Lunch Ladies

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Lunch Ladies
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Directed byJ.M. Logan
Written byClarissa Jacobson
Produced byRebel Minx

J.M. Logan Joe Bratcher Matt Falletta

Jessica Janos
Starring
  • Chris Fickley
  • Daisy Kershaw
  • Mary Manofsky
  • Donna Pieroni
CinematographyChris Ekstein
Edited byAmelia Allwarden
Music byAntoni M. March
Running time
19 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Lunch Ladies is a 2017 American comedy horror short film which was created and written by Clarissa Jacobson; produced by Rebel Minx, J.M. Logan, Joe Bratcher, Matt Falletta, and Jessica Janos; and directed by J.M. Logan. It won Film Threat ! Best Short, [1] [2] and was screened at Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival in Opening Program and the Tous à Table Section. [3]

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Plot

Two sisters, Serretta and LouAnne Burr, are lunch ladies working in a high school called Melvin High. Both are unsatisfied with their job and cook terrible food. Both sisters are fans of the actor Johnny Depp and are hired by him to be his personal chefs after winning a cooking contest. The principal threatens to fire both women if they do not get better at cooking, much to the aggravation of Serretta. Serretta's Johnny Depp t-shirt gets ruined by potatoes after she kicks a container. Furious, Serretta goes to the lady's room to clean off her shirt. After a cheerleader named Alexsis insults Seretta, Serretta suffocates her to death with a plunger. Fearing jail, Seretta and LouAnne decide to bake the flesh of the corpse into meat pies, taking inspiration from the Tim Burton film Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street . They then give the meat pies to the students and staff who eat them, unknowingly committing cannibalism. The film ends with selfies and videos of Serretta and LouAnne in Hollywood, California.

Cast

Awards and nominations

The film was screened at the following festivals:

It received the following awards and nominations:

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