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Best movie of this year hands down!

Sadly Over-hyped

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Also called "KFZ: Kentucky Fried Zombies," "Die-ner" is probably one of the worst films I've ever seen.The script was probably written in crayon and, I'm theorizing, the entire film was made to just try and milk some money out of zombie and horror fans because absolutely no effort was put into this film. Sure, one could argue that a lack of a budget was to blame (clearly this movie was made for about 10 dollars and change) but, after sitting through it, I would argue the entire film was made just to try and make some cash off of people seeing the halfway decent box art on the DVD and decided to spend the 5 bucks it will put them back after they pull it from the bargain bin.There's not much of a story to speak of (and the plot clearly forgotten about) and, not surprisingly, the acting is terrible--unless you're talking about the main character, the annoying serial killer who tries (and fails) to be charismatically cool. However, the actor is a tremendous source of amusement as it is obvious he thinks he's the greatest actor to ever live despite looking like he moonlights as a Bud Bundy impersonator.The zombies in this film were lazily created, the camera work is painful to endure and look at, there's no horror or comedy to speak of in this poorly defined dark comedy (it's just insulting to even attempt to classify this one as such) and the entire movie is just a gigantic waste of time and it's only real purpose seems to be as a reminder of all the things you could be doing that would actually end with something productive and a better use of your time.This movie is lazy filmmaking at its more obvious.

Our story starts with Ken sitting casually in a rural diner chatting with his waitress, Rose. This conversation is tongue in cheek and results in the death of both Rose and the only other person in the diner, the cook. Of course, this is because Ken is a serial killer. While hiding the bodies, Ken is interrupted by Rob and Kathy who bicker about her want for a divorce not moments before entering the diner. Tending to them (with the intent of killing them, Ken is again interrupted by Sheriff Duke who strolls in for a coffee. Mysteriously, the two dead bodies hidden in the freezer reanimate and end up biting Duke in the neck. Rob and Kathy realize Ken is a killer and are essentially held hostage by him as he plays around carelessly for much of the film. Eventually Rob is eaten by a zombie in a truck outside the diner and Kathy is shot by a incompetent deputy sheriff and eaten by zombies. Ken gets his by being eaten by a group of zombies. Oh, and a very important denouement of a zombie getting into a truck. The plot is disappointing. Too much rides on Ken talking mostly to himself as other characters whine and wince uncomfortably. This of course is probably important as the whole film occurs on happenstance so to fill the void from one event to the next, needless chatter is placed. The story itself is too small for the roughly 80 minute runtime. Characters don't progress in any arch and the end result is everyone dies leaving me as a viewer to wonder...what was the point? Am I supposed to feel scared? Am I suppose to laugh? is there a subtext which I clearly don't pick up on? Was I supposed to side with Ken and his 2 cent serial killer philosophies which seem regurgitated from many other films or the whiney do nothing couple who have no respect for each other? I simply don't know. As this is a zombie film, gore has to me mentioned. It's not a lot... In fact, there's really only one decent zombie bite which is pretty tame and standard. Gore is nothing special. Continuity suffers a bit as boom shadows can be seen several times as well as blinds being open then closed at various times as well as general prop placement. Also story continuity is lacking, They're supposed to be somewhere in rural Idaho where it's "the loneliest place on the loneliest highway" yet at the end there are 20-30 zombies pouring into the diner... why? where'd these people come from? Acting conveyed little for me as the characters are so unlikeable to begin with it's hard to say that had they been done better the story and film would have been different. Music is repetitive and generic. Camera work is basically fine minus the fact that in many shots actors are framed awkwardly and focus at times is poor. (I say this is basically fine because you can't pick too much on such things given budget and what the film apparently was) Overall, just not very good. I give credit to Josh Grote (Ken) who I think did pretty well overall. And yes he does look and at times sound very much like Edward Norton. Honestly, if you take Paul Rudd and Ed Norton you have Josh Grote. I can't recommend this film based on the idea that I truly don't believe it's entertaining. It's not funny, not scary, not mock worthy, not gory, not original, not shot well, not set well, doesn't offer any real message...etc. This film has little going for it other than being produced in 8 days and for $500,000. (that's not impressive but it shows me that things were probably rushed and corners had to be cut) 2 out of 10.

A very good effort indeed. I was surprised to find myself pretty glued to the screen on this wonderfully done independent horror/Comedy. You can tell they didn't have that big of a budget, but still they did a fairly decent job with the effects and the acting was fairly well too. The serial killer carries a lot of the film and it doesn't wear out its welcome at 80 minutes long. I have to say I was actually sad to see it go and wished they would've made it a bit longer. I do admit some of the humor was a bit corny,but it makes up for it with some very funny moments also and is a great clash of Slasher/Zombie Horror.I Highly recommended this for Independent Horror genre film lovers with 83 minutes to kill.

Ken is a personable, talkative serial killer who has just dispatched the late-night skeleton crew at an out-of-the-way diner. When a bickering young couple and a local cop turn up and start to smell a rat, Ken is ready to add to the body count. But the bodies in the freezer aren't content to stay dead, and things quickly get out of control.When you approach a movie with a title like this one, you don't tend to expect subtlety. But Die-ner's grim opening sequence (in a series of close-ups showing Ken cleaning up the traces of his work) tips you off that this is a horror movie before it's anything else. The low-key comedy proceeds mostly from the well-drawn characters' reactions to the situation. The young couple is faced with a double threat: they can't flee the zombies because of the psycho killer holding them hostage. Josh Grote (in his first film performance) does a great job as Ken, who is less terrified than utterly fascinated by the zombie rising. As a connoisseur of death, he's intrigued by the idea of un-death. "I kill people all the time," he says, "but they've never come back before." Louisiana actor Larry Purtell is hilarious as the tired, ineffectual sheriff, who gets taken out of the game pretty quickly and spends most of the movie groaning on the floor.The film is fairly light on the gore, but there is one well-done zombie bite and a bit of hand trauma. That aside, it's a clever take on the zombie and serial killer genres, informed by lots of older movies but never beholden to them. They even manage to pull off the "kill me if I become one of them" exchange without embarrassing themselves. I think if more people see this, it has the potential to generate some buzz. If a DVD were available (hopefully with a different title), I might be interested in seeing it again.P.S. Lead actor Josh Grote appears to be in no way related to Edward Norton, despite looking and sounding exactly like him.