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| Directed by | Rodman Flender |
| Written by | Mike Herro David Strauss |
| Based on | Eat, Brains, Love by Jeff Hart |
| Starring | Jake Cannavale Angelique Rivera Sarah Yarkin Jim Titus Patrick Fabian |
| Cinematography | Tarin Anderson |
| Edited by | Josh Ethier |
| Music by | Chad Fischer |
Production companies | DiGa Studios Gunpowder & Sky Sandman Studios |
| Distributed by | Gunpowder & Sky |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Eat Brains Love, also stylized asEat, Brains, Love, is a 2019 American romanticcomedy horror film directed byRodman Flender. Based on the 2013 book of the same name by Jeff Hart, the film starsJake Cannavale,Angelique Rivera,Sarah Yarkin,Jim Titus andPatrick Fabian.
Two high school opposites, stoner Jake Stephens and popular cheerleader Amanda Blake, become infected with a virus that turns them into zombie-like cannibals. They travel across the country looking for a cure. Cass, a teenage telepath, and her partner Tom work for a government agency charged with hunting and killing the infected. Cass develops feelings for Jake as they track the high schoolers. Tom dies in an attack, Cass turns against her agency and joins Jake and Amanda, forming a contentious love triangle as they journey forward, still searching for a cure.
The film had its world premiere at theLondon FrightFest Film Festival on August 25, 2019, followed by a home release in the United States on February 14, 2020 through Gunpowder & Sky.[1][2]
Critical reception forEat Brains Love has been positive and the movie holds a rating of 100% onRotten Tomatoes, based on six reviews.[3] Dread Central gave the film four stars, writing "It probably won’t win over viewers who are truly sick to death of zombie movies, butEat, Brains, Love at least tries to stand out from the countless other zombie films released over the last few years, with a sly satirical edge thrown in for good measure. And we have to commend it for that."[4]SciFiNow was more critical, stating that "For the most part, though,Eat, Brains, Love offers goofy gags and adolescent antics whose strongly transgressive streak is only a horror-inflected hyperbole of what might be found in any teen flick."[5]