[My 1st in a series of 3 blog posts on B-Movie Horror Flicks]
Dead and Breakfast (2004. Directed by Matthew Leutwyler. Staring Ever Carradine, Jeremy Sisto, Brent David Fraser, Bianca Lawson, Jeffery Dean Morgan, Diedrich Bader, and David Carradine)
This little horror/comedy is very campy, very silly, has very cheap special gore effects, and has a very strange plot. That being said, I had a great time watching this film. Cheese and cheap gags aside, this is a really funny film. Half the time I was laughing with it, the other half I was laughing at it. I don’t think for a second you can really take this film seriously, which is why I can forgive it for the immense stupidity that it brings.
I was incredibly surprised by the cast, which features a lot of well known names (Jeffery Dean Morgan, Jeremy Sisto, Diedrich Bader). Oh, and did I mention David Carradine is in this movie? Do you need any more reason to watch this, than that fact alone?
Basically, 6 friends on their way to a wedding (Portia Del Rossi makes a small cameo as the bride), stay at a B&B on their way. Overnight, the chef and the owner end up dead, which keeps the 6 friends stuck in town as the suspects. Eventually, though, this murder mystery takes a seriously supernatural turn, as the townspeople begin to turn into the strangest zombies imaginable.
This zombie flick is mindless, silly, foolish, and never takes itself seriously, which is why it was so fun to watch. It’s the kind of movie that you have to go into not expecting to see anything impressing, and just enjoy the experience.
I’ll tell you what I firmly LOVED about this film. There is a semi-narrator in the form of a singing redneck cowboy. This character honestly makes this film! Even when he turns into a zombie, he strums away on his guitar and sings his hysterical narration. The movie also employs interesting comic book transitions, which I appreciated.
I am very surprised to see how many horror related awards this film received, including Best Feature at the Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival (shout out to RI =) )
My best advice for those of you interested in watching this film: Leave your expectations at the door. This is a film that is so silly that you can’t do anything else but laugh. This film is simply fun to watch, nothing more and nothing less. Give it a shot, and I truly hope you get some serious laughs at its senselessness!
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