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Night of the Living Bread Directed by Kevin S. O'Brien Music by Ken Hymes
Wenda WilliamsonDistributed by Columbia Pictures:
(1993 TV)Release date(s) 1990 Running time 8 minutes Country United States Language English Night of the Living Bread is a 1990 American independent short film comedic parody of Night of the Living Dead, directed by Kevin S. O'Brien.[1][2][3]
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Background
A plot familiar to viewers of zombie movies and those casually acquainted with the genre is, the dead come to life, spread their condition throughout the United States, and prey on the living. However, in this 8 minute film it is not the dead that become re-animated, but bread, with the bread credited as "playing itself".
Plot
Two people are attacked in a cemetery when slices of bread hurl themselves at them. They escape in their car as bread throws itself at them from offscreen. They make it to a farm house where they and others are besieged by rampant slices of killer bread. One gets smothered to death, leaving behind a white bread-strewn corpse. News reports speculate that an explosion at a bakery thus animating—as opposed to re-animating—all manner of bread. Even Communion Wafers attack people when priests using their Churches as Emergency shelters lead Mass. The group then barricades their sanctuary farmhouse, using toasters instead of torches to frighten off the bread and barricading the doors and wall with sandwich bags instead of boards. The two women go into the basement to keep safe, not knowing that there is a lunch bag next to them. The bread kills them and one of the men leaving only one person. At the end of the film, the sole survivor is smothered by the bread.
Cast
- Vince Ware as Ben
- Katie Harris as Barbra
- Robert J. Saunders as Tom
- Gina Saunders as Judy
- Kevin S. O'Brien as Jeff Drexel (as Wolfgang S. Saunders)
- Stephen R. Newell as Father Brye
- Steve Herminghausen as Johnny
- Michael R. Saunders as Body
Recognition
Of its screening at the 1993 Zombie Jamboree in Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called the film "a hilarious black and white parody".[4] The film was picked up by Columbia Pictures after it aired on WPGH.[5] A tribute to this film was aired during an episode of the TV series Bump in the Night. Of its addition to the 2002 Night of the Living Dead "Millennium Edition", DVD Talk opined "It's hilarious and a clever addition to the disc".[6]
Release
This short is included on the 1994 Elite Entertainment laserdisc, [7]1995 "Special Collector's Edition Digitally Remastered 2 Tape Set" from Anchor Bay Entertainment[8] and the 2002 "Millennium Edition" of Night of the Living Dead,[6] released by Elite Entertainment. All of these releases, unlike many lower-quality video releases of Night of the Living Dead, were authorized by director George A. Romero.
References
- ^ The essential monster movie guide (illustrated ed.). Billboard Books. 2000. ISBN 0823079368. OCLC 9780823079360. http://books.google.com/books?id=TGhZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Night+of+the+Living+Bread%22&dq=%22Night+of+the+Living+Bread%22&ei=IapfSqnoFov8lQTM67ifCg. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
- ^ "It's `Son of the Title Maven' by the perspiring screenwriter". newsbank.com (Minneapolis Star-Tribune). November 3, 1991. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MN&p_theme=mn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EFE44EF4F9D3245&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
- ^ DeLeon, Clark (2008). Pennsylvania Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (3, illustrated, revised ed.). Globe Pequot. ISBN 0762745886. OCLC 9780762745883. http://books.google.com/books?id=9FaE8Y-_TxkC&pg=PT158&dq=%22Night+of+the+Living+Bread%22&ei=IapfSqnoFov8lQTM67ifCg. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
- ^ "Death become Them horror fans find gore and more at Zombie Jamboree '93". newsbank.com (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette): pp. page B-1. August 30, 1993. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PG&p_theme=pg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADEE4132EF38F6&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
- ^ "Bread picked up". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 16, 1993. pp. page 20. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gUUOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=330DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6184,165423&dq=night-of-the-living-bread. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
- ^ a b "Night of the Living Dead: Millennium Edition". DVD Talk. http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/3613/night-of-the-living-dead-millennium-edition/. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
- ^ http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews/nightofthelivingdead.html
- ^ Nye, Doug (November 14, 1995). "Now watch 'Night of the Living Dead' the way it was meant to be seen". accessmylibrary.com (Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service). http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6347614_ITM. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
External links
- Full movie online at YouTube
- Night of the Living Bread at the Internet Movie Database
- Night of the Living Bread at AllRovi
Living Dead series Romero's Dead films Night of the Living Dead (1968) • Dawn of the Dead (1978) • Day of the Dead (1985) • Land of the Dead (2005) • Diary of the Dead (2007) • Survival of the Dead (2010)Dead series remakes Return of the Living Dead films The Return of the Living Dead (1985) • Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988) • Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993) • Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005) • Return of the Living Dead: Rave from the Grave (2005)Unofficial sequels and remakes Zombi 2 (1979) • Zombi 3 (1988) • Children of the Living Dead (2001) • Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (2005) • Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006) • Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D (2011)Parodies Night of the Living Bread (1990) • NOTDOT (1991) • Knight of the Living Dead (2005) • Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)Homages Flesheater (1988) • Shaun of the Dead (2004) • Fido (2006) • Dance of the Dead (2008) • Zone of the Dead (2009)Related topics Return of the Living Dead (1977 novel) • Document of the Dead (1985) • City of the Dead • Escape of the Living Dead (2005) • Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green (2005 video game)Categories:- 1990 films
- American films
- English-language films
- Parody films
- Short films
- Living Dead films
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