Dreadfully Boring

Am I Missing Something?

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

"Die Nacht der lebenden Loser" is a German movie from 2004, so this one will have its 15th anniversary two years from now. The writer an director of this 90-minute movie is Matthias Dinter and if you take a look at his body of work, then you probably already can roughly estimate the quality to expect here. Or I should say the lack of quality. The script is a mess and the "actors" add their best (worst) to sink this film even further. Even the likes of Henry Gründler who may be a talented comedian are just no quality performers in terms of film acting, even if it is comedy. There are many familiar names in here, but they are all more entertainers than actors. Then again, the actors aren't any better. Just taking a look at the lead trio here, they are all basically interchangeable with their performances and absolutely nothing about their characters stands out at all. Not through the acting. Not through the writing. This is the story of three teenagers who turn into zombies after a fateful coincidence of events. But this transformation was needed for them to find out who they really are and who/what really matters to them. Finally, the likes of actors like Hendrik Borgmann (GZSZ) or other actors whose most known credits is "Sturm der Liebe" being in here says it all about the quality of the cast. There were just so many scenes when the dialogues did not feel authentic at all, but written and thus exactly what they were. You never had the impression you were watching actually existing characters (of course there are fantasy elements, but still) and the actors sure didn't make things better. And they also never came off like zombies, just like people with pretty weak zombie make-up on them. Now if this had at least been somewhat charming with the romance element attached to it and the way the central character and Ulmen's get together, but it was all predictable and for the sake of it and once again the lack of talent in acting and writing makes this painful to watch. The genuine drama moments like the knife scene at the end are ones where the film actually dares to take itself seriously despite how garbage it is. If people say films today here in Germany are worse than 15 years ago, they need to check out this one because it refutes the theory completely on its own. And still it is pretty famous still even today, most certainly the most known work by almost everybody involved with the project and that shows how much people are curious about zombie movies. But there is not a single reason to love this one. It is a huge mess and a definite contender for worst 2004 film. I highly recommend to stay far far away from any copy of "Night of the Living Dorks".

well i only write reviews for the movies which i really love.. so that's why i am writing it. i really loved this one.. its a 100% time pass.. i don't know why this movie is with very average ratings.. i thought it is a blockbuster.. my friend give it to me and i was having nothing more to watch so i watched it and i think i did a good mistake :P cause this movie is really cool.. This movie was really awesome from starting to end .. i really loved it they actors they played great characters and they act very well i love the other cast too the teacher lover , the nerd everyone beats him and the main character one .. there are many laughs in the movie if you are a teenager or a adult and love comedy movies then this one is a must watch movie..Acting 10/9.. no doubt.. Comedy 10/10..go and Watch it now...

It is so rare that I see a teen horror film that works on so many different levels, the way "Night of the Living Dorks" does. This film is fun, charming and even scary at times. Thus, I was shocked to see some "real dork" posting all these negative comments about this amazing film, which unfortunately comes up as the first user comment one sees, when most of the user comments on "Night of the Living Dorks" are favorable.My only advice is watch the film in German (with English subtitles) because the dubbed version is lame, and the actual voices of the actors in this movie are hilarious. After a while, I didn't even need the subtitles, even though my German consists of "Speiken Zi Deutch!"Go buy this movie! A splendid time is guaranteed for all!

As my usual SIFF ritual, I attended a "Midnight Adrenaline" screening, and this year it happened to be "Night of the Living Dorks", a German "zombie-comedy", a spoofing genre that has seemed to kick off since the massive cult success of UK's "Shaun of the Dead". And this film does play like a nutty hybrid of "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Night of the Living Dead", and it's joyfully naughty, undemanding fun.This particular horror spoof/send up takes place in suburban Germany, focusing on group of unpopular high school geeks in all their individual, expected ways. The sort-of leader of this hapless gang is Phillip (Tino Mewes) a mildly neurotic teen with the typical everykid amiability, who doesn't have a whole lot of personality but an earnest heart. However, he has a hopeless crush on the school's reigning teen queen Uschi, and whenever he drudges up the courage to confront her he meets an unduly comeuppance by the school's preppy, heartless jocks. Of course, this wouldn't be a teen movie without a pair of sidekicks: best friend Konrad (Thomas Schmieder), an uber Micheal-Anthony-Hall-ish nerd who keeps a precise, daily recording of the endless taunts and vile pranks repeatedly pulled on him, and Wurst (Manuel Cortez), a perpetual stoner who remains completely insouciant and unaffected by the group's considerable lack of a social life. And in true John Hughes' fashion, there's the lovely next-door gal pal, Rebecca (Collien Fernandes), one for whom is trying on a Gothic lifestyle to see if it fits, who has a none-too-subtle crush on the oblivious Phillip.And the night that puts the story's pivotal turn in motion is at a pathetic meeting of Collien's goth clique and Phillip's nerdy triad, for which an inept voodoo ritual to try and reverse Phillip-n-crew's downward social spiral goes awry, as they die in a car crash during a roadside bong haze, only to wake up in the city morgue that night to realize there the walking dead! And when they return to school the next day, they realize their luck is about to change: not only do they crush the athletic jocks at their usually unbearable PE class (with heavy reverence to "The Longest Yard") and find they have superhuman strength, but also throw a totally radical school-wide party at Phillip's pad (for whom are on vacation), completely reversing their terminally unpopular streak.But of course, things don't quite go as smoothly (body parts falling off at inappropriate times, a conniving, emasculated jock planning to bring them down and Konrad's wildly uncontrollable violent outbursts), and they realize they are now on a ticking clock to resurrect themselves with a "magic mixture" before they officially go forever back into the grave.Now all this is a pretty predictable template, but director Mattheius Dinter's goofy, manic energy and the unpretentiously clever vignettes (Finding ancient zombie remains on E-bay; an ultra-cheery mother barging in on an awakening Phillip to see he has an erection under his sheets) helps elevate this gross-out comedy/teen-horror-romance to the above-average category. The movie does have a few deeper observations than expected (noting that a Zombie's "Hunger" for human flesh reflects the boy's burgeoning sexuality), but really it just wants to have fun, as even the movie's climax is pretty much you would expect (with some minor surprises), it still works splendidly.Great fun, no matter how petty it actually is.