Dead and Breakfast

Dead and Breakfast...2004...NC-17...88 minutes...starring Ever Carradine, Erik Palladino, Jeremy Sisto, Bianca Lawson, Gina Phillips, and Oz Perkins (appearances by David Carradine, Portia De Rossi, and Diedrich Bader)...written and directed by Matthew Leutwyler

One of the perennial rules of horror movies is to never let the car, truck, or RV break down if it's at all possible. Sadly, another rule is that a vehicle will always tend to break down at the worst possible spot. Six friends on their way to a wedding in Galveston have the inevitable breakdown, ending up in the small town of Lovelock that is...of course...in the middle of nowhere. Or Texas. They take refuge in a bed and breakfast, and one of them manages to knock over a strange Eastern box, said to offer good luck and protection. The problem being, the "power source" for this charm is a spirit known as the Kuman Thong...and it really needs to stay in its container or prison. Oops.

If you don't like your horror and gore mixed with comedy and slapstick, Dead and Breakfast is not for you. If the idea of a country-singing narrator doesn't sit well, Dead and Breakfast is not for you. If the idea of zombie line dancing has no appeal for you, well...Dead and Breakfast is not for you. These are the things that drew me to the movie, and I found it very enjoyable. Yes, there's quite a bit of blood...part of the comedy is in the excess of spatter. This also isn't a movie you don't want to spend too much time worrying about plot holes and logic; you either go with it or you don't.

I went with it, and I give it 3 carved boxes out of 5.