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Night of the Living Bread

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Night of the Living Bread
Directed byKevin S. O'Brien
Music byKen Hymes
Wenda Williamson
Distributed byColumbia Pictures:
(1993 TV)
Release dates
  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
8 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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] Bread comes to life, spreads its condition throughout the United States, and preys on the living in this eight-minute film.

Plot[]

Two people are attacked in a cemetery by slices of bread, which is hurled at them. The people escape in their car as more bread hurls itself at them from offscreen. They make it to a farmhouse where they and others are besieged by rampant slices of killer bread. One person is smothered to death, leaving behind a corpse strewn with white bread. News reports speculate that an explosion at a bakery is animating all manner of bread. During Catholic Mass in an emergency shelter, the worshippers are attacked by Communion wafers. The group in the farmhouse fortify their defences, using toasters (instead of torches) to frighten off the bread, and barricading the doors and windows with sandwich bags (instead of wooden planks). Two women seek refuge in the basement, unaware that there is a lunch bag next to them. The bread inside kills them and one of the men, leaving only one person alive. Meanwhile, the two hamburger buns float away from the women they kill. 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
  • Bread as itself

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" VHS edition from Anchor Bay Entertainment[8] and the 2002 DVD "Millennium Edition" of Night of the Living Dead,[6] released by Elite Entertainment.

References[]

  1. ↑ Stephen Jones, Forrest J. Ackerman (2000). The essential monster movie guide (illustrated ed.). Billboard Books. ISBN 9780823079360. https://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. 
  2. ↑ "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. 
  3. ↑ DeLeon, Clark (2008). Pennsylvania Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (3, illustrated, revised ed.). Globe Pequot. ISBN 9780762745883. https://books.google.com/books?id=9FaE8Y-_TxkC&pg=PT158&dq=%22Night+of+the+Living+Bread%22&ei=IapfSqnoFov8lQTM67ifCg. Retrieved July 16, 2009. 
  4. ↑ "Death become Them horror fans find gore and more at Zombie Jamboree '93". newsbank.com (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette): pp. 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. 
  5. ↑ "Bread picked up". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 16, 1993. pp. 20. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gUUOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=330DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6184,165423&dq=night-of-the-living-bread. Retrieved 2009-07-16. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Night of the Living Dead: Millennium Edition". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2009-07-16. {{cite web}}:
  7. ↑ http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews/nightofthelivingdead.html
  8. ↑ 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[]

Living Dead films
Official films Romero's Dead series 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 (2009)
Dead series remakes Night of the Living Dead (1990) • Dawn of the Dead (2004) • Day of the Dead (2008) • Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2018) • Night of the Animated Dead (2021)
Return of the Living Dead series 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 to the Grave (2005)
Unofficial films Zombi series Zombi 2 (1979) • Zombi 3 (1988) • After Death (1989) • Killing Birds (1988) • Others
Dead series remakes and sequels Night of the Living Dead: 30th Anniversary Edition (1999) • Children of the Living Dead (2001) • Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (2005) • Mimesis: Night of the Living Dead (2011) • Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection (2012) • Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn (2015) • Night of the Animated Dead (2021) • Others
Night of the Living Dead 3D series Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006) • Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation (2012)
Documentaries Document of the Dead (1981/1989/2012) • Birth of the Living Dead (2012)
Parodies Night of the Living Bread (1990) • NOTDOT (1991) • Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006) • Night of the Living Carrots (2011)
Homages Hell of the Living Dead (1980) • Flesheater (1988) • Shaun of the Dead (2004) • Winter of the Dead (2005) • Hood of the Living Dead (2005) • Fido (2006) • Flight of the Living Dead (2007) • Dance of the Dead (2008) • Zone of the Dead (2009) • Juan of the Dead (2011) • War of the Dead (2011) • One Cut of the Dead (2017) • Army of the Dead (2021)
Homages Hell of the Living Dead (1980) • Flesheater (1988) • Shaun of the Dead (2004) • Winter of the Dead (2005) • Hood of the Living Dead (2005) • Fido (2006) • Flight of the Living Dead (2007) • Dance of the Dead (2008) • Zone of the Dead (2009) • Juan of the Dead (2011) • War of the Dead (2011) • One Cut of the Dead (2017) • Army of the Dead (2021)
Other media Soundtracks Dawn of the Dead • The Return of the Living Dead • "Night of the Living Dead" (1979)
TV series Day of the Dead (2021)
Print media Escape of the Living Dead (2005 comic) • Empire of the Dead (2014–2015 comic) • The Living Dead (2020 novel)
Video games Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green (2005) • City of the Dead (cancelled)
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