Harvesters (Video 2001)

Harvesters is an action-packed thriller about a small-time gang of misfits led by lesbian Gulf War veteran Frankie Falzone. After she thrashes a redneck at a strip club, she and her gang ... See full summary »

Director:

Joe Ripple

Writers:

Don Dohler, Pam Mones,

Stars:

Joseph S. Lyons, Patty Cipoletti, Donna Sherman

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Joseph S. Lyons	...	U.S. Marshal Mark Jenkins
Patty Cipoletti	...	U. S. Marshal Nicole Torson
Donna Sherman	...	Frankie Falzone
Leanna Chamish	...	Betty Peelman
Jaime Kalman	...	Layla Peelman
Steven King	...	Jake Peelman
Erin Palmisano	...	Amy Peelman
Zoe Therese Rathgeber	...	Erin Lee Peelman
George Stover	...	Herbert Peelman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
O. Les Bradley	...	Marshal #1 at Briefing
Carlos Bustamante	...	Jonser
David Claridge	...	Club Patron #4
Frank P. Claridge	...	Club Patron #2
Erin J. Corsair	...	News Reporter
Michael J. Covahey	...	Tech Assistant

Storyline

Harvesters is an action-packed thriller about a small-time gang of misfits led by lesbian Gulf War veteran Frankie Falzone. After she thrashes a redneck at a strip club, she and her gang move on to a small town where they rob a liquor store and kill the clerk. When their car conks out, they carjack a young woman and force her to take them to her family's home - located off the beaten path deep in the woods. Meanwhile, two U.S. marshals are hot on the tails of the gang. When the marshals track the gang to the home of Herbert and Betty Peelman, the real horror begins. Harvesters is a classic tale of two evils clashing in a life-and-death struggle for survival. Who lives and who dies? Joe Bob Briggs, in his nationally syndicated column, 'Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In,' said that Harvesters has...parallels to the great twisted backwoods families of film history, a la Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Motel Hell."

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Plot Keywords:

shower | woman shot in the forehead | part computer animation | cult film | female nudity | 

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Taglines:

They want your body... parts!

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 April 2001 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Perry Hall, Maryland, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Timewarp Films LLC

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When the mum kills the woman in the kitchen, she uses the vegetable knife, but in the next shot she is holding a meat cleaver.

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Quotes

Herbert Peelman: How many times do I have to tell you? Never in the eye! Your just cost us a lot of money!

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Connections

Spun-off from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

User Reviews

Well imagined Indie flick with flawed, but effective execution...

I'll waste no time and spare misunderstanding and start by saying this: This work is an INDEPENDENT FILM, not a Hollywood production. With that said, let it be known that all opinions and critiques that follow are based NOT on "Hollywood's Standard," but rather the appropriate Independent Film Standard.

Small town artist and Independent Film cult icon Don Dohler follows up his cinematic return ("Alien Rampage," or, "The Alien Factor 2: Alien Rampage") with his first project shot entirely on Digital Video. Based loosely off his 1987 horror/thriller, "Blood Massacre," "Harvesters" depicts the classic situation of two sets of baddies unwittingly pitted against each other.

This film (despite being shot on Digital Video, I will refer to this as a film) for all it is worth is a great effort and compared to most independent works, this work is something to be respected. For the resources at had, director Joe Ripple and Don make do very well. Albeit the use of Computer Generated Imagery was over done, and a selection of the actors' performances was sub par, the film itself successfully puts the message of tension and conflict well enough. The physical make-up effects used were for the most part believable.

Although "Harvesters" may not be ready to go to Oscars or be penned in history's books as a great, it is still worthy of mention and of viewing, especially if you are an aspiring film maker.

I give this film a 6.5 out of 10.