Dough of the Dead is based around a small pizzeria around closing time, when, for an unknown reason, customers begin turning into zombies. Two slacker pizza makers must try to save the day... and, for one, get the girl.
Small-town bartender Owen Peadman goes to Los Angeles to raise money to help save his father's Minnesota restaurant. He tries to find a way into Hollywood society, where he meets socialite Lisa and her uptight actor boyfriend. Can he balance his growing feelings for Lisa with surviving the sordid lifestyles of the Hollywood elite?