Dead and Breakfast

Theatrical Release Date: 2005 04 20 (USA - Limited)

UPC: 013131410181

Studio: Anchor Bay

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Gore]

Summary: A road trip rolls through a small town where the line between the dead and the living has become a bit problematic in this horror parody. A handful of twentysomethings are driving to Galveston, TX, in an RV to attend the wedding of a close friend. After a long day on the road, the travelers find themselves in a tiny town called Lovelock, where the only available accommodations are at a bed and breakfast run by the eccentric Mr. Wise (David Carradine). One of the kids, Johnny (Oz Perkins), notices that Mr. Wise is carefully looking after a small box; curious about its contents, Johnny opens it, only to unleash a torrent of evil spirits who turn the local rednecks into bloodthirsty creatures hovering somewhere between life and death. Dead & Breakfast features supporting performances by Portia de Rossi, Diedrich Bader, Jeremy Sisto, and David Carradine's daughter Ever Carradine; co-star Oz Perkins is also the offspring of a well-known actor, Anthony Perkins. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Awards: Film Presented – Madrid Fantastic Film Festival In Competition – FanTasia International Film Festival Film Presented – SXSW In Competition – Weekend of Fear Film Festival Audience Award – Weekend of Fear Film Festival Special Jury Prize – Weekend of Fear Film Festival Film Presented – Another Hole in the Head Film Presented – Dead by Dawn Film Presented – Taos Vision Quest International Film Festival Film Presented – Antelope Valley Independent Film Festival Film Presented – Jacksonville Film Festival Film Presented – Dances With Films Film Festival Film Presented – Waterfront Film Festival

Features: Full-length movie
Widescreen presentation
DVD picture quality

Dead and Breakfast

Format: Universal Media Disc

Release Date: 09/06/2005

Runtime: 88 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Jeremy Wheeler

If anything, Dead & Breakfast's heart is in the right place -- with its gore-splattered insanity and slapstick leanings, this horror comedy tries hard to be the next midnight cult fave, which it very well might become despite its pedestrian stabs at wacky hijinks. In distribution hell for almost a year, the flick occupied its own place in 2003-2004's indie zombie horror triumviral that included the U.K.'s Shaun of the Dead and Australia's own Undead, all of which share the love for the genre in their own distinct ways. Breakfast's stamp comes in the form of a goofy style of humor that throws as many jokes to the wall as it does appendages. Though the joke-by-the-minute approach certainly isn't the best, you can't say that the filmmakers didn't try to do something different. With its inventive use of comic-styled illustrations and a hillbilly honky-tonk musician narrator, Dead & Breakfast certainly tries to do something new, even if the filmmakers' ideas are often loftier than the eye-rolling outcomes (look no further than the dreadful redneck rap musical number for proof). On the upside, the movie does embrace its 35 mm stock to give a better-than-DV quality to it and there certainly are plenty of blood buckets for the fans to slop up, so at least it can be easily devoured by the genre masses despite its bitter aftertaste. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Portia de Rossi  Actor 
Brian Vander Ark  Actor 
Brian Gattas  Actor 
Barry Ratcliffe  Actor 
John Oszajca  Actor 
John Robb  Actor 
Matthew Leutwyler  Actor 
Luiggi Debiasse  Actor 
Zach Selwyn  Actor 
Master Cheetah Chanthanao  Actor 
Diedrich Bader  Actor 
Evan Helmuth  Actor 
Johnny Martin  Actor 
David Strong  Actor 
Padaric Aubrey  Actor 
Jeff Enden  Actor 
Theresa Burkhart  Actor 
Zed B. Starkovich  Actor 
Devon Gummersall  Actor 
Ric Barbera  Actor 
Brooke Alison  Actor 
Jennifer Plante  Actor 
Vincent Ventresca  Actor 
Miranda Bailey  Actor 
Mark Kelly  Actor 
Amy Claire Lloyd  Actor 
Joe Madden  Executive Producer 
Matthew Leutwyler  Director 
Matthew Leutwyler  Screenwriter 
Brian Vander Ark  Composer (Music Score) 
Jun Tan  Producer 
Miranda Bailey  Executive Producer 
Ej Heiser  Producer 
Wang Ching  Executive Producer 
Ever Carradine  Actor 
Brent David Fraser  Actor 
Bianca Lawson  Actor 
Jeffrey Dean Morgan  Actor 
Erik Palladino  Actor 
Oz Perkins  Actor 
Gina Philips  Actor 
Jeremy Sisto  Actor 
David Carradine  Actor 

Country: USA