Netherbeast Incorporated (2007)

Director:

Dean Matthew Ronalds

Writer:

Bruce Dellis (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Plot:

A quirky twist on the vampire tale, set in modern day corporate America.

Cast

Darrell Hammond	...	Turner Claymore
Judd Nelson	...	Steven P.D. Landry
Dave Foley	...	Henry Welby
Steve Burns	...	Otto Granberry
Amy Davidson	...	Pearl Stricklett
Jason Mewes	...	Waxy Dan
Robert Wagner	...	President James Garfield
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robyn Allen	...	Rebecca Sibley
Ronald Axell	...	Office worker
Charlotte Bell	...	NetherWoman
Kevin Berman	...	Hamilton Veale
Jeremy Childs	...	Cecil Crenshaw
Joshua Childs	...	Amos Crenshaw
Joanna St. Clair	...	Office Employee
Michele Cooper	...	Office Worker
Tony D'Alessio	...	Office Worker
Bruce Dellis	...	Franklin Abercrombie
John Dobradenka	...	Mike Yarrow
Deon Doughty	...	Monroe's NetherHelper
Laura Durant	...	Myrtie Vanhoover
Karen Garcia	...	Cecil's Netherwoman
Jessica Godber	...	President Garfield's Nurse
Bruce Halperin	...	Monroe Overton
Connie Hunt	...	Office Worker
Cristen Irene	...	Bar Patron
Sonny Kimling	...	Office Worker
Maxwell Knottshore	...	Elton
Rich Kozlowski	...	Hickman Moody
Rita Kurtz	...	Computer Engineer
Hope Latimer	...	Netherwoman Cakemuncher
Bill Lippincott	...	Alexander Graham Bell
Maiz Lucero	...	Emmitt Neely
Amanda Melby	...	Hazel Von Borscht
Garry Myers	...	Office Worker
Bruce Nelson	...	Jeff Crouchman
Louie Palmieri	...	Office worker
Jennifer Pfalzgraff	...	Esther Thrillington
Anne-Marie Pritchett	...	1904 NetherWoman
Cathy Rankin	...	Jewel Hightower
Adam Ronalds	...	Office Worker
Brian Ronalds	...	Dow Byrum
Howard Ronalds	...	Dr. Berman's Assistant
Bob Rue	...	Bunyan Pritchett
Jacquelyn Rueda	...	Kitchen Staff
John Schile	...	Dr. Myron Berman
Greg Seki	...	Office Worker
Carin Sprague	...	Dr. Berman's NetherNurse
John Waldron	...	Kitchen Staff

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Company:

Ronalds Brothers Films

Trivia:

After Pearl sees the staff eating human flesh she calls Otto. Just before the split screen wipes you can see a big blue paw print on the clock on Otto's desk. This is a nod to his previous gig as the original host of the children's show "Blue's Clues".

Movie Connections:

Remake of The Netherbeast of Berm-Tech Industries, Inc. (2004)

A good film but it does not result completely satisfactory

The best way to describe Netherbeast Incorporated is like this : The Office with vampires.It results to be an unusual but entertaining combination although the potential could have been exploited better.The idea behind this movie is pretty ingenious and,thanks to the very good cast there are many sympathetic and funny scenes.Plus,this movie makes some incisive commentaries on the corporative mentality of our days,with the vampires subtext working as a metaphor of many situations from an office.But,while the screenplay offers many positive elements,it also shows many negative elements.The story does not always flow naturally and it sometimes feels diffuse.The mythology the screenplay uses to explain the origins and methods from the vampires results arbitrary and unnecessarily complex.It seems screenwriter Bruce Dellis had the necessity of inventing new rules and dug conditions with the only function of adding tension and drama to a formula which would have worked better with a simpler focus.I had previously mentioned the cast is very good.Veteran comedians Darrell Hammond (known for his extraordinary parody of Bill Clinton in Saturday Night Live) and Dave Foley (famous for his participation on the excellent sitcom Newsradio) bring excellent performances in this movie,but I think the members from the cast who mostly stand out are Steve Burns and Amy Davidson.There are also some famous actors in this movie (Robert Wagner,Judd Nelson and Jason Mewes) but their performances are short on time as well as on enthusiasm.They just did not seem to be too interested on their characters.I liked Neatherbeast Incorporated and it kept me entertained.But its potential could have gone more far away and the fails from the screenplay I mentioned avoid me to stay completely satisfied with this movie.Still,this film deserves a recommendation.