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Overview

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4.5/10   1,271 votes
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Writers:
Brendan Cowles (writer)
Shane Kuhn (writer)
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Genre:
Comedy | Horror more
Tagline:
At Hella Burger, It Won't Be The Food That Kills You... But You'll Wish It Did. more
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Penance First One-Sheet
 (From 28 Days Later Analysis. 16 May 2009, 5:20 PM, PDT)

Leighton Meester makes like a pop star
 (From AfterEllen.com. 10 April 2009, 1:00 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Would you like fries with that Slasher-crap? more

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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hellaburger (USA) (working title)
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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 | USA:R | Australia:R (2007)
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: During the party scene, the drummer's movements do not match the music heard. more
Quotes:
Horny the Clown: When you die alone, no one can hear you scream. more
Movie Connections:
References "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) more

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9 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Would you like fries with that Slasher-crap?, 16 March 2008
2/10
Author: Coventry from the Draconian Swamp of Unholy Souls

From start to finish, this is utterly irritating and infantile slasher-fodder of the type that makes you want to poke out your own eyeballs with a rusty spoon. This is the type of junk you've seen six dozen of times before already, and every single one of them was better and less insulting to your intellect. The plot is derivative of approximately fifteen other early 80's slasher films, the soundtrack is nefarious (for the last time: heavy-metal and suspense rarely mix!), the characters are insupportable stereotypes and the maniacal killer (yet another evil clown) is the complete opposite of menacing, with his lame one-liners and overly flamboyant outfit. The film opens with a couple of white trash guys who desperately wish to be black thugs and their arrogant behavior and incomprehensible slang pretty much sets the tone for the rest of the film. Seriously, are American teenagers really this stupid nowadays? Luckily they quickly get massacred by Horny the Clown, the Ronald McDonald of fast food restaurant "Hella Burger" located in Orange County. The serial killer-clown continues his murder spree in the local high school, but his teenage victims – and particularly their parents – appear to have something in common, namely a dark secret about a prank that horribly ran out of control and killed a nerdy kid on his 18th birthday party. The concept is as old as the slasher-film itself, yet the writers pretentiously act as if they re-invent the genre and particularly the comical aspects miserably fail their effect. There's zero suspense, or what else did you expect, and the screenplay stupidly enough often hints at supernatural powers even though there's no logical explanation for this. The film tries to be intelligent, and distract you from all the plot-holes and improbabilities, through its main character Mackenzie Carpenter. She's a rebellious, opinionated and politically engaged teenager and, granted, Leighton Meester's presence and cute on screen charisma is unquestionably the movie's main strongpoint. Yet, she also still makes a couple of stupid decisions and all of her friends, including her horny boyfriend, are more than dim-witted enough to compensate for her cleverness. The gore is pretty decent, I have to admit, but overall "Drive Thru" is a totally insignificant movie.

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This movie sucked.Don't waste your time. disconnekted
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