Boy Eats Girl (2005)

A boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother as a flesh-craving zombie, who sires more teen undead while trying to control his, er, appetite for his beloved.

Director:

Stephen Bradley

Writer:

Derek Landy

Stars:

Samantha Mumba, David Leon, Tadhg Murphy

7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Samantha Mumba	...	Jessica
David Leon	...	Nathan
Tadhg Murphy	...	Diggs
Laurence Kinlan	...	Henry
Sara James	...	Cheryl
Mark Huberman	...	Samson
Sarah Burke	...	Charlotte
Paul Reid	...	Shane
Jane Valentine	...	Glenda
Conor Ryan	...	Kenneth
Deirdre O'Kane	...	Grace
Doreen Keogh	...	Mrs. Brumble
Bryan Murray	...	Mr. Frears
Denis Conway	...	Craig
Lalor Roddy	...	Fr. Cornelius

Storyline

Single mother Grace is working in an ancient church restoring it and finds a hidden crypt that contains a book of resurrection. Father Cornelius asks her to go home and forget her findings. Her son Nathan is a sensitive and shy teenager bullied by Samson at school. He has a crush on his friend Jessica, but he does not declare his love to her. His best friends Diggs and Henry schedule a date for Nathan with Jessica, however her father grounds her in her bedroom and when Nathan calls Jessica, her father tells him that she has gone on a date with a good looking guy in a car. Jessica sneaks out through the window, but Nathan and Jessica fail to meet up with each other. When Jessica takes a ride in Kenneth's car, Nathan mistakenly believes that she is dating the schoolmate. He goes home, drinks whiskey and puts a rope around his neck. When Grace comes home, she opens Nathan's bedroom door and accidentally hangs her son. She then resurrects Nathan, but soon finds that something went wrong ...

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Plot Keywords:

friendship | friendship between boys | undead | zombie | voodoo | 

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Taglines:

This zombie loves his girlfriend for her brains.

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence/gore, language and some sexual content

Did You Know?

Trivia

Domhnall Gleeson's film debut.

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Goofs

When Jessica hides in the house, she changes clothes - is there really time for that, when you are chased by zombies?

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Quotes

Henry: What's it like, being dead, Nathan?
Nathan: It's empty. Numb. There's no blood circulating.
Diggs: None? Not even... down there?

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Zombie Comedy Movies (2018)

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Soundtracks

Spitting Games
Performed by Snow Patrol

User Reviews

Nice fun little zombie movie.

This movie got the bad taste out of my mouth, after seeing blood car, this movie however is was fun movie.

Even this movie had stereotype teens, who looked like they in mids 20's playing teens, if you can get past that.

You end up really enjoying this movie.

A boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother, as a flesh-craving zombie

I found this movie so-what Original, with mum bringing back her son after he killed himself.

Also enjoyed some really decent funny moments, that work really well with the rest of the movie.

There were some really good bloody messy scenes, which were fun to watch. 7 out of 10

Details

Country:

Ireland UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 September 2005 (Ireland)

Also Known As:

Scary Video 5

Filming Locations:

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$130,051

Company Credits

Production Co:

Element Films, Lunar Films, Odyssey Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1