Drive Thru (2007)

Directors:

Brendan Cowles
Shane Kuhn

Writers:

Brendan Cowles (writer)
Shane Kuhn (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

At Hella Burger, It Won't Be The Food That Kills You... But You'll Wish It Did.

Plot:

Horror gets Super Sized when Horny The Clown, the demonic mascot of "Hella-Burger," starts slashing Orange County teenagers with his meat cleaver from Hell.

Plot Keywords:

Aquarium | Masked Killer | Window | No Nudity | News Crew

Cast

Leighton Meester	...	Mackenzie Carpenter
Nicholas D'Agosto	...	Fisher Kent
Van De La Plante	...	Horny the Clown
Larry Joe Campbell	...	Detective Dwayne Crockers
Lola Glaudini	...	Detective Brenda Chase
Paul Ganus	...	Bill Carpenter
Sita Young	...	Val Espinoza
Morgan Spurlock	...	Robbie, The Hella-Burger Manager
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shedrack Anderson III	...	Chuck Taylor
Penn Badgley	...	Van
Rachael Bella	...	Starfire
Sarah Buehler	...	Carrie
Karis Campbell	...	Reporter
Nicole Cavazos	...	Tiffa
Caia Coley	...	Nurse
Cade Courtley	...	Officer Thorpe
Chad Cunningham	...	Spanky
Robert Curtis Brown	...	Bert McCandess
Edward DeRuiter	...	Brandon Meeks
John Gilbert	...	Jack Benjamin
Melora Hardin	...	Marcia Carpenter
Maliabeth Johnson	...	Tina
Tyler King	...	Chad Baldwin
Clyde Kusatsu	...	Fred
Haven Lamoureux	...	Tony
Jessica Landon	...	Brittney
Kyra Lin Oser	...	High School Student (as Kyra Lin)
Sean Whalen	...	Lenny

Also Known As:

Hellaburger (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, drug use, language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:16 | Australia:R (2007) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Armada Pictures

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: During the party scene, the drummer's movements do not match the music heard.

Quotes:

Horny the Clown: I said, would you like to die, fatass?

Movie Connections:

References The Shining (1980)

Good If Not Taken Too Seriously

Considering some of the reviews here and elsewhere and the lack of any big names, I was more than a little skeptical going into this film. My suspicions turned out to be unfounded, though, as the film was actually surprisingly good.

It's been a long time since I've heard a movie soundtrack where the bulk of the songs were not only performed by people born in the last 20 years, but they were performed well. A good soundtrack is hard to find and adds SO much to a movie. You can have a pretty mediocre film and add a great soundtrack and it ends up being quite watchable.

Some of the acting is a little wooden and the plot is almost laughably cliché. One could argue, though, that a laughably cliché plot was their goal, that they were somehow trying to recreate the far-fetched plot horror flicks of years past. If so, they did it masterfully.

I was expecting a very low budget, but it really didn't look that way. I'm always impressed when low budget movies don't look low budget. The editing was creative, especially the ramping of the kill scenes/killer's movements for increased dramatic effect.

Overall, this movie portrayed something that seems to be in short supply on celluloid these days- youthful exuberance. If you are a teenager, or, if, for 83 minutes you can channel the spirit of a teenager, you're in for a fun ride.

With a little more money and some better writing, I think these directors will be able to do really great things. I'm looking forward to their next project.