Main Cast: Ever Carradine, Brent David Fraser, Bianca Lawson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Erik Palladino
Release Year: 2004
Country: US
Run Time: 87 minutes
Plot
A road trip rolls through a small town where the line between the dead and the living has become a bit problematic in this horror parody. A handful of twentysomethings are driving to Galveston, TX, in an RV to attend the wedding of a close friend. After a long day on the road, the travelers find themselves in a tiny town called Lovelock, where the only available accommodations are at a bed and breakfast run by the eccentric Mr. Wise (David Carradine). One of the kids, Johnny (Oz Perkins), notices that Mr. Wise is carefully looking after a small box; curious about its contents, Johnny opens it, only to unleash a torrent of evil spirits who turn the local rednecks into bloodthirsty creatures hovering somewhere between life and death. Dead & Breakfast features supporting performances by Portia de Rossi, Diedrich Bader, Jeremy Sisto, and David Carradine's daughter Ever Carradine; co-star Oz Perkins is also the offspring of a well-known actor, Anthony Perkins. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Review
If anything, Dead & Breakfast's heart is in the right place -- with its gore-splattered insanity and slapstick leanings, this horror comedy tries hard to be the next midnight cult fave, which it very well might become despite its pedestrian stabs at wacky hijinks. In distribution hell for almost a year, the flick occupied its own place in 2003-2004's indie zombie horror triumviral that included the U.K.'s Shaun of the Dead and Australia's own Undead, all of which share the love for the genre in their own distinct ways. Breakfast's stamp comes in the form of a goofy style of humor that throws as many jokes to the wall as it does appendages. Though the joke-by-the-minute approach certainly isn't the best, you can't say that the filmmakers didn't try to do something different. With its inventive use of comic-styled illustrations and a hillbilly honky-tonk musician narrator, Dead & Breakfast certainly tries to do something new, even if the filmmakers' ideas are often loftier than the eye-rolling outcomes (look no further than the dreadful redneck rap musical number for proof). On the upside, the movie does embrace its 35 mm stock to give a better-than-DV quality to it and there certainly are plenty of blood buckets for the fans to slop up, so at least it can be easily devoured by the genre masses despite its bitter aftertaste. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
Erik Palladino - David; Oz Perkins - Johnny; Gina Philips - Melody; Jeremy Sisto - Christian; David Carradine - Mr. Wise; Diedrich Bader - Chef Henri; Portia de Rossi - Kelly - The Bride; Devon Gummersall - Orange Cap; Matthew Leutwyler - The Leg Wrestler - Loser; Vincent Ventresca - Doc; Brian Vander Ark - Tall Hick; Ric Barbera - Preacher; Luiggi Debiasse - The Gardener; Miranda Bailey - Lisa - The Records Keeper; David Strong - The Leg Wrestler - Winner; Padaric Aubrey - Mullet Man; Brian Gattas - Farmer Bob; Brooke Alison - Ms. Kimble; Zach Selwyn - Randall Keith Randall; Mark Kelly - Enus; Evan Helmuth - Bass Player; Jeff Enden - Cletus; John Oszajca - Drummer; Zed B. Starkovich - Harmonica Bob; John Robb - Old Bartender; Jennifer Plante - Bar Patron; Barry Ratcliffe - Ear Guy; Amy Claire Lloyd - Waitress; Master Cheetah Chanthanao - Monk; Theresa Burkhart - Skanky Chick; Johnny Martin - Bar Back
Credit
Guy M. Harrington - Art Director, Michael K. Devaney - Associate Producer, Craig Flores - Associate Producer, Chad Johnston - Associate Producer, Kyai-Khalid Ruiz - Boom Operator, Kari Peyton - Casting, Beau Bonneau Casting - Casting, Theresa Benavidez - Casting, Francey Grace - Co-producer, Julie Sandor - Co-producer, Molly Elizabeth Grundman - Costume Designer, Michael K. Devaney - First Assistant Director, Matthew Leutwyler - Director, Joshua Meyerson - Second Unit Director, Peter Flanagan - Editor, Peter Devaney Flanagan - Editor, Joe Madden - Executive Producer, Miranda Bailey - Executive Producer, Wang Ching - Executive Producer, Brian Vander Ark - Composer (Music Score), Michael Becker - Musical Direction/Supervision, Zach Selwyn - Songwriter, Michael Mosher - Makeup Special Effects, Ralis Kahn - Makeup Special Effects, Richard Redlefsen - Makeup Special Effects, Don Day - Production Designer, David Scardina - Cinematographer, Jun Tan - Producer, Ej Heiser - Producer, Chris Ostler - Recording, David S. Silberberg - Sound Mixer, Mike Martinez - Stunts, Robin Bonaccorsi - Stunts, Thomas Ficke - Stunts, Kevin Bailey - Stunts, Lisa Dempsey - Stunts, Victoria Krammen - Stunts, Kory Madge - Stunts, Tim Meredith - Stunts, Christopher Upham - Stunts, Dan Bell - Stunts, Rocky Capella - Stunts Coordinator, Anton Laines - Unit Production Manager, Jun Tan - Screen Story, Billy Burke - Screen Story, Matthew Leutwyler - Screenwriter, Joshua Meyerson - Second Unit Director Of Photography, Ryan Bailey - Production Assistant, Justin Baird - Production Assistant, Alison Bendt - Production Assistant, Hawkeye Bronstein - Production Assistant, Shawn Christianson - Production Assistant, Blair Franklin - Production Assistant, Jack Gutowitz - Production Assistant, Melissa Irene Jones - Production Assistant, Brant Kaake - Production Assistant, Josh Katz - Production Assistant, Brian Lucas Leonard - Production Assistant, Tess Lindberg - Production Assistant, Nick Maccarone - Production Assistant, Jesse Mauzy - Production Assistant, J.R. Mitchell - Production Assistant, Bryan O'Neill - Production Assistant, Jorge T. Rangel - Production Assistant, Alicia Sexton - Production Assistant, Mike Silva - Production Assistant, Jesse Warfield - Production Assistant, Wade Weliever - Production Assistant, Nate Wieder - Production Assistant, Andrew Yenek - Production Assistant, Patrick M. Griffith - Sound Effects Editor, Steve McCarty - Sound Effects Editor, Tom Miller - First Assistant Camera, Arthur Aravena - Gaffer, Gerardo Merino - Grip, Russell Hosking - Grip, Jay Coakley - Grip, Rick Edmondson - Grip, Edwin Schenderlein - Grip, Donovoan Sell - Grip, John Switzer - Grip, David W. Strong - Key Grip, Steven Saltzman - Music Editor, Tess Lindberg - Post Production Supervisor, Angela Mixan - Production Coordinator, Patrick Sterling Ludden - Properties Master, Ralis Kahn - Prosthetic Makeup Effects, Richard Redlefsen - Prosthetic Makeup Effects, Ruben Goldberg Pyrotechnics - Pyrotechnic Special Effects, Don Digirolamo - Re-Recording Mixer, Todd Langler - Re-Recording Mixer, Virginia Saenz McCarthy - Script Supervisor, Gino Caputi - Second Assistant Director, Patrick M. Griffith - Supervising Sound Editor, Stephen Galvin - ADR Editor, Paul Drenning - ADR Recordist, Terri Fredlund - Assistant Art Director, Jocelyn Virginia - Assistant Hair, Melissa Eliot - Assistant Makeup, Matthew Labate - Assistant Production Coordinator, Annie Mueller - Assistant Properties, Jonathan "Sketch" White - Best Boy Electric, Isaac "Slick" Camner - Best Boy Grip, Mary Allan - Costumes Assistant, Meredith Murray - Costumes Supervisor, Stephen Galvin - Dialogue Editor, Peter Schaffer Smith - Electrician, Todd Stoneman - Electrician, Marc David Anderson - Electrician, Mike Booth - Electrician, Khamisi Norwood - Electrician, Jason Predock - Electrician, Beau Bonneau Casting - Extra Casting, Theresa Benavidez - Extra Casting, Galen L. Senogles - Foley Artist, Cathleen Rowland - Foley Artist, Arsinoe - Key Hairstylist, Joshua Meyerson - Personal Assistant, Spencer Blair - Post Production Assistant, Matt DeNoto - Post Production Assistant, Aaron Fjellman - Post Production Assistant, Amanda Hartrey - Post Production Assistant, Zach Lara - Scenic Artist, Stephanie K. Lin - Scenic Artist, Anna Lee - Second Assistant Camera, Zed B. Starkovich - Second Second Assistant Director, Zed B. Starkovich - Second Unit Assistant Director, Linda M Lodico - Set Dresser, Kat Covell - Set Dresser, Lisa Clark - Set Decorator, Jeremy Anderhalt - Color Timing, Shane Balch - Construction Foreman, Mike Daly - Negative Cutter, Rednavel FLmworx - Negative Cutter
Six friends take a road trip to Galveston, Texas in an RV for the wedding of their friend, Kelly (Portia de Rossi). The driver, Johnny (Oz Perkins), gets lost and they arrive in the small town of Lovelock and his friends Sara (Ever Carradine), Kate (Bianca Lawson), Melody Gina Philips), Christian (Jeremy Sisto), and David (Erik Palladino), decide to spend the night in the Bed and Breakfast owned by the creepy Mr. Robert Wise (David Carradine).
David has an argument with the chef of the inn, Henri (Diedrich Bader), and when the chef is found dead and Mr. Wise has a heart attack in the middle of the night, the local Sheriff (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) suspects the group of travelers and tells his Deputy, Enus (Mark Kelly) to seize the keys to their RV and stay in Lovelock for the duration of the investigation. Then the Sheriff arrests "The Mysterious Drifter" (Brent David Fraser) who soon becomes his prime suspect. When the clumsy Johnny accidentally breaks an ancient exotic wooden box belonging to Mr. Wise, he releases the terrible, monstrous "Kuman Thong" and the evil spirit held inside escapes and possesses all the local town folk, transforming them into zombies.
Ultimately, "The Mysterious Drifter", becomes our Hero. He is a long time student of powers from "the other side", and a relentless hunter of the dreaded, evil "Kuman Thong". He is the only one who knows how to fight and kill the evil spirit, which he sets about doing, with the help of Sara and Melody, saving only the two remaining girls and himself, before leaving the destroyed horrible and destroyed Bed & Breakfast, and the pitiful ravaged town of Lovelock behind for good, but leaving room for a possible sequel.
