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:

School's Out ... And So Are the Zombies.

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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

Cast mates Tadhg Murphy, Laurence Kinlan, Paul Reid and Domhnall Gleeson remains great friends to this day

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Goofs

At the start of the film, the car is a 1996 VW Golf with a Dublin registration number. When they pull up outside the house to drop Jess off, the car has changed into a 1993 model with Kildare plates. Later, when the car crashes after they run down Craig, it has changed back into the 1996 Dublin car again.

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Quotes

Diggs: Do you have any special powers or anything?
Nathan: I'm stronger, I'm faster, and I don't feel pain.
Diggs: Can you fly?
Nathan: No, Diggs, I can't fucking fly!
Diggs: Pity.

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Connections

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

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Soundtracks

Wonderful Night
Performed by Fatboy Slim and Lateef Dumont

User Reviews

Eating School Mates

The restorer and single mother Grace (Deirdre O'Kane) is working in an ancient church and she finds a hidden crypt with a voodoo book of resurrection. However, Father Cornelius (Lalor Roddy) asks her to go home and forget her findings.

Her son Nathan (David Leon) is a sensitive and shy teenager bullied by Samson (Mark Huberman) at school. He has a crush on his friend Jessica (Samantha Mumba), but he does not declare to her. His best friends Diggs (Tadhg Murphy) and Henry (Laurence Kinlan) schedule a date of Jessica with Nathan. However her father grounds her in her bedroom and when Nathan calls Jessica, her father tells that she has dated a good looking guy in a car.

Jessica flees through the window, but Nathan and Jessica fail to meet each other. Jessica takes a ride in Kenneth's car and Nathan 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 she hangs her son. Grace resurrects Nathan, but soon she finds that something did not work out when her son bites Samson and his schoolmates start eating each other.

"Boy Eats Girl" is an unoriginal Irish comedy about a group of zombies that are not living dead, but teenagers infected by the bites of their schoolmates that follows the American style with Irish accent. This B- movie entertains, but is not funny enough for a comedy or frightening for a horror movie. The lead actress is miscast for the role of Jessica and the slut Cheryl is never naked along the story; therefore one of the basic rules of a B-movie is broken. But there are also funny dialogs that make laugh. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): Not Available

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