Dead and Breakfast
4/11/06
D&B star Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Sheriff ) has joined the
cast of ABC's hit show Grey's
Anatomy for the remainder of the season.
D&B was nominated for a Saturn Award by The Academy Of
Science Fiction Fantasy &
Horror Films for Best DVD Release.
D&B star Ever Carradine (Sara) is currently starring
on ABC's Golden Globe Winning
series Commander And Chief
New York Post Gives D&B 3 Stars.
4/20/05 – "...Totally entertaining. "
PRE-ORDER D&B DVD AT AMAZON
Anchor Bay sets September release for Dead & Breakfast on DVD and PS2.
Fangoria magazine feature story
- Article will download as a .pdf
4/19/05 – The May Issue of the #1 horror magazine will include an extensive feature on Dead & Breakfast.
D&B continues foreign festival run.
3/11/05 – Dead & Breakfast premieres today in Prague at the Kino Theater. Upcoming festival screenings include the Brussels Int’l Festival Of Fantastic Films and the Bangkok Film Festival.
Rue Morgue’s
2004 year in review
3/03/05 – In the March issue (issue #44), the horror magazine looked back on 2004 and recognized Dead & Breakfast as the Best Independent Film of the year.
IGN FilmForce Rates D&B as one of the best of 2004
1/10/05 - The website announced it’s top ten movies of the year and gave Dead & Breakfast an Honorable Mention.
D&B
wins ShriekFest
and
Rhode Island Horror Fest
10/17/04 - Dead & Breakfast won the Best Film Award at Shriekfest in L.a. and the Grand Prize at The Rhode Island International Horror Festival. The film was also selected to screen at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin over the Halloween weekend where it played to another sold-out crowd.
David Carradine Intro’s D&B to Belgium
10/08/04 -David Carradine who plays the owner of the B&B was in Ghent, Belgium to introduce Dead & Breakfast at the Flanders International Film Festival.
Anchor Bay Buys North American Rights
October begins with Anchor Bay acquiring all North American rights for Dead & Breakfast. An April 2005 limited theatrical release is planned.
Standing Room Only For Birmingham Screening
9/25/04 – After screening to a standing room only crowd of over 500
Dead & Breakfast received some notice from a headline in The Birmingham
post-Herald:
Sidewalk's fans rate their favorites; 'Dead and Breakfast' wins praise -
The comedy zombie flick from San Francisco director Mathew Leutwyler earned
more mentions than any other film for its zany scenes that included zombies
doing a choreographed dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller."
"It was off the wall — just no holds barred," said William
Smith, 22, of Southside. "It's one of those you just enjoy, and you don't
even realize how long you're in the theater."
D&B
screens to a sold-out audience of 750 at Fantasia Film Festival
From Fantasia web site 7/11/04:
‘Midnight mania- Last night's midnight screening of Dead and Breakfast
was an enormous success. The crowd went wild for this hilarious, crowd-pleasing
horror comedy. Special guest Jun Tan answered questions after the film along
with director Matthew Leutwyler who was in attendance by way of telephone.’
Rue Morgue Magazine continues to support D&B
7/15/04 - ‘Rue Morgue Presents Cinemacbre Movie Nights’ screens
D&B to another sold-out crowd at the Bloor Cinema, Toronto. Matthew Leutwyler
and the film have also been invited to Rue Morgue’s 2004 Festival OF
Fear in August.
D&B invited to more fests
July ends with D&B invited to the Boston Film Festival, Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival, Oldenburg Int’l Film Festival (Germany). And Brussels Festival of Horror and Fantasy Films, Maine int’l Film Festival, Hollywood Film Festival.
Rue Morgue Magazine’s feature Story Hits The Stand
Issue #39 May/June includes a two-page spread on Dead & Breakfast.
D&B goes to Europe
4/24/04 - Dead & Breakfast makes its U.K. Premiere at the Dead By Dawn Festival in Scotland where it is Runner-up for the Audience Award before going to Madrid to play to more than 600 at I Muestra de Cine Fantastica y De Terror.
D&B wins Weekend Of Fear and SF Horror Fest
3/25/04 - Dead & Breakfast makes its International Premier at Germany’s Weekend of fear where it wins both the Jury Award and Audience Award for Best Int’l Film. The following week at The San Francisco horror festival, it also picks up the Audience Award.
World Premiere at SXSW
3/15/04 - Dead & Breakfast makes its World Premiere at South By Southwest film Festival, selling out two screenings at the prestigious event.
‘Could be the US answer to SHAUN OF THE DEAD.’
- AIN’T IT COOL NEWS
‘The work of die-hard horror fans... A horror movie that every
horror fan should see.’
- RUE MORGUE MAGAZINE
‘The blood and guts of ‘Dead & Breakfast’ conjure memories
of Peter Jackson’s earlier works… It’s a bloody good time.’
- FILM THREAT
‘One of the goofiest horror films I’ve ever seen… This
is by all means a comedy that is liable to make you guffaw as much as you
gag.’
-WGN CHICAGO
‘Dead and Breakfast is the funniest gorefest to come along since
last year's Cabin Fever’
- eFilmCritic.COM
‘Dead and Breakfast Rocks!… a smart, sexy, and intense homage
to the classics of modern horror… Grabs you by the throat from the first
frame and never loses steam.’
- IGN FILM FORCE
‘Breathes new life into the horror/comedy... One of the best movies
I have seen in a long time.’
- UNSPEAKABLE MAGAZINE
‘A film as hysterically funny as it is blood-splatteringly gory.’
- HORROR VIEW
‘Director Matthew Leutwyler expertly mixes elements of everything
from Night of the Living Dead to Thriller is this smart, sexy and intensely
funny homage to the classics of modern horror.’
- IRISH FILM INSTITUTE
‘Lots of fun, lots of gore combine to make Dead & Breakfast
a movie that’s sure to attain some type of cult status.”
- THE HORROR CHANNEL
‘A way-over-the-top parody that aims to be as comically direct
as a homemade shotgun.’
- THE BOSTON GLOBE
'One of the goriest zombie movies I have ever seen... You have got to
see this flick.'
- SLASHERPOOL
'This movie kicks ass!'
- HORROR TALK
‘If you liked EVIL DEAD you will love this movie…This one
is a gem.”
- BLOODY DISGUSTING
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