Dead & Breakfast (2004)

Director:

Matthew Leutwyler

Writers:

Matthew Leutwyler (story) and
Jun Tan (story) ...

Release Date:

20 July 2006 (Singapore)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Musical | Thriller

Tagline:

Its like a bad horror movie, only worse.

Plot:

Spending a night at a local bed and breakfast turns into a bloody supernatural fight to the death.

Plot Keywords:

Bed And Breakfast | Heart Attack | Exhumation | Back From The Dead | Crossbow

Awards:

5 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Ever Carradine	...	Sara
Portia de Rossi	...	Kelly
David Carradine	...	Mr. Wise
Bianca Lawson	...	Kate
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	...	The Sheriff
Erik Palladino	...	David
Oz Perkins	...	Johnny
Gina Philips	...	Melody
Jeremy Sisto	...	Christian
Diedrich Bader	...	Chef Henri
Miranda Bailey	...	Lisa Belmont
Vincent Ventresca	...	Doc Riley
Mark Kelly	...	Enus
Brent David Fraser	...	The Drifter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brooke Allison	...	Miss Kimble
Padraic Aubrey	...	Mullet Man
Ric Barbera	...	The Preacher
Theresa Burkhart	...	Skanky Chick
Amy Claire	...	Waitress (as Amy Claire Lloyd)
Luiggi Debiasse	...	The Gardener
Jeff Enden	...	Cletus
Brian Gattas	...	Farmer Bob
Devon Gummersall	...	Orange Cap
Evan Helmuth	...	Bass Player
Matthew Leutwyler	...	Leg Wrestler - Loser
Johnny Martin	...	Bar Back
John Oszajca	...	Drummer
Barry J. Ratcliffe	...	Bar Guy (as Barry Ratcliffe)
John Robb	...	Bartender
Zach Selwyn	...	Randall Keith Randall
Zed Starkovich	...	Harmonica Bob
David W. Strong	...	Leg Wrestler - Winner
Brian Vander Ark	...	Tall Hick

Also Known As:

Dead and Breakfast (UK) (alternative spelling) (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence/gore and language. (edited from NC-17 version)

Runtime:

88 min | 89 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | American Sign Language

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:R21 | UK:18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Singapore:M18 (edited version) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Manitoba) | Germany:16 | USA:Unrated | USA:R (edited for re-rating) | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Livermore, California, USA

Company:

Ambush Entertainment

Trivia:

When Melody (Gina Philips) kills one of the zombies, the Sheriff (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) says, "Nice move, Buffy." Bianca Lawson, who plays Kate in the film, played Kendra on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the Winnebago at the beginning, Christopher puts the pills back into the pez dispenser, but after, David grabs another red pill off the table, and they are all back.

Quotes:

Lisa Belmont: Well, you mind telling me what in the Sam Hill is going on around here?
The Drifter: I don't think you would believe me if I told you.
Lisa Belmont: Friend, after what I've seen tonight you could tell me an evil spirit rose up from the dead and decided to posses the entire town and I would believe you.
[the Drifter and Melody look at each other; Lisa rolls her eyes]
Lisa Belmont: Well, any of you all know how to stop it?

Movie Connections:

References Braindead (1992)

Soundtrack:

Dead Man's Party

VERY odd but fun

A bunch of the usual brainless 20 somethings are driving to a wedding. They consist of the nerd (Oz Perkins), the oversexed Italian stud (Erik Palladino), the sweet lovable naive brunette (Gina Philips), the foul-mouthed black girl (Bianca Lawson) and two more than have no personalities whatsoever (Jeremy Sisto, Ever Carradine). They get lost and have to spend the night in a little town called Lovelock. Things get strange and it ends up with most of the town being possessed by an evil demon and going after the ones who aren't.

Strange doesn't begin to cover this one. It starts as a conventional slasher horror film with large doses of humor and turns into a huge gore fest with some real black (but funny) humor. The body parts and blood go flying in this one--I saw the cut R rated version and was impressed at how much violence even that got by with. The story doesn't make much sense but you'll be too entertained to really care. Also the film's off the wall and black humor somehow fits in with it. Add in a country western singer with some very funny songs acting as a Greek chorus to the movie and cameos by David Carradine and Portia de Rossi and you have a very strange and VERY gory bun fun flick. This was (pretty obviously) made on a low budget but you can see that everybody went out of their way to make this work. An 8.