Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust

Plot synopsis:
Kelvin Cheatum (K-von Moezzi) is trying to save his father's studio from bankruptcy by producing worthy heirs to his father's slate of classic low-budget cult films. Cheatum Studio's current productions include Hamburger Time Traveler Detective, Space Spankers 2015, and the ninth entry of his father's famous killer puppet franchise Tiny Terrors; however, things aren't going as planned: the cast and crew members are losing patience with the long hours, lack of pay, terrible scripts, and Kelvin's over reliance on good will towards his father. A blogger who goes by the name of "Demon Warrior 13" is organizing effective boycotts of their films.
A puppet exploding during a shot has brought matters to a head and an open brawl has broken out on the set. In the ensuing chaos, Tommy Hines (Joseph Porter), using a wheelchair and battling a terminal illness, arrives from The Rainbow's End Foundation with his case worker Heather Crocker (Kelsey Sanders). His final wish before he dies is to tour the studio and see the star puppets from the Tiny Terrors franchise.
Meanwhile, Polly Bonderhoof (Michelle Bauer) attempts to restore order with a box of baked goods from her sister in Waco, Texas, which includes the Gingerdead Man (voiced by John Vulich). He slips out of the pastry box and locates a spell book in the prop room, which includes a transmigration spell to transfer his soul out of his stale form and into a human body. The spell calls for blood from five victims placed in a pentagram, and then the sacrifice of one more victim, who must be a virgin.
The Gingerdead Man kills four people in various gruesome ways, but is driven off by Kelvin and Heather as he cuts the hand off of a crew member. Kelvin orders the studio evacuated and sets off with Heather to confront the cookie, which goes badly when it seizes control of a prop robot which has functional disintegrating lasers, which disintegrates one of the crew members. Tommy cuts the robot's power cord with an ax and it topples over, momentarily trapping the Gingerdead Man beneath it. Tommy reveals himself to be "Demon Warrior 13," who has faked his illness in order to gain access to the studio and blow it up as revenge for the studio non-responsiveness to the scripts he has submitted. Kelvin offers a three picture deal while Heather sneaks up behind Tommy and attempts to bludgeon him. The assault fails and Kelvin is knocked unconscious.
Kelvin wakes, chained next to Heather on an altar on the Tiny Terrors set. Tommy is reading an incantation from the spell book, but the Gingerdead Man fatally stabs Tommy from behind, making him the sixth (and virginal) victim for the Transmigration. The gingerdead man, unsure whether one of the victims (the man with the cut off hand) is still alive, changes his plan, and decides to use Kelvin's body as his new host. It is revealed, as the spell finishes, that the gingerdead man has made a mistake- by letting the blood of the virgin touch the pentagram, the spell is tainted, and he accidentally invokes a spell for bringing dolls to life. The dolls from the set of Tiny Terrors animate themselves, and then attack the Gingerdead Man. They hold him down while one of them gets a cross, drag him to the cross, and crucify him (complete with crown of thorns,) before burning him on the cross. One of the actors from the movie, Sir Ian Cavanaugh (Jacob Witkin), bursts in and shoots all of the puppets with an AK-47.
Some time later, it is shown that Kelvin has married Heather and Tiny Terrors has won an award for Best Horror Hand Puppet Motion Picture, while a homeless man (Adam Green), digging for food in a dumpster, comes across the burnt cookie. He takes a bite, and is possessed by the Gingerdead Man.

Tags: comedy, murder, violence

Review:
Ever since this title was announced way back, I had been waiting patiently for a chance to watch it, granted the first one was one big pile of drivel, I had always maintained a certain level of hope for an improvement with the follow up.Sadly to say, and not for the first time, 'Gingerdead Man 2' - The Passion Of The Crust, although at it's festering heart contained a serious good idea, I found my patience beginning to wear very thin as I was treated to a ten minute recap from the original.Having spent the vast majority of my teenage years viewing every movie that Charles Band had produced, jumping on board with Empire Pictures, and then holding on for dear life with Full Moon Pictures, I have pretty much witnessed the good, the bad and the downright ugly!
No matter how bad the proceedings, I will always give over my time for a movie produced by the man himself, but dear oh dear, the last couple of outings have left a lot to be desired, 'Doll Graveyard', 'Dangerous Worry Dolls'.Now the notion of a movie within a movie has always been an intriguing idea, one such movie that comes to mind was Fred Olen Ray's 'Bad Girls From Mars' starring Edy Williams.Granted that film was any great shakes, the only thing that kept it afloat was the odd flash of nudity to keep the movie trucking along!
with 'Gingerdead Man 2' it was good to see such legends from the low budget film world strut their stuff in front of the camera, make-up maestro John Carl Buechler showed his acting chops as the beleaguered director Orson Biggs!
At the film's core, was the idea that this low budget film company, Cheatum Studios, you have to love that name have been struggling for some time to make any sort of entertaining movie, and of course through William Butler's screen story, this idea in itself is a thinly veiled mickey take on the financial ups and downs of Charles Band himself.I guess therein lay the problem for myself, I wanted to enjoy the movie, but it just kept on dragging on and on, getting involved with a myriad of ideas that mainly led the movie nowhere, such is the case with the Full Moon ideas being produced.A quirky movie at best, and although I know Part Three will fast approach at some point, depending on the budget of course, I really do wish Charles Band would think outside the box and give the Full Moon fans something decent to watch.My rating is 1 because the Cookie Has Crumbled!.
Regularly amusing and well made horror spoof with Charles Band and some Full Moon Productions buddies in ultimate 'taking the mickey' out of themselves mode.
Stand-up comedian K-Von is suitably selfish as a kind of Charles Band head -of-studio who has inherited his father's love of low budget horror films and his studio (cue Albert Band's influence for his son).
The Gingerdead Man accidentally finds his way to the studio and causes havoc as would be expected.
It is difficult to say much about the film without giving the main jokes away, but for those familiar with Full Moon's output and Band's reputation then this is a hoot.
Brother Richard Band provides a good score and some of the most talented Full Moon bunch are involved (think writer William Butler).
this movie is AWFUL!Budget: 100$ (IMO)P.S. i didn't see the first part, but some people say that THIS one is better, so i wonder about the first part..So don't waste money renting it.
There are some fresh faces in this and some stale faces (the Gingerdead Man) It was actually a nice balance between humor, horror, thrills, and surprises.This could easily become a cult classic and there were so many laughs our groups face hurt and their stomachs got a workout!
I saw this film and laughed so hard I hurt myself.
I quite honestly thought his performance was one of the best I've seen in an up and coming actor and I can't wait to see what he brings to the table next!
A Big "Thank you" to the entire cast and crew for cooking up a seriously funny, no holds barred, take no prisoners movie.
While watching this flick, I laughed so hard that my false teeth shot out of my mouth (in the balcony), down to the mezzanine!The acting, director, and writing is audacious and irreverently funny.
The film reminded me of a bunch of other films, and the memories made the whole movie even more hilarious, including the sequel title "...Passion of the Crust".
This flick is a campy romp--and, on this kind of 'yellow brick road' even Dorothy can come back to life.The casting is brilliant, and I hope that the audience sees more of the cast-members, who deliver their funniest performances.
I would be remiss if I didn't give a special mention of Bruce Dent (for his portrayal of Ricki Johnson), and Joseph Porter (for his portrayal of Tommy Hines).I usually hate sequels, as well as remakes, but not this sequel.
If you haven't seen the first Gingerdead Man film (trust me you didn't miss much), you needn't worry the entire thing is recapped in the first few minutes or so of this one.
Nope Gary Busey isn't in this one, but he isn't missed much as the Gingerbread man is pretty much a background character in this movie, most of the story is on the satire of the happenings of a Full Moon-esquire studio.
Filled with in-jokes and b-movie mainstays both in front and beyond the camera sending themselves up, this film was indeed a cut above the previous one and my preferred film starring the Gingerbread Man of the three that he's been in (he made a cameo in "Evil Bong" as well) My Grade: C+ DVD Extras: A promo for Full Moon website; Trailer for this movie; and trailers for "Dangerous worry dolls", "Evil Bong", & "Decadent Evil 2".
Refreshingly funny horror movie..
The movie took me back to a time in the 80's when there were great cult films like Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers and Nightmare Sisters.
There are some twists and turns that surprise you in the end unlike the typical "saw it coming" movies.
Make way for the new cult film of the millennium.
This little fan-film is a hilarious outrage for anyone who has ever seen a Charles Band production.I saw the Full Moon screening and was blown away.Up there on the screen was a painfully accurate parody of Charles Band himself!
A low budget film about a low budget film producer who makes bad puppet movies!!!
Hall played a really bad self obsessed actor...The movie will have you whooping with laughter as you are introduced to a new batch of bad puppet creations called the "Tiny Terrors" including Sh*t For Brains, Haunted Dildo, Treasure Chest, Knob Goblin..And the old Ginger Dead guy is hysterical as the killer cookie on a rampage.See this film!.
Trying to complete their day's work, the cast and crew of a low- budget horror movie finds that the budget and crew problems are the least of their worries when the killer doll appears looking to transfer his soul into a new host and forces them to fight him off.This one here was quite the impressive and truly fun sequel.
What really gives this one quite a lot to really enjoy here is the fact that it really goes overboard with the concept of the utterly-cheesy film-studio doing a new movie-shoot of their newest cheese-filled projects.
Not only is the type of film being made look quite fun as the opening shoot showing the low-rent dolls materializing and the different cheesy effects coming into play with the whole conjuring up the supernatural feel here being the perfect start to this one generating the kind of start this one really needs, and that indeed comes to pass with the rest of the film as the different scenes showing them going around the different film-shoots around the studio come off as a wholly fantastic example of the cheesiness typical of the film.
Getting backstage and going into the different encounters with the group during filming makes for some really enjoyable times here with the cheap, cheesy atmosphere finding itself improving the tone incredibly well and works as the rather fun doll appears and continues to spout the wisecracks here which really gives this one a fun atmosphere.
That leads strongly into the film's rather goofy and silly stalking scenes which are quite fun and enjoyable as this one features some strong scenes of it appearing in the dressing room to off the worker there, an incredibly chilling sequence where it goes after the couple in the bathroom and the later scene of it gorily attacking the prop-master which is the film's goriest death and manages to really hold the best part of the film.
Likewise, the big action-packed finale where there's the rather overblown special effects work that brings about the other dolls' resurrection and leads into the rather impressive final chapter which is highly enjoyable as it makes for the perfect action-packed, cheesy ending to this type of effort, and along with the fine effects work done here on the titular character gives this one the amount of positives to really make this one hold up.
The one real flaw that holds this one back is the rather curious and unnecessary element here of featuring the twist involving the one main character late in the film which is really not that part of the film.
A gingerbread cookie comes to life and eats horrible actors..
Not only the crappy acting and camera work it's also quite inappropriate and has the worst horror movie plot imaginable.
All that happens is a bunch of people on a movie set that cuss about toilets and a girl that hits on filmmakers and brings in the deadly gingerbread man.
Younger viewers will most likely be scarred for life by watching this creepy and disgusting "film." The only thing that makes this so-called movie great is the fact that it is so badly filmed that it is hilariously stupid.
If you are looking for an ACTUAL scary horror movie this is not for you.
If you are looking for a "horror" movie that you want to cringe at the whole time than pick this one up!.
I remember when I first saw this movies, my expectations were low.
The original Gingerdead Man was decent, but it was a little too serious.
Lots of gross out humor, decent gore, funny kills, hilarious lines, offensive humor, and just an all around riot!
The first time I saw this movie, I was laughing my butt off!
Movie does a great job of poking fun at Full Moon and internet movie critics and movie fan-boys.
This movie made me have a better appreciation for the original, and now I just want this series to continue.
I basically love any and all movies Full Moon releases, so yea I liked this movie.
I like that it was set on at a movie studio - obviously one just like Full Moon.This was campy fun, with some gore, and a nice stupid twist right at the end.
In a way, this whole movie is kind of a spoof of Full Moon productions.
It also touches a lot on the whole internet driven movie fandom as well as what its like to run a low-budget movie house.
Very Funny Film.
So campy and silly, making fun of itself in a sophisticated yet irreverent way.
Good movie!
The first Gingerdead man film from 2005 wasn't a good movie.
The acting wasn't believable, the special effects were cheap and the villain was wasted.
Plus, the only main attraction for watching the movie was to see Gary Busey act as himself and voice the chunky funny gingerdead cookie man.
Not sure which is the case but here we are the next installment - and it doesn't improve much at all.This next chapter of the wisecracking serial killer cookie brings us to a troubled film studio that can't cut a break in problems.
Leading this poor operation is director Kelvin Cheatum (Kevan Moezzi), who smiles like he's never heard of bankruptcy being a bad thing.
However, it's not until a package of baked goods come on set and inside lies the dangerous gingerdead man.
It was clear to why the gingerdead man needed victims, but why was it necessary to get his victims from this specific studio set?
Viewers won't understand.As for acting goes, Moezzi isn't a good actor at all and perhaps that's how his character was supposed to be written, but I found the first movie better because at least the actors tried to make their characters seem real.
The new voice actor behind the gingerdead man is okay but Gary Busey at least would've still been more appreciated.
Considering the first film had bad special effects and a very small amount of violence, the improvement is noticed and it looks better to be honest.
In fact, the title to the film only ties into the story at the very end.
Even with improved special and practical effects, the character development is feeble and its plot is hardly even there..
Rarely does a sequel come along that's better than its predecessor (but come on, we're talking about a movie where the villain is Gary Busey ridiculously scaled down to a cookie puppet!).
Although it's, sadly, Busey-less, Gingerdead Man 2 delivers the goods.
This time around, the Gingerdead Man is set loose in a bad b-movie studio.After a very "Pushing Daisies"-like prologue, viewers are treated to one non-stop spoof of practically everything Full Moon Features has ever done, with a bumbling lead who's obviously modeled after Charles Band (who, if I'm not mistaken, came up with the story).
There's some hilariously off-kilter evil puppets, inside jokes, cameos, spoofs and movie references galore, lots of tasteless depravity and gore...
I think about the only thing that's missing that one usually finds in a Full Moon movie is the gratuitous T&A (and the movie still works without it).
A comedy look at low budget film making..
Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust is set at Cheatum Studios where they are filming Tiny Terror's 9, lunch-woman Polly (Michelle Bauer) arrives with a box full of food for the crew including the Gingerdead Man who is in the box for some reason.
The Gingerdead Man wants to transfer his soul into a human body & needs to sacrifice six people to do so, with lots of actor's & crew around there's no shortage of potential victims.
Meanwhile terminally ill Tommy (Joseph Hines) is on a guided tour of the studio who himself is in fact a failed screenwriter & wants revenge for all the bad films Cheatum Studios have made...Directed by Silvia St. Croix this is less a sequel to the comedy horror film The Gingerdead Man (2005) & more of a send-up of the goings-on on the set of a low budget horror film which you get the distinct idea is a fictional account of the real-life struggles & experiences of Charles Band & his numerous production companies & attempt to get low budget horror films made.
In that regard Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust is quite fun for it's first half as all sorts of behind the scenes mishaps & incidents happens with respected actor's lied about the content of the film they have been talked into appearing in, directors who read the paper during takes & as long as the shot is in focus he thinks it's great which includes a cameo from low budget film director David DeCoteau to a rather bitter speech about how internet reviewers kill the films the studio makes which is an obvious dig at numerous sites who trash these sorts of films & I think it's a little unfair since no-one goes into a film wanting not to like it & it can work both ways, for instance look what the internet did for The Blair Witch Project (1999)?
To be honest the internet is good since hopefully it forces people like Charles Band to make better films which surely is what everyone wants.
The Gingerdead Man character himself plays second fiddle to the low budget film send-ups & he doesn't feature that much in the film anyway.There's a bit of gore, there's a headless body, a chopped off hand, an eyeball hanging out, a ripped out heart & a bit of blood splatter.
The sets are cheap but suit the feel of the production & there's loads of nods & references to other Charles Band productions including Re-Animator (1985) & Dolls (1987).
The opening credits feature various poster designs for fictional horror films for some reason.
Some of comedy evil puppets that are brought to life at the end include sh!t for brains & the haunted dildo which feel like one time gags & are maybe used a little bit too much & of course they look incredibly silly.
The Gingerdead Man effects are average at best & his one-liners aren't particularly funny.
In more horror film references a character is clearly seen reading a copy of Fangora.I would have thought the budget for this would have been pretty low, perhaps even lower than the original.
A few familiar faces turn up in cameos from director David DeCoteau & Michelle Bauer, the acting isn't that good but everyone seems to be up for it & no-one takes it seriously.Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust is fun when it's poking fun at low budget film making & the constant reference to it but when the story kicks in it loses something.
Apparently Charles Band has announced Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver but the IMDb doesn't list it, even as in pre-production.