Dead & Breakfast

2005 "It's like a bad horror movie, only worse."
Dead & Breakfast
5.7| 1h28m| R| en| More Info
Released: 19 August 2005 Released
Producted By: Ambush Entertainment
Country: United States of America
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Six friends on a road trip stop for the night at a bed and breakfast in the sleepy town of Lovelock. After a night that leaves both the inn's owner and chef dead, the gang finds themselves under suspicion by the local sheriff. But that's only the beginning as nearly all of the town's quirky residents become possessed by an evil spirit and pin down the friends inside the B&B.

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tcalder1996 Dead and Breakfast is not some George Romero High budget zombie movie. It is a small fun to watch movie. Now how many other movies can you name that have red neck zombies singing a mixture of blue grass and rap for the final song. This is something that you should go home and watch with a couple of friends and have a good time. If you expect something that will scare you your out of luck because this movie wont frighten you but instead it will make you laugh so hard your pants will cry (If you know what i mean) This is something most teenagers will enjoy and many adults. What you probably don"t know is that you may of seen many of these characters before in other films or TV shows but chances are you wont recognize them at first
edd-the-head As many other people. I dived into this film expecting a full armament of laughter and gore much like Shaun of the Dead (even the film announced itself as the American equivalent, that would be Zombieland). Well, this one only kept half of its promise, lot's o gore and child-like humor (or pseudo-slapstick, pick one).The story line is your formulaic zombie-esque plot, only with a small twist regarding Buddhism. however, some characterization is pretty nice. My main problem, however, is not the plot (given that it was an independent film, and by those standards, the gore was pretty awesome!) but, as stated earlier, it was the comedy. The humor here just falls flat. It tries to be funny, but it fails most of the time. There are Some glimpses in the film that made me chuckle a bit, but nothing too spectacular. I feel as if the film does not know its audience; while the gore and language is obviously for grown-ups, the humor just feels juvenile, with profane jokes running parallel to the more innocent tidbits of childish humor.I would recommend this film Only if you're a gore hound with a low standard of humor and high capacity to accept some crude jokes. I Am aware that this film is not to be taken seriously, but since there is low amounts of humor (that is mostly boring and not fun), what else can one do?
Tender-Flesh A quirky semi-zombie tale about a group of friends going to a wedding in their RV. They stop for the night at a quaint little bed and breakfast. After pissing off the residents, they settle in for the night, only to find out that one of the caretakers, the chef, has been murdered. The reasons for his death are not concretely known and are guessed at by the guests. Then, the owner, David Carradine, kicks the bucket, seemingly the victim of a heart attack.What follows is a rather unusual attempt to bridge zombies and Eastern mysticism with a magic "soul box" controlling most of the small town's inhabitants and sending them out to siege warfare against the bed and breakfast where the surviving members of the RV crew, the sheriff, and a mysterious drifter must build makeshift weapons(the pipe guns are particularly effective) to defend their domain from wisecracking possessed townsfolk lead by one of the RV peeps.Horror hounds will find references to other horror films, subtle and not so, such as Psycho, The Burning, Evil Dead, and Braindead/Dead Alive peppered throughout. The comedy doesn't always hit the mark, but the gore effects are pretty outstanding. I was also reminded of Kill Bill since not only was David Carradine present, but Ever Carradine reminded me of Uma Thurman in a way, and Portia is referred to as "The Bride" in the credits. I don't know if this was intentional or not, but it probably was. The film is rounded out with an eclectic musical soundtrack and a rather unnecessary though amusing country-western bard who appears now and again to tell us the obvious in song.Some of the editing was rough, and certain cuts to actors' faces seemed botched or inappropriate at times. Still, you will find a lot to enjoy about this flick if you like zombie-ish films or plenty of gore. I'm willing to overlook the few flaws of the film since the producers heaped a giant helping of exploding heads and chainsaw slashings onto my plate.
lost-in-limbo 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.