Dead & Breakfast (2004)

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

Director:

Matthew Leutwyler

Writers:

Matthew Leutwyler (story), Jun Tan (story),

Stars:

Jeremy Sisto, Erik Palladino, Bianca Lawson

5 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeremy Sisto	...	Christian
Erik Palladino	...	David
Bianca Lawson	...	Kate
Oz Perkins	...	Johnny
Ever Carradine	...	Sara
Gina Philips	...	Melody
Zach Selwyn	...	Randall Keith Randall
Miranda Bailey	...	Lisa Belmont
Brent David Fraser	...	The Drifter
Diedrich Bader	...	Chef Henri
David Carradine	...	Mr. Wise
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	...	The Sheriff
Mark Kelly	...	Enus
Luiggi Debiasse	...	The Gardener
Ric Barbera	...	The Preacher

Storyline

Six friends take a road trip to Galveston in an RV for the wedding of their friend, Kelly. The driver, Johnny, gets lost and they arrive in the small town of Lovelock and his friends Sara, Kate, Melody, Christian, and David, decide to spend the night in the Bed and Breakfast owned by the creepy Mr. Robert Wise. David has an argument with the chef of the inn, Henri, and when the chef is found dead and Mr. Wise has a heart attack in the middle of the night, the local Sheriff suspects the group of travelers and tells his Deputy, Enus to seize the keys to their RV and stay in Lovelock for the duration of the investigation. Then the Sheriff arrests "The Mysterious Drifter" who soon becomes his prime suspect. When the clumsy Johnny accidentally breaks an ancient exotic wooden box belonging to Mr. Wise, he releases the terrible, monstrous "Kuman Thong" and the evil spirit held inside escapes and possesses all the local town folk, transforming them into zombies. Ultimately, "The Mysterious ...

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Plot Keywords:

bed and breakfast | heart attack | split screen | poacher | stabbed in the eye | 

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Taglines:

Who's hungry for breakfast?

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Musical | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong horror violence/gore and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English French American Sign Language

Release Date:

20 July 2006 (Singapore)

Also Known As:

Adivinhe Quem Vem Para Morrer

Filming Locations:

Livermore, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anchor Bay Entertainment, Ambush Entertainment, Goal Line Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min 89 min (unrated)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When the group first gets to the bed and breakfast, they hear the song "The Freshmen" on the radio and sing to it. "The Freshmen" was written and performed by Brian Vander Ark, who appears as a zombie and wrote the original score to the film.

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Goofs

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.

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Quotes

[strangling the Skanky Chick]
Bar Patron: Die, Skanky Chick, die!

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Connections

References The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

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Soundtracks

"The Freshmen"
Performed by The Verve Pipe
Written by Brian Vander Ark
Courtesy of Sid Flips Music o/b/o LMNO Pop Music / April EMI Music In.c (ASCAP)

User Reviews

Humorous Horror on a Budget... I Approve

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.