Drive Thru (2007)

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.

Directors:

Brendan Cowles, Shane Kuhn

Writers:

Brendan Cowles, Shane Kuhn

Stars:

Leighton Meester, Nicholas D'Agosto, Melora Hardin

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Leighton Meester	...	Mackenzie Carpenter
Nicholas D'Agosto	...	Fisher Kent
Melora Hardin	...	Marcia Carpenter
Lola Glaudini	...	Detective Brenda Chase
Larry Joe Campbell	...	Detective Dwayne Crockers
Van De La Plante	...	Horny the Clown / Archie Benjamin
Penn Badgley	...	Van
Sita Young	...	Val Espinoza
Rachael Bella	...	Starfire
John Gilbert	...	Jack Benjamin
Morgan Spurlock	...	Robbie, The Hella-Burger Manager
Edward DeRuiter	...	Brandon Meeks
Haven Lamoureux	...	Tony
Paul Ganus	...	Bill Carpenter
Robert Curtis Brown	...	Bert McCandless

Storyline

Mackenzie Carpenter, a gorgeous 17-year-old girl who would kick your ass for saying so, thinks her biggest problem is dying of boredom in the bucolic wasteland of Orange County...that is until her classmates start dying of massive blood loss and Horny The Clown begins madly stalking her with cryptic messages hidden in 70's kitsch toys. It isn't until Mac discovers her unbelievable connection to Horny and his victims that she realizes, if she's gonna live to see 18, she must come face to face with the killer clown in the bloodiest week Blanca Carne, California has ever known.

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Plot Keywords:

horny the clown | killer clown | blood | meat cleaver | slasher flick | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 May 2009 (Mexico)

Also Known As:

Hellaburger

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Armada Pictures, Lions Gate Films, Prospect Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Morgan Spurlock, who plays Robbie, the manager of the fast food joint Hella Burger, was responsible for the anti-fast food documentary Super Size Me.

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Goofs

The glass that the clown punches through changes between shots: when we first see it, it has wire mesh in it, but when he punches through it, it does not.

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Quotes

Van: [about a Ouija board] Dude, we can dial up Marilyn Manson with this shit? Let's get it on!

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Crazy Credits

There is no opening logo at the beginning of the film.

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Connections

References The Lone Ranger (1949)

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Soundtracks

"Hellaburger Jingle"
Written by Ralph Rieckermann
Vocals by T.J. Gibson

User Reviews

Ridiculous (On Purpose) Slasher Comedy

"Drive-Thru" is a silly on purpose, comedic slasher that may be one of the dumbest films I've seen in a long while, but I still laughed all the way through it. If nothing else, "Drive-Thru" will stick in your memory just for the fact that it features one of the most, if not THE most, ridiculous looking horror movie villains ever captured on film.

You know this is not going to be a serious slasher movie from the opening scene, when a car full of wanna-be gangsta white kids straight out of "Malibu's Most Wanted" pulls up to the local fast food outlet ("Hella Burger") and come face to face with someone dressed as the chain's mascot, "Horny the Clown" (yes, really!) who dispatches the group in brutal fashion while spouting bad puns and one liners ala Freddy Krueger. Horny looks like the demonic love child of Freddy and Ronald McDonald, and his appearance is bound to incite raucous laughter throughout the film. He's not scary in the slightest (unless, of course, you have a fear of clowns, in which case you probably wouldn't be watching this movie anyway!).

From there, a group of Orange County high school slackers, led by Mackenzie (played by the cute-as-hell Leighton Meester) and her boyfriend Fisher, begin to notice odd goings-on around their boring home town of "Blanca Carne" (Spanish for "White Meat" -- haha!) after they fool around with an Ouija board at a party. Mackenzie begins receiving odd messages on her Etch-a-Sketch or Magic 8 Ball prior to each grisly murder, and after a few of her friends start dropping like flies, she realizes she's next on the menu unless she can unravel the mystery of who's behind the Horny mask and why he wants her dead.

OK, so obviously "Drive Thru" is not meant to be taken seriously in the slightest. That's OK as long as you've got a sick sense of humor, in which case this flick will be a total hoot. Sharp-eyed horror fans will appreciate the nods to "Nightmare on Elm Street," "Happy Birthday to Me" and other classic films that are thrown in as the movie rolls along, and there are enough nasty bits to satisfy the gorehounds along with a pretty rockin' soundtrack (much of which is credited to one time Scorpions bass player Ralph Rieckermann, of all people!) The stunt casting of anti-fast-food maven Morgan Spurlock (of "Super Size Me" fame) in a bit part as the head of the "Hella Burger" chain is particularly inspired.

I got this film on a cheap 4-pack compilation of similarly low budget horror films (along with "Tamara," "Creep" and "Boy Eats Girl") and though it was definitely the least impressive film out of the 4, "Drive Thru" still provided a few chuckles. This combo of "Hamburger: the Motion Picture" and "Nightmare on Elm Street" should satisfy those with a craving for horror with a side of goofiness and a big helping of cheese. It's a total junk food flick, and we all need one of those every once in a while.