Comedy stars galore in comic horror movie Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
A host of British comedy talent have made a comic horror-thriller movie set to have its world festival premiere this week.
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break stars Tom Meeten as a charity shop worker who vows revenge when his chances of winning a national talent competition are ruined. He then embarks on a murder spree to slay all five people who have wronged him during his lunch hour.
Katherine Parkinson, Kris Marshall, Alice Lowe, Pippa Haywood, Steve Oram, Mandeep Dhillon, June Watson, Jarred Christmas, Johnny Vegas, Steve Brody, Kevin Bishop, Neil Edmond and Lloyd Griffith all have roles.
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