Attack of the Killer Donuts

Attack of the Killer Donuts

Year: 2016

Runtime: 98 mins

Language: English

Director: Scott Wheeler

ComedyHorror

A bizarre chemical accident transforms ordinary donuts into ravenous killers. Now, Johnny, Michelle, and Howard must band together to protect their quiet town from the terrifying, sugar-coated threat. They face a bizarre and dangerous situation as they fight to stop the donuts before they consume everything in their path.

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Timeline & Setting – Attack of the Killer Donuts (2016)

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Dandy Donuts, the neighborhood

The setting centers on the Dandy Donuts shop, where a seemingly innocent batch of donuts becomes a deadly trap. The surrounding neighborhood spirals into chaos as the pastry plague spreads, turning ordinary days into survival drills. The shop and its street become a focal point for loyalty, courage, and desperate measures as the threat grows.

🧁 Donut shop 🏘️ Neighborhood 🧬 Sci-tech chaos

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Main Characters – Attack of the Killer Donuts (2016)

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Johnny Wentworth (Justin Ray)

A resourceful, impulsive young man who works at Dandy Donuts. He navigates a fraught romance with Veronica, defends Michelle, and pushes through danger with a mix of courage and recklessness.

🧭 Protagonist ⚡ Impulsive 💘 Romantic tension

Michelle Kester (Kayla Compton)

Loyal and quick-witted, she stands by Johnny and Michelle during the crisis, resisting Cliff’s harsh management. She fights to protect friends and customers as the pastry plague escalates.

💪 Resourceful ❤️ Loyal 🧭 Determined

Veronica (Lauren Compton)

Johnny's girlfriend who uses him for money and reveals she’s not emotionally committed, complicating the couple’s dynamic as danger closes in.

💰 Opportunistic 💔 Relationship dynamic 🧭 Self-preservation

Uncle Luther (Michael Swan)

Brilliant but reckless scientist who creates the serum that reanimates the dead, triggering the crisis. He seeks an anti-serum solution while risking more disasters.

🧪 Scientist ⚠️ Reckless 🏃‍♂️ Driven

Cliff Burbank (Chris De Christopher)

Hard-edged owner of Dandy Donuts who clashes with Luther and pushes for profits, ultimately becoming entangled in the crisis and meeting a deadly end.

💼 Owner 🧱 Antagonist ⚔️ Conflict

Bobby (Aaron Groben)

Johnny’s friend who’s strapped for cash, adding tension to the group’s social dynamics as the plague spreads.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Friend 💸 Cash-strapped 🎭 Loyalty under pressure

Flanagan (Michael Rene Walton)

Rival restaurant owner who taunts Cliff and pushes a new healthier pastry, inadvertently becoming entangled in the catastrophe when a contaminated donut targets him.

🍽️ Rival 🧩 Opportunistic 💬 Taunting

Officer Roberts (C. Thomas Howell)

A weary police officer who purchases contaminated donuts and becomes part of the escalating emergency as the infection spreads.

👮 Cop ⚖️ Law-and-order 💥 In over his head

Officer Hammerstein (Fredrick Burns)

Robust partner to Roberts who fights alongside the others and meets a grim end against the donut horde.

👮 Partner 🛡️ Protector 💥 Sacrifice

Mrs. Scolari (Alison England)

A regular customer who had already purchased donuts, becoming a grim casualty in the donut swarm.

🏡 Regular 🕊️ Community figure 🧭 Vulnerable

Howard (Ben Heyman)

Johnny’s friend who confesses an affair with Johnny’s mother and sacrifices himself to lure the donuts away from the shop.

🎭 Secretive 💔 Betrayal 🫂 Sacrifice

Tom the Perp (Vince Royale)

A criminal in the squad car who eats a contaminated donut, grows violently ill, and becomes another casualty of the pastry plague.

🚓 Criminal 🫥 Illness 🏃‍♂️ Escape

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Major Themes – Attack of the Killer Donuts (2016)

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🛡️ Survival

Survival becomes the driving force as Johnny, Michelle, Luther, and others scramble to stay alive. They improvise defenses and coordinate under siege as the bakery apocalypse unfolds. The chaos tests loyalties and forces quick, often morally ambiguous decisions that redefine risk and protection. The setting of a familiar hometown space turning into a battlefield highlights how ordinary places become vulnerable under extraordinary threats.

💔 Betrayal

Romantic ties crumble under pressure as Veronica’s true intentions come to light and Johnny's trust is shattered. The affair reveals how money and desire shape relationships when life is on the line. The group’s dynamics shift from affection to suspicion, intensifying the human cost of the disaster. In the end, love and loyalty are redefined by shared danger.

🔬 Science & Consequences

An ambitious serum that reanimates the dead triggers the catastrophe, showing the peril of unchecked experimentation. Uncle Luther’s reckless curiosity clashes with the ethical limits of science as anti-serum work becomes a race against time. The story probes responsibility, ownership of invention, and the price of scientific ambition. The destruction of the donut shop signals a painful, morally charged rebirth.

Last Updated: October 03, 2025 at 06:20

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