Plot Outline
In a quiet, small town diner a deranged patron, Millard Findlemeyer (Gary Busey), opens fire on the Leigh family, killing all but the daughter, Sara Leigh (Robin Sydney). During the trail, Sara’s testimony send Millard to the electric chair and his ashes are sent to his mother. In a vow of revenge, Millard’s mother mixes her son’s ashes with a secret gingerbread cookie mix, which makes its way to Sara Leigh’s bakery. When one of the bakery employees, Brick Fields (Jonathan Chase), cuts his arm and accidentally bleeds into the mixture, an old curse spawns a deadly 12” walking, talking, killing gingerbread cookie and wrecks havoc on anything standing in his way.Review Summary
Can you handle 12 inches of terror?The Review
This has got to be the most insane movie I have ever seen. The movie tells the story of a 12” gingerbread doll on a murderous rampage. The story starts out with Millard Findlemeyer, played by Gary Busey the only saving grace of this movie, robbing a bakery. He kills the entire Leigh family except for the mother and daughter named Sara. Yes her name is Sara Leigh. Anyhow, he is arrested, executed and his ashes are sent to his mother. His mother, who we never get to see, mixes it in a gingerbread cookie mix and sends it to Sara’s bakery and somehow, when someone cuts himself and bleeds into the mix, it starts a curse that brings Millard back as a gingerbread man. Hence the Gingerdead Man.
All of the characters are nothing but drawn out stereotypes of southern people complete with painfully obvious fake accents and intelligence that show signs of inbreeding. The only character that has any semblance of development is Sara. She is incredibly believable in an otherwise unbelievable scenario. Gary Busey is a blast to watch in this also. As the Gingerdead Man, he has some amusing one-liners that range from funny to cringe-worthy.
The story in and of itself is a waste of anyone’s time. It’s fun to watch if you want a cheap laugh at other people’s expense, the acting and the story but it quickly gets old as some of the “twists”, and I use that word extremely loosely, can be seen coming from a mile away. I was kinda disappointed that it was so short. Maybe if there was more back story, I might not hate it so much.