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April 22, 2005

Horror Parody=Inevitable Pun

After a long long wait, Dead and Breakfast, the zombie horror/comedy, has a small handful of showings stateside. Lucky for me, one of the places the film is being shown is the Two Boots Pioneer Theater, right here in New York (this weekend only!).

The film is about a group of young(ish) folks who stop in a rural Bed & Breakfast for the night, and are besieged (perhaps predictably) by a bunch of redneck zombies. Also, it's funny. It stars David Carradine, Erik Palladino (Dr. Malluci from way back on ER), Portia de Rossi, Oz Perkins (son of Anthony "Norman Bates" Perkins), among others. Plus, if you look closely at the cast list, you'll notice that the role of 'Orange Cap' (one of the film's many living-impaired individuals) is played by Devon Gummersal who you might recall as Brian Krakow from TV's My So-Called Life. I think that's pretty awesome.

Lest anyone think this is a Shaun of the Dead rip, it's worth mentioning that two films were made roughly concurrently. SotD just got a big leg up on funding and distro, so let's try to judge D&B on it's own merits, shall we?

In related news, Land of the Dead, the final installment of George Romero's zombie tetralogy, got a huge push forward on it's release date. Originally slated to open around Halloween, Land will now open on June 24th (!). That's just a week ahead of Undead and month before The Devil's Rejects hits theaters. That's effing fantastic. I, for one, am going to be a very busy horror geek. I also just realized that I am never going to have sex again.

Posted by matt at April 22, 2005 12:49 PM