Necroville (2007)

Directors:

Billy Garberina (co-director)
Richard Griffin (co-director)

Writers:

Adam Jarmon Brown (co-writer)
Billy Garberina (co-writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Zombies, Vampires, Werewolves and one horrible girlfriend

Plot:

In Necroville, a city overrun by zombies, vampires, werewolves, and other monsters, Jack and his best friend Alex find work at Zom-B-Gone...

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Slacker | Cult Comedy | Werewolf | Independent Film

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Billy Garberina	...	Jack
Adam Jarmon Brown	...	Alex
Mark Chavez	...	Clark
Brandy Bluejacket	...	Penny
Gene Grant	...	Keith
Scott Phillips	...	Thortenberry
Kurly Tlapoyawa	...	Musashi
Jeremy Owen	...	Paul
Thomas Severinghaus	...	Shotgun Rob
Aaron Work	...	Euronymous
Kevin Santry	...	Louie
Ellie Phillips	...	Old Lady Johnson
Gary Chantler	...	Dark Star
Frida Moreno	...	Gimp Wrangler
Wes Gray Wolf	...	Gimp

Runtime:

USA:99 min (original version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

C.R. Productions

Trivia:

During "Z-Day" (the day with over 100 zombie extras) there were zombies and crew on the medium outside the location. One held a sign with an original phrase by "zombie wrangler" Julian Wolf reading "Will Eat You for Food." This attracted several walk in extras.

Movie Connections:

References Collecting Rooftops (2002)

I've never seen a vampire killed that way before...

In this low budget horror buddy comedy, two friends get jobs with Zom-B-Gone, a pest removal service that deals with the undead and the supernatural. (Mainly vampires, zombies, and werewolves.) At the same time, a master vampire has moved into Necroville... can Jack and Alex deal with this new threat at a time when Jack's relationship with his deadbeat girlfriend demands more and more of his attention?

I enjoyed this film much more than I thought I would. It was obviously shot on video with a shoestring budget and few experienced actors, however the main characters were engaging and the story (especially the world the film imagines) fairly interesting. And I laughed more than once.

Makeup effects weren't too bad, but it would have been nice if more of the movie had taken place at night instead of in broad daylight. Perhaps the lighting budget made more night scenes impossible. I wasn't a fan of the cgi effects, but thankfully they were used rather sparingly except for one scene.

I've seen a lot of low-budget, shot-on-video movies and this is the first such film in a long while that has stuck with me after viewing, let alone that I made it to the end of.

And there should be a law against fat goth chicks being in these types of movies. And yes, I know it's rare to find any other kind these days...