In order for me to beat a dead horse here, I watched yet another horror/comedy. Why? I don't know. It was just what was given to me. However, I hope you noticed that instead of saying it was a comedy/horror, like I did with The Janitor, I listed Dead & Breakfast (2004) as a horror/comedy. The reason being, I just thought the horror part was played out more in this one, and it wasn't as silly as it could be in The Janitor. Oh the comedy was certainly there, but not so much in my face all the time. Plus, for whatever reason, I liked the comedy better in this movie.Dead & Breakfast is about 3 couples that are heading to a wedding in a RV, but get a little lost on the way. They end up in a very small town named Lovelock, where everyone calls you friend. They end up at a bed and breakfast type place and spend the night. Sometime during the night a murder happens. Of course the police suspect one of them did it, and they make the group stay in town. One of them become possessed by an evil spirit, and sets out to possess the rest of the town.
That is a short version of the plot really. I wanted to talk more about the movie itself, instead of the plot. If you want to know, I did enjoy the plot of the movie. The effects I enjoyed. It could be a silly at times, with the amount of blood that would come squirting out. We keep getting reminded that the possessed people aren't zombies, but the only way they could be killed is if you shoot them in the head. Sounds like a zombie to me but whatever. There are a lot of bullet wounds and a few severed heads, and lots and lots of blood. I didn't really notice any fake body parts this time around, except for the severed heads. It's not too often they look real though, so I'm used to that.
The acting...I can't say enough good things about the acting in this movie. I really enjoyed it. Nothing seemed to over the top to me, and was well done across the board. There are a few faces I knew from this movie, even though I had never heard of the movie itself. Gina Philips (Jeepers Creepers), Jeremy Sisto (May, Wrong Turn), and David Carradine (Kill Bill V1, V2). Dead & Breakfast has a big cast to it. Even so, I thought everyone did a wonderful job.
Every once in a while a drawing would come up, that kind of had scenes from the movie. They were black and white, and red drawlings. Mostly they help separate scenes a little. I thought it was a nice touch, and liked seeing them as they popped up. Another thing I liked about Dead & Breakfast was the music. About as often as the drawings, we would be treated to a song. A guy in the film (Zach Selwyn) would break into a song about the movie. I think I really, really liked this, just because I really liked the music and songs. If you don't like the music, then I can understand how this would get you annoyed very quickly. One of my favorite scenes is when a song is being played and the possessed people start to break out in dance. That really had me smiling and laughing.
I highly recommend this movie to anyone. I'm sure you would need to be a fan of horror movies, in order not to be too grossed out by all the blood and all though. Even though I thought this was more of a horror movie instead of a comedy, I wasn't scared by anything. Then again it takes something special to scare me anymore. If it did scare me, then I would give Dead & Breakfast my highest rating. But since it didn't I will knock it down one point, even though I hate to, since I really loved this movie. I will be sure to buy this movie someday, because I'm already looking forward to watching it again.
4 out of 5 Dancing Zombies
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Hmmm these were mighty strong words for such a pretty lady. I mean look at the pics you have posted to your profile. I look at them, grin, and always ask myself the same question - how can such a sweet, gorgeous lady, have such a sick mind (clapping and grinning).
So I took your advice and watched it when it finally hit my mailbox. It is not that I feel like I have to agree with everything you say about a movie Miss Heather. Maybe we really do enjoy a lot of the same things in our horrors, so I really do tend to agree with your thoughts far more often than I have a different take. But even when I see it differently, to me it is just a slightly different shade for the same point - never a really glaring difference.
But I am not afraid that you will be highly offended if I choose to disagree. I know you understand we are different folks, so that is always possible. But with this one, I just wanted to say I was not afraid to disagree - before I basically totally agreed with everything you said about it too (sticks out tongue, grinning).
You know, maybe I am getting older (well obviously I am) or maybe all my meds are sort of mellowing me out a bit, lol. Who knows for sure. In the past I rarely liked a light hearted horror. Give me my blood, guts and screams ... period. If I want to grin and laugh at something funny, I will put in a comedy.
But lately I have come across at least a couple of flicks that try to mix horror with comedy and really enjoyed the end results. Ok, for me, this usually happens when it is largely horror, lots of blood and guts, great effects, with some sarcastic one-liners or a tongue-in-cheek attitude. This one was like that for me, so it was really hard not to enjoy it. I even enjoyed the songs too, and thought they added a nice touch to the flick.
In that respect it reminded me a bit of Slither and Feast. It just seemed to have a mix that really worked for me, like those other two did. I ended up buying all three to add to my collection now - thanks to a very great lady, who enjoys talking about horror movies (clapping, tips my hat)(well ok, Feast is in processing, so there).
I would give this one a strong 4 as well Heather. Like you, give me at least one shiver, even a weak one, before I can say ok, its a 5 for me. But those are so rare for me these days (sighing). So for me a 4 is a damn near for sure, lol.
You nailed another one Heather. Come on, be honest, you really are psychic aren't you. You can read my mind (now that is truly a horrific thought for sure, lmao) and tell if I am going to like a flick, before you write up your review...right? You do scare me at times, but always in a great way maam (tips my hat). I was surprised that I did not go back and add a comment to this one. All I can say is sorry maam, that it took so long. But hope it makes you smile a bit, whenever you have discovered that I did finally post a comment to your great review. You deserve that Heather.
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