from that movie and make your possessed people look scary? Nope, not here. Here we only get people with a little bit of black make up underneath their eyes and cheeks and thats it. Thats what passes for posses people here.
OK, OK, I'm not only going to bash this movie, it had a few cool things going for it. #1 thing that they got right? The gore. Its plentiful and unrestrained. Its got some cool gory scenes to boot. One that stands out is a sequence in which a dude gets a chainsaw stuck to the back of his neck as he sprays blood all over the place. And some people get their heads blown off by shotguns. But as we all know, a movie isn't good simply because it has gore in it. This movie needed to beef up its characters so we could care about em, it needed to explain its story in a better way (the whole thing with the Chinese box was a bit fuzzy) and it needed to come up with better gags and not just using the same jokes over and over again.
And as for this being America's answer to Shaun...well I don't agree for various reasons. Number one being that these are NOT zombies, they are possessed people. They talk and act like normal people and the only thing that makes em look possessed is the fact that they have black make up beneath their eyes. Thats it. Second, Shaun of the Dead was actually funny. This one is trying too hard to be funny and ends up being dumb and stupid.
Its a fun film, but nothing grand. Its repetitive, dumb, gory, fun at times but ultimately not fresh and original. On the plus side, I liked a few of the hillbilly songs that the band sings. Specially the one that all the zombies dance too. But that wasn't enough for me not to feel disappointed while watching this over-hyped film. Its like watching Evil Dead, but without Sam Raimis great directorial skills behind the camera. Final Word? Watch only for the gore.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Director: Mathew Leutwyler
Cast: Jeremy Sisto, Ever Carradine, Erik Palladino, Oz Perkins, Gina Phillips, David Carradine
Review:
Some people are calling Dead and Breakfast America's answer to Shaun of the Dead. I don't agree so much with that comment but oh well thats what their calling it. Read my review to see why I don't agree.
The story is about these friends who are on their way to a wedding and on their way there they end up staying at a Bed and Breakfast in the small town of Lovelock. Everyones a hillbilly and the place is full of weirdos. When one of the kids mistakingly opens a little oriental box that has a demon trapped inside it people start to get possessed and the bloody mayhem and gore begins. If that isn't a tired and worn down premise for a horror movie I don't know what is.
The problem with this movie for me was that it lacked a lot in the originality department. It was influenced by a few other horror movies and was desperately trying to imitate them and therefore sacrifice its freshness. First off, we get mixing music with the zombie mayhem which is good and all, but we've seen that before. These zombie go as far as imitating - step by step- the dancing zombies in Michael Jacksons thriller video. Even worse is the fact that this same gag had been used in a film called Shaolin Soccer. So right off the bat I felt this "been there done that" vibe. Not only that but since it wasn't something all that original the sequence felt forced. Like they were just trying to duplicate something that they found funny in some other film they saw.
It also wanted to be Dead Alive a lot. This is most noticeable in a sequence in which one of the main characters is assaulted by a swarm of possessed folk and she goes crazy hacking them up into pieces with a chainsaw resulting in a very similar ending then the one we saw in Dead Alive in which Lionel goes crazy with the lawnmower. Only thing is that when we saw that scene for the first time in Dead Alive it felt fresh and new, here it just feels like something we've seen before.
The movie has some comedic moments here and there like the scene in which one of the possessed uses a head as a ventriloquist dummy. But the problem is that when the film finally does find a cool visual gag or joke it overuses them till the point where they are annoying. They keep using that ventriloquist joke all through out the film. Same thing happens with the country singer who appears every few minutes to sing about whats going on in the movie. The first few times its funny...but then it just feels over used.
The possessed folk don't look posses at all! I mean if this movie was so influenced by the Evil Dead as it obviously was (heck there's even an Evil Dead poster hanging from one of the walls at one point) then why not take a hint from that movie and make your possessed people look scary? Nope, not here. Here we only get people with a little bit of black make up underneath their eyes and cheeks and thats it. Thats what passes for posses people here.
OK, OK, I'm not only going to bash this movie, it had a few cool things going for it. #1 thing that they got right? The gore. Its plentiful and unrestrained. Its got some cool gory scenes to boot. One that stands out is a sequence in which a dude gets a chainsaw stuck to the back of his neck as he sprays blood all over the place. And some people get their heads blown off by shotguns. But as we all know, a movie isn't good simply because it has gore in it. This movie needed to beef up its characters so we could care about em, it needed to explain its story in a better way (the whole thing with the Chinese box was a bit fuzzy) and it needed to come up with better gags and not just using the same jokes over and over again.
And as for this being America's answer to Shaun...well I don't agree for various reasons. Number one being that these are NOT zombies, they are possessed people. They talk and act like normal people and the only thing that makes em look possessed is the fact that they have black make up beneath their eyes. Thats it. Second, Shaun of the Dead was actually funny. This one is trying too hard to be funny and ends up being dumb and stupid.
Its a fun film, but nothing grand. Its repetitive, dumb, gory, fun at times but ultimately not fresh and original. On the plus side, I liked a few of the hillbilly songs that the band sings. Specially the one that all the zombies dance too. But that wasn't enough for me not to feel disappointed while watching this over-hyped film. Its like watching Evil Dead, but without Sam Raimis great directorial skills behind the camera. Final Word? Watch only for the gore.
Rating: 2 out of 5
- spacemonkey_fg
- Oct 24, 2005
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Dead and Breakfast doesn't pretend to be anything else than what it is, but it's good at what it does. There have been other horror comedies, to be sure, and some others that include songs and (yes) dances. This might not attract the cult crowds of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but it's not really asking too. Then again as a straight-to-DVD effort (it also played festivals as well in 2004) it has to do what it can. But on such a low budget (under a million) it really accomplishes a lot. Chiefly this comes from the script, which is wise in the ways of being silly horror fun, with lots of blood (gallons and gallons) and severed limbs (lots of those too), and from the actors who all are having lots of fun but are not at all bad actors really. To be sure, some may just be going in for the (limited) paycheck, but considering the budget it had to be love for the project. It's culty goodness, if not greatness.
The plot concerns a group of young 20-somethings on their way to a friend's wedding (a very obnoxious friend, pay it no mind since she's only in one scene), and they stop off at a bed and breakfast when it's decided that a real bed is needed instead of the usual RV bed (didn't these guys learn from From Dusk Till Dawn?) They stop off and that night two disturbing things happen: a guy who is staying/works at the hotel drops dead from a heart attack (David Carradine) and someone is found brutally slashed and gutted in the kitchen - the reveal of which is a classic comic moment of surprise. The comes to investigate, and thinks he has a suspect with the Sheriff (Jeffrey Dean Morgan in a fun early role), and locked in custody. As luck wouldn't have it it turns out there is an un-dead curse of some sort that has people coming back to life and killing the living and they can be killed only by a bullet to the brain or beheading.
Typical zombies? Not quite really, not when their souls are still sort of kicking around, and they can also talk and dance and sing and things (there's even a scene that cheerfully rips off Thriller, or just country line-dancing, as the deadies are outside of the main dead/breakfast house and do it like it's 1983). Another twist in the film is that there is a kind of singing cowboy narrator who chimes in from time to time to explain things, whether they necessarily need explaining or not, and every song at least inspires a chuckle if not outright laughter. And while not every kill is super sophisticated - you can clearly see where the blood is shooting out from the hose in a guy's split-open head in one scene - it has that same delightful bloodlust, where action and suspense mixes with humor in the vein (pun intended) as Dead-Alive.
Featuring some solid performances from Jeremy Sisto (mostly with him as a severed head), Ever Carradine (David's daughter), and Brent David Fraser as the "Drifter" with all of the answers, this is a little movie worth checking out.
The plot concerns a group of young 20-somethings on their way to a friend's wedding (a very obnoxious friend, pay it no mind since she's only in one scene), and they stop off at a bed and breakfast when it's decided that a real bed is needed instead of the usual RV bed (didn't these guys learn from From Dusk Till Dawn?) They stop off and that night two disturbing things happen: a guy who is staying/works at the hotel drops dead from a heart attack (David Carradine) and someone is found brutally slashed and gutted in the kitchen - the reveal of which is a classic comic moment of surprise. The comes to investigate, and thinks he has a suspect with the Sheriff (Jeffrey Dean Morgan in a fun early role), and locked in custody. As luck wouldn't have it it turns out there is an un-dead curse of some sort that has people coming back to life and killing the living and they can be killed only by a bullet to the brain or beheading.
Typical zombies? Not quite really, not when their souls are still sort of kicking around, and they can also talk and dance and sing and things (there's even a scene that cheerfully rips off Thriller, or just country line-dancing, as the deadies are outside of the main dead/breakfast house and do it like it's 1983). Another twist in the film is that there is a kind of singing cowboy narrator who chimes in from time to time to explain things, whether they necessarily need explaining or not, and every song at least inspires a chuckle if not outright laughter. And while not every kill is super sophisticated - you can clearly see where the blood is shooting out from the hose in a guy's split-open head in one scene - it has that same delightful bloodlust, where action and suspense mixes with humor in the vein (pun intended) as Dead-Alive.
Featuring some solid performances from Jeremy Sisto (mostly with him as a severed head), Ever Carradine (David's daughter), and Brent David Fraser as the "Drifter" with all of the answers, this is a little movie worth checking out.
- Quinoa1984
- Jun 20, 2010
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This is one of those horror movies that tries to be hip and witty and scary all at the same time.It fails miserably at all three.Boy does it fail.
Six people get lost while RVing and find themselves in a sinister little redneck town.Some evil spirit has turned the townspeople into zombies and the 6 outsiders must fight them off while trying to destroy the evil spirit.It sounds better than it is.
Oh sure there is plenty of blood and all sorts of objects are used to kill the zombies but you won't care.Halfway into this movie you'll be praying for the end and more than likely you'll be ejecting this DVD before it ends if you're unlucky enough to rent this piece of junk.
One of the women in this movie actually says "This is like some bad horror movie." Amen, sister.
Run from this flop like you would a diseased beaver.
Six people get lost while RVing and find themselves in a sinister little redneck town.Some evil spirit has turned the townspeople into zombies and the 6 outsiders must fight them off while trying to destroy the evil spirit.It sounds better than it is.
Oh sure there is plenty of blood and all sorts of objects are used to kill the zombies but you won't care.Halfway into this movie you'll be praying for the end and more than likely you'll be ejecting this DVD before it ends if you're unlucky enough to rent this piece of junk.
One of the women in this movie actually says "This is like some bad horror movie." Amen, sister.
Run from this flop like you would a diseased beaver.
My roommate got a bootleg of Dead and Breakfast from a friend and had a few people over to watch it this weekend. Al I can say is AWESOME. It's hilarious. Jeremy Sisto rocks. Ever Carradine is a kick butt heroine. It was just tons of fun. I am told that it has a lot in common with Evil Dead, which I have not seen but am definitely going to check out. Now all I need to do is find the soundtrack. Does anyone know when this films coming out in theaters or on DVD 'cause the copy we have is in terrible shape. As for any any comparisons to Shaun Of The Dead, they are, in my opinion, very different movies. Yes both are comedies with zombies but that's pretty much where the similarities end. Shaun has a very British sensibility (which I loved BTW) and Dead and Breakfast is just a crazy, musical, and much bloodier, send up of the horror genre. Not to mention the budget for Shaun had to be to times what they had on this little movie. Point is, no need to compare, they're both great fun.
- suzepstein
- Mar 16, 2005
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This film was obviously shot with a small budget, however this does not hold it back form being a rather entertaining movie.
The plot, erm, pretty unoriginal, been done many times. However, it does not rely on plot alone, the story is good enough to keep you entertained for the duration.
It was nice to see Mr Carradine again, thought the fella was dead LOL
What really makes this film is the gore factor, it is quite high for a film made in these incredibly ridiculous politically correct days we now live in.
This film is perhaps not worth purchasing unless you find it in a bargain bucket one day, however it is good enough to rent and watch thru beer vision with ya buddies.
The plot, erm, pretty unoriginal, been done many times. However, it does not rely on plot alone, the story is good enough to keep you entertained for the duration.
It was nice to see Mr Carradine again, thought the fella was dead LOL
What really makes this film is the gore factor, it is quite high for a film made in these incredibly ridiculous politically correct days we now live in.
This film is perhaps not worth purchasing unless you find it in a bargain bucket one day, however it is good enough to rent and watch thru beer vision with ya buddies.
This movie is entertaining from the opening credits to the last credit. And by that I do mean the obvious: that the whole movie is entertaining, but also that even the credits are funny. ("the chick with the foaming mouth" for example.) The songs are hilarious. The actors are all perfect for their roles. This movie has it all. Who knew Jeffrey Dean Morgan could be funny? I didn't. But I do now.
- RobLuvsTheMountains
- Feb 6, 2019
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- Tender-Flesh
- Nov 2, 2009
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Well since no ones seen this movie I thought I'd say a few words about it. It blows chuncks quite frankly. It's a indie horror-comedy but ends up just feeling like a bad, scream like, spoof.
Set in a small hick town our six heroes stay at a small bed and breakfast hotel. (Thats where the name "dead and breakfast" comes from). While you clearly get the feel your trying to be exposed to character development, during the first third of the movie, by the end you still don't know the names of any of the characters. Again and again people say well its a low budget movie and its amazing what they did for so little in just 3 weeks... who cares, it's still low budget. Don't see this movie.
Then again it has a nice cameo by David carradine (Kill Bill's Bill) and some fine dancing zombies, if you like that kind of stuff.
Set in a small hick town our six heroes stay at a small bed and breakfast hotel. (Thats where the name "dead and breakfast" comes from). While you clearly get the feel your trying to be exposed to character development, during the first third of the movie, by the end you still don't know the names of any of the characters. Again and again people say well its a low budget movie and its amazing what they did for so little in just 3 weeks... who cares, it's still low budget. Don't see this movie.
Then again it has a nice cameo by David carradine (Kill Bill's Bill) and some fine dancing zombies, if you like that kind of stuff.