Dead & Breakfast

Dead & Breakfast
Directed by	Matthew Leutwyler
Produced by	Miranda Bailey Wang Ching
Written by	Story: Matthew Leutwyler Jun Tan Billy Burke Screenplay: Matthew Leutwyler
Music by	Zach Selwyn Brian Vander Ark
Cinematography	David Scardina
Editing by	Peter Devaney Flanagan
Distributed by	Anchor Bay Entertainment
Release date(s)	March 2004 (SXSW Film Festival) August 19, 2005 (Limited)
Running time	88 min.
Language	English

Dead & Breakfast is a 2004 horror/comedy film directed by Matthew Leutwyler.

Plot

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 travellers. He instructs his Deputy, Enos (Mark Kelly), to seize the keys to their RV and tells the travellers that they must stay in Lovelock for the duration of the investigation. Then the Sheriff arrests a 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" which possesses all the local town folk, transforming them into zombies.

Ultimately, the mysterious drifter becomes the hero. He is a long time student of powers from "the other side", and is the only one who knows how to fight and kill the evil spirit. He sets about doing this with the help of Sara and Melody. Only they survive, leaving the destroyed bed and breakfast and the ruined Lovelock behind.

Cast

• Brooke Allison as Miss Kimble
• Padraic Aubrey as The Mullet Man
• Diedrich Bader as Chef Henri
• Miranda Bailey as Lisa Belmont
• Ric Barbera as The Preacher
• Theresa Burkhart as The Skanky Chick
• David Carradine as Mr. Wise
• Ever Carradine as Sara
• Brent David Fraser as The Drifter
• Portia de Rossi as Kelly (The Bride)
• Luiggi Debiasse as The Gardener
• Jeff Enden as Cletus (The Poster Guy)
• Brian Gattas as The Farmer
• Devon Gummersall as Orange Cap
• Evan Helmuth as The Bass Player
• Mark Kelly as Enus
• Bianca Lawson as Kate
• Matthew Leutwyler as The Leg Wrestler (Loser)
• Amy Claire Lloyd as The Waitress
• Johnny Martin as The Bar Back
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan as The Sheriff
• John Oszajca as The Drummer
• Erik Palladino as David
• Gina Philips as Melody
• Oz Perkins as Johnny
• Barry Ratcliffe as The Ear Guy
• John Robb as The Bartender
• Zachariah Selwyn as Randall Keith Randall
• Jeremy Sisto as Christian
• Zed Starkovich as Harmonica Bob
• David W. Strong as The Leg Wrestler (Winner)
• Brian Vander Ark as The Tall Hick
• Vincent Ventresca as The Doc

Release

Dead & Breakfast debuted on March 2004 at the SXSW Film Festival and opened in other film festivals on the dates given below.

Region	Release date	Festival
United States	March 2004	SXSW Film Festival
United Kingdom	02004-04-26 April 26, 2004	Dead by Dawn Edinburgh Horror Film Festival[1]
United States	02004-07-10 July 10, 2004	Maine International Film Festival
Canada	02004-07-12 July 12, 2004	Fantasia Festival
Germany	02004-08-12 August 12, 2004	Hamburg Fantasy Filmfest
Germany	02004-09-11 September 11, 2004	Filmfest Oldenburg
United States	02004-09-12 September 12, 2004	Boston Film Festival
United States	02004-09-24 September 24, 2004	Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
Canada	02004-09-25 September 25, 2004	Calgary Film Festival
Belgium	02004-10-08 October 8, 2004	Flanders International Film Festival
United States	02004-10-15 October 15, 2004	Hollywood Film Festival[2]
Belgium	02005-03-18 March 18, 2005	Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films
France	02006-01-26 January 26, 2006	Gerardmer Film Festival

Awards

Ceremony	Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
Shriekfest	2004	Won	Best Film	Horror Feature Matthew Leutwyler[3]
Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival	2004	Won	Best Feature	Matthew Leutwyler
San Francisco Horrorfest	2004	Won	Audience Award	Best Feature Film Matthew Leutwyler
Weekend of Fear, Nuremberg, Germany	2004	Won	Audience Award	Matthew Leutwyler Tied with Una de zombis
			Golden Glibb	Matthew Leutwyler
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA	2006	Nominated	Saturn Award	Best DVD Release

References

1. ^ "Archive « Dead By Dawn". Dead By Dawn. http://www.deadbydawn.co.uk/archive/#2004. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
2. ^ "2004 Hollywood Film Festival Program". Hollywood Film Festival. http://hollywoodawards.com/finalists/films2004.html. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
3. ^ "Our Winners - 2004". Shriekfest. http://www.shriekfest.com/winners.php?id=2004. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 

External links

• Official website
• Dead & Breakfast at the Internet Movie Database
• Dead & Breakfast at AllRovi