Drive Thru (2007)

Directors:

Brendan Cowles
Shane Kuhn

Writers:

Brendan Cowles
Shane Kuhn

Release Date:

29 May 2009 (Mexico)

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:

Horny The Clown | Killer Clown | Blood | Meat Cleaver | Slasher Flick

Awards:

1 win

Cast

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
Maliabeth Johnson	...	Tina McCandless
Tyler King	...	Chad Baldwin
Sean Whalen	...	Lenny Schwartz
Shedrack Anderson III	...	Chuck Taylor (as Shedrack Anderson)
Chad Cunningham	...	Spanky
Sarah Buehler	...	Carrie
Jessica Landon	...	Brittany
Nicole Cavazos	...	Tiffa
Karis Campbell	...	Anita Hill
Clyde Kusatsu	...	Fred Fukizaki
Cade Courtley	...	Uniform Cop #1
Dirk Etchison	...	Uniform Cop #2
Caia Coley	...	Nurse
Gordon Clapp	...	Horny the Clown (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Erin Baker	...	Young Marcia (uncredited)
Larry Kagele	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Kyra Oser	...	High School Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Brendan Cowles
Shane Kuhn

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Brendan Cowles
Shane Kuhn

Produced by
Michael Almog	....	executive producer
Jason Barhydt	....	executive producer
Rob Cacy	....	associate producer
Jason Constantine	....	executive producer
Morton Davis	....	executive producer
Michael Feifer	....	line producer
Carl Levin	....	executive producer
Leslie McRay	....	executive producer
Matt Milich	....	producer
Marcos Siega	....	executive producer
Chris Sievernich	....	producer
Zach Tabacco	....	associate producer
Martin Wiley	....	producer

Original Music by
Ralph Rieckermann

Cinematography by
Vincent E. Toto

Film Editing by
Daniel R. Padgett

Casting by
Stephanie Laffin
Amy Lippens

Production Design by
Suzanne Rattigan

Art Direction by
Jakub Durkoth

Set Decoration by
Kory Goetzman
Launa Staehle

Costume Design by
Sid Nicholson

Makeup Department
Brian Kinney	....	special makeup effects artist
James MacKinnon	....	makeup department head
Monica Pesantes	....	key hair stylist
Natalie Thimm	....	assistant makeup artist
Cass McClure	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Dale Tanguay	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mark Battaglia	....	second second assistant director
Jennifer Fiedler	....	first assistant director
Justin W. Hill	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Veronica C. Daniel	....	property master
Lauren Mentzel	....	art swing
Jeremy Scripter	....	art swing
Aaron Sowd	....	storyboard artist
Launa Staehle	....	on-set dresser

Sound Department
Jason Freedman	....	supervising sound editor
Michael Gassert	....	post-production sound mixer
Tara Paul	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marcus Ricaud	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Anthony Fung	....	compositing and special effects
Torrence Hall	....	special effects
Mike Tristano	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Sean Coonce	....	digital compositor
Anthony Fung	....	compositor
Michael Liv	....	digital compositor
Steve Robinson	....	digital compositor
Dale Tanguay	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Jan Bryant	....	stunt double
Luke LaFontaine	....	stunt rigger
Reuben Langdon	....	stunt double
Dan Speaker	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Berglund	....	first assistant camera
Raine Bradish	....	grip
Eric C. Castro	....	electrician
Jeff Clark	....	Steadicam operator
Jesse Crusing	....	electrician
Jeanne Dear	....	grip
Michael Feifer	....	still photographer
Gene Fereaud	....	electrician
Trevor Houghton	....	gaffer
Erwin Landau	....	Steadicam operator
Frankie Martinez	....	electrician
David McGrory	....	electrician
Paul Meehan	....	key grip
Xavier Mendoza	....	electrician
Joel Michalak	....	grip
Lance Oyabu	....	grip
Rick Peebles	....	grip
Ryan Sparling	....	best boy grip
Dale Tibor	....	grip
Amanda Treyz	....	best boy electric

Casting Department
Janelle Scuderi	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Chantal Filson	....	wardrobe supervisor
Amanda Riley	....	set costumer

Music Department
Craig Rose	....	composer: theme music

Other crew
Gina Amador	....	production accountant
Adam W. Rosen	....	legal services
Sandy Schklair	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Armada Pictures
• Lions Gate Films
• Prospect Pictures

Distributors

• Albatros Core (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• American World Pictures (AWP) (2006) (worldwide) (all media)
• Free Dolphin Entertainment (2008) (France) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films (2006) (USA) (all media)
• Lionsgate
• Murena International (2007) (Russia) (all media)
• Peacock Films (2007) (Australia) (DVD)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Film Finances  completion guarantor

Also Known As:

"Death Burger" - Japan (English title) (DVD 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

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Germany:16 | USA:R | Australia:R (2007) | Spain:13 | Argentina:16 | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-18 | Japan:R-15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Armada Pictures

Trivia:

Leighton Meester's first feature film where she's first in the credits.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Mackenzie's father is at the grill BBQing, you see a remote control in his shirt pocket. The remote control disappears and reappears in several shots.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

References "The Brady Bunch" (1969)

Soundtrack:

Suburban Suicide

If you pride yourself on being a horror geek, you'll feel pretty smart...

all by yourself...on your couch with your dog...at 11:00 am...on a Monday. But that's just me.

I'm not gonna summarize this flik because you can look it up at you're convinience at certain movie data-bases. Do it, then read me.

This is great for those of us who love to be scared s**tless by clowns, but love to see suburban home-boys take it up the you-know-what. O.k. so I wasn't THAT scared, but very amused to be sure.

So this movie LOVES paying homage to a plethora of 80's horror movies; "Happy Birthday To Me," "The Shinning," and "Nightmare on Elmstreet" just to name a few. The gore factor is good and sub-par; just how I like it, though the dialogue seems a little too on the nose, you know? Just a little TOO thought out and clever for it to come out of the mouths of these kids. It just sounds VERY scripted. Not very natural.

Morgan Spurlock (of "Fast Food Nation" fame) is the tiny wink of super cool in this teenage slaughter-fest, and "Jan" from "The Office" probably has more acting chops than anyone.

All in all, the story is more or less slightly above standard for a 2000-oughts movie, the B&G is pretty good, and Ouija boards aside, was pretty resourceful, if not just stealing stuff (see above) I'm a generous girl (surprise!) who loves cheap gore, so if you can watch this one for free (like I did) do it to it!