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The Gingerdead Man
DVD cover
Directed by	Charles Band
Produced by	Charles Band
Written by	William Butler Domonic Muir
Starring	Robin Sydney Ryan Locke Alexia Aleman Jonathan Chase Maggie Blye Daniela Melgoza Newell Alexander James Snyder Larry Cedar and Gary Busey
Music by	Roger Ballenger
Cinematography	Keith J. Duggan
Editing by	Danny Draven
Distributed by	Full Moon Entertainment Talos Entertainment
Release date(s)	November 8, 2005
Running time	70 mins.
Country	USA
Language	English
Followed by	Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust

Gingerdead Man is a 2005 horror-comedy film starring Gary Busey. It is followed by Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust. The Gingerdead Man was released on DVD by Shoot Productions.

Plot

The film begins at a Waco, Texas diner called Cadillac Jack's, where crazed killer Millard Findlemeyer (Gary Busey) opens fire on the Leigh family, killing Jeremy (James Snyder) and James (Newell Alexander), but leaving Sarah (Robin Sydney) and her mother, Betty (Maggie Blye), alive. Findlemeyer is arrested and sentenced to die in the electric chair, due in part to Sarah's testimony. After the execution, Findlemeyer is cremated and his ashes are sent to his mother (E. Dee Biddlecome), a witch who mixes the ashes with a gingerbread spice mix.

Some time later, The Bakery, a pastry shop run by the surviving Leighs, is in dire straits and Betty has been reduced to a shotgun-toting alcoholic who shoots down the banner of the new restaurant opening across the street; Sarah sends her home with Bakery employee Julia (Daniela Melgoza) The restaurant owner, Jimmy Dean (Larry Cedar) arrives to complain about the banner and attempts to buy Sarah out, so he can knock down The Bakery, which he disdains as an eyesore. After exchanging hostilities with Lorna (Alexia Aleman), the Dean daughter, Sarah defers the decision.

Returning to work, Sarah and Brick Fields (Jonathan Chase), another Bakery employee, find a mysterious gingerbread spice mix left at their doorstep by Findlemeyer's mother. They set to using the mix, but Brick cuts himself, allowing his blood to pollute the dough. Sarah permits him to leave early so he can pursue his amateur wrestling career as The Butcher-Baker at Wrestlepalooza. She then makes a large gingerbread man with the contaminated dough and puts it in an industrial oven to bake.

Lorna has returned and planted a rat in The Bakery so the health department will shut them down, but is discovered by Sarah. A physical fight ensues, during which Lorna hits a switch that causes a surge of electricity into the oven where the gingerbread man is cooking, animating it.

Amos Cadbury (Ryan Locke), Lorna's boyfriend, who has gotten tired of waiting outside for her, arrives on the scene. Sarah removes the gingerbread man from the oven, at which point the newly-dubbed Gingerdead Man leaps up, taunting them. They attempt to lock the living cookie in the freezer and Sarah tries to call the police, but the line is dead. Lorna calls her dad on Amos' cell phone before the batteries go dead.

Betty comes back to look for her stash of alcohol and Julia comes back looking for Betty. Each is, in turn, assaulted by the Gingerdead Man; Betty loses a finger and is put into the oven, while Julia is knocked out by a frying pan, encased in frosting, decorated, and left in the freezer.

Amos returns to his car and retrieves a handgun.

Jimmy Dean arrives to pick up Lorna. While he investigates Amos' car, the Gingerdead Man takes his car and, using a rolling pin to operate the accelerator, runs him over.

Amos and Sarah discover and rescue Julia from the freezer. Sarah tells Amos that she thinks the killer cookie is Millard.

Lorna decides to wait for her father outside, but discovers only his sprawled body. She steals his ring and heads back inside, where she triggers a tripwire that lodges a knife into her forehead, killing her.

Sarah and Amos find Betty and attempt to rescue her from the oven, but the Gingerdead Man locks Sarah in the oven and knocks Amos out with a hammer.

Amos recovers, shoots the oven door's lock off, and saves Sarah. Brick returns. The Gingerdead Man get Amos' pistol and opens fire. Julia and Brick managed to subdue him and Brick eats the cookie's head.

Their problem briefly appears to be resolved, but Brick turns out to be possessed by the Gingerdead Man. He is pushed into the oven and baked to death.

Several months later, Betty, Sarah, and Amos are having a bake sale to raise money for the hospital, with a little help from two nurses (Debra Mayer and Kaycee Shank). Two kids asks if they have any gingerbread cookies, and one of the nurses tells them that an older lady (presumably Millard's mother) stopped by a few minutes ago and dropped some off. The nurse opens the box, revealing five gingerbread cookies, who open their eyes.

Cast

Sequel

Rumors spread of a sequel in the works entitled "Gingerdead Chick" which planned to start shooting May 15, 2007.^[1]

On October 9, 2007, it was revealed that Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust had begun shooting. It is to include new monsters called "Tiny Terrors" (a pun on the unreleased Puppet Master Bobblehead line).

On July 16, 2008, Charles Band announced that he'll be making Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver, which should be out sometime around 2009, along with Puppet Master: Axis of Evil, Demonic Toys 2, Killjoy 3, and Bride of the Head of the Family. It is told it's about the title fiend traveling back in time to the 1970s, where he murders the contestants in a roller-disco contest. William Butler, script writer of this and the previous two, says that it'll have more laughs and gore than the second one.

References

External links

• The Gingerdead Man at the Internet Movie Database
• The Gingerdead Man at Allmovie
• Gingerdead Man at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Gingerdead Man at Something Awful