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Die Nacht der Lebenden Loser

Night of the Living Dorks
Directed by Mathias Dinter ()
Produced by Marian Dany
Mischa Hofmann
Philip Voges
Written by Mathias Dinter
Starring Tino Mewes
Manuel Cortez
Thomas Schmieder ()
Collien Fernandes
Music by Frank Jastfelder, Andreas Grimm
Cinematography Stephan Schuh
Edited by Cornelie Strecker
Production
company
Constantin Film
Distributed by Highlight Film (Germany)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (United States)
Release date
  • November 4, 2004 (2004-11-04) (Germany)
  • February 20, 2007 (2007-02-20) (United States)
Running time
89 minutes
Country Germany
Language German

Night of the Living Dorks (German: Die Nacht der lebenden Loser) is a 2004 German horror comedy film starring Tino Mewes, Manuel Cortez, Thomas Schmieder (), and Collien Fernandes and written and directed by Mathias Dinter (). It was released in the United States in 2007 by Anchor Bay Entertainment under the title "Night of the Living Dorks".

The film begins in Haiti, where a zombie attacks a small family, only to be quickly killed by being set on fire. The zombie's ashes are gathered in an urn, which is promptly stolen and sold before it can be buried.

Three months later, Philip Fleischhacker (Tino Mewes) is left to watch his parents' house as they go on a trip in their RV, specifically forbidding him to have any parties, drink, or do drugs. He is then picked up by his two friends Wurst (Manuel Cortez), a party-loving stoner and Konrad (Thomas Schmieder ()), a nerd who is frequently bullied. The three also give a ride to Philip's neighbor Rebecca (Collien Fernandes), a goth girl who has an unrequited crush on Philip. At school, Philip attempts to ask out a popular girl named Uschi (Nadine Garmann), which prompts her jock boyfriend Wolfe (Hendrik Borgmann) to bully and humiliate Philip and his friends.

While in Frau Niedermacher's (Patricia Thielemann) class, Rebecca and her two goth friends Gunther (Oliver Grober) and Frederik (Tom Lass) give a presentation on Voodoo, which is ridiculed by the class, including Wurst and Konrad. When Philip learns that Rebecca knows of a love spell, he asks if she'd use it for him so that he could woo Uschi. Though she tells him it will not work, she tells him to meet her and her friends at the cemetery, where she, Gunther, and Frederik planned to perform a ritual. Later that night, Philip, Wurst, and Konrad show up at the cemetery, where they learn that Rebecca and the goths plan to use the ashes of a zombie (specifically the zombie from the beginning of the film), and a chicken from the grocery store, to raise the dead, specifically to raise Kurt Cobain so that he can play music for them. Though the spell is cast, as the urn is being emptied, a gust of wind picks up and covers Philip, Wurst, and Konrad in the zombie's ashes. Disappointed and frustrated, the three leave.


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