Dead and Breakfast

So I signed up for the Blockbuster version of Netflix the other day. I find it more appealing because they have more to it, (you can return dvds to the store and take them there, you get free video game rentals, and with the envelopes, you can buy previously viewed DVDs at 3 for 20 dollars, which is a pretty good deal). Netflix I know is the proven commodity, and it already has people that swear by it, but I like to be different, and not only that, I still like going to the video store.

Anyhow, the first movie that came was called Dead and Breakfast. I had heard about it a while back, and never thought to look for it at the store, so I put it on my list and watched it last night.

It has David Carradine and Deidrich Bader from the Drew Carey show as the only notable actors in it. This wasn't a bad thing to be honest, and they were in it for all of three minutes anyways.

The main crew of characters, some of which I recognized from other movies, are on an RV trip to a wedding. On the road, its getting late and they are lost. Instead of trying to trek on and find the place, they decide to hole up in hicksville USA, which of course leads them to the creepy bed and breakfast, owned by Carradine.

It gets into the gory horror parody pretty quickly, and the first death shown is such a bloody mess. I wasn't expecting too much in terms of gore or special effects or anything, but was pleasantly surprised by the old school style of make up effects using legitimate makeup, latex, and tubes to shoot fountains of blood as opposed to everything having to be done with CGI like a lot of shit these days.

There are plenty of corny jokes, and humor poking fun of horror movies and the movie itself, which was cool. It didnt take itself too seriously at all.

Anyways, back to the story. They run into a drifter at said hicktown, who later turns out to be a monk who has a background in all this weird black magic type shit. This is relevant, because at the bed and breakfast, there is a little box that "holds spirits" inside of it. It is accidentally opened, and the spirit takes the body of one of the guys, and he becomes a zombie, all things considered.

The zombies in the movie are different from other movies in the fact that they can talk, think, and are pretty much regular people. If they get a piece of your hair or a drop of your blood, they can put it in the box, and you become cast under the spell and in turn you are a zombie as well. They dont eat people though, they are just trying to get everybody on "Team Zombie"

There is a nice Night of Living Dead/any zombie movie showdown where they board themselves in the bed and breakfast and start fighting off the zombies. There are lots of good kills in this scene, and at the country ho down which takes place just before. Heads exploding a plenty. One part cracked me and my brother up when they are attacking a guy and pull his ear off and he screams out "Thats my fucking ear!"

It was sweet, trust me. Watch it and see. So the big zombie apocolypse happens and then the ending happens which I cant give away.

Overall I'd give it 3 1/2 assholes out of 5, and give it two thumbs up as far as entertainment value goes.

For me personally, thats what its all about. I sat down for the 80 some odd minutes and it blew by, which is all I ask for in a movie. I'd recommend it to anybody who likes gory, comedy, faux horror movies.

The acting was pretty decent, minus one of the girls who was terrible. She is redeemed though because her last name is Lawson in real life. If not for that, she sucked in the movie aside from being good to look at.

Bottom line, fun to watch.

Up next: True Romance or Jet Li's Fearless