Night of the Living Dorks (2004)
"Die Nacht der lebenden Loser" (original title)

Three not-so-cool school friends decide to try a old voodoo ritual. Later, they die in a car accident, but live on as zombies. But being a zombie has advantages, too...

Director:

Mathias Dinter

Writer:

Mathias Dinter

Stars:

Tino Mewes, Manuel Cortez, Thomas Schmieder

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tino Mewes	...	Philip
Manuel Cortez	...	Wurst
Thomas Schmieder	...	Konrad
Collien Fernandes	...	Rebecca
Hendrik Borgmann	...	Wolf
Nadine Germann	...	Uschi
Sissi Perlinger	...	Frau Fleischhacker
Henry Gründler	...	Herr Fleischhacker
Patricia Thielemann	...	Frau Niedermacher
Oliver Grober	...	Gunther
Tom Lass	...	Frederik
Tim Wilde	...	Sportlehrer Stalin
Daniel Krauss	...	Zivi 1
Sebastian Kroehnert	...	Zivi 2
Walter Gontermann	...	Direktor

Storyline

The school friends Philip, Wurst and Konrad are high-school losers: Philip desires the sexy Uschi, an easy girl for successful boys; the complex Konrad lists all the humiliations he has been submitted in school; and Wurst only cares to dope himself and smoke pot. Philip's next door gothic neighbor Rebecca has a non-corresponded crush on Philip. When Rebecca performs an ancient voodoo ritual in the cemetery with her friends, Philip and his friends arrive, mocking the ceremony and are accidentally blasted with zombie ashes from Haiti. Then, while driving his van, Wurst smokes marijuana but he has a car accident and the trio dies. However, they awake in the morgue and sooner they realize that they have become zombies. While seeking an antidote in the Necronomicon, Konrad, Wurst and Philip find the advantages of being zombies, becoming successful due to their recently acquired strength.

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Plot Keywords:

ritual | zombie | voodoo | cemetery | morgue | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

4 November 2004 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Night of the Living Dorks

Filming Locations:

Eisbach Filmstudios, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

€3,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Constantin Film Produktion, Hofmann & Voges Entertainment GmbH

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The names on the blood bottles are all names of crew members.

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Goofs

When the three wake up in the morgue as zombies they are wearing hospital gowns. They were all DOA from the car accident. Dead bodies would not be dressed in hospital gowns to go to the morgue.

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Connections

References Fight Club (1999)

User Reviews

Immensely entertaining!

A German horror comedy that successfully spoofs all possible clichés of zombie films without ever paying any disrespect to the real genre classics or ending up as a retarded 90 minutes joke itself??? It's almost impossible to accept such a thing exists and yet here's Mathias Dinter's "Night of the Living Dorks"! I swear, unless you absolutely have no sense of humor in you, you can't but enjoy this silly story about three typical German high-school nerds that suddenly move up the social ladder because they have the strength and advantages of the living dead. In a desperate attempt to conquer a girl's heart (and body), Philip and his friends Konrad and Wurst (what's in a name) undergo a voodoo ritual and become soiled by the ashes of a dead Haitian zombie. There's no result at first but, after a car accident, our jolly trio is immune to pain and has developed an insatiable desire for raw meat. While Konrad and Wurst are having the time of their lives abusing their zombie powers, Philip turns to his loving neighbor girl for a cure. This light-headed and spirited production contains all the necessary ingredients to guarantee brainless entertainment and yet a lot more, too. Whereas other German movies are frequently uptight (no offense to any German readers...), "Night of the Living Dorks" specifically focuses on laughing with stereotypes and even the country's own national history. All the gags and references towards classic films in the script already featured in previous zombie comedies and yet this movie still feels fresh and innovating. Even the jokes that aren't zombie-related, like soft-drug usage or the "crush on teacher"-syndrome, are effective and will make you chuckle. The acting of the boys is pretty good, while the girls all look ravishing and show quite a bit of naked flesh. The gory situations aren't as outrageous as I thought, which is probably due to the German rating system, but there certainly is some nice sloth to enjoy. Many will disagree, maybe, but I think this pleasant German surprise doesn't have to yield much to similar movies like "Shaun of the Dead", "Return of the Living Dead" or "The Dead Hate The Living". Bring out the six-packs of beer!