The Johnsons (1992)

According to an ancient Indian tale a giant monster embryo residing in a crystal vase is predetermined to fertilize a blue-eyed woman. She will give birth to something evil to unleash ... See full summary »

Director:

Rudolf van den Berg

Writers:

Leon de Winter (screenplay), Rocco Simonelli (based on an original screenplay by)

Stars:

Monique van de Ven, Esmée de la Bretonière, Kenneth Herdigein

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Monique van de Ven	...	Victoria Lucas
Esmée de la Bretonière	...	Emalee Lucas (as Esmee de la Bretonière)
Kenneth Herdigein	...	Professor Keller
Rik van Uffelen	...	De Graaf
Otto Sterman	...	Vader Keller
Olga Zuiderhoek	...	Angela
Elise Hoomans	...	Dr. Goldman
Nelly Frijda	...	Tante van Peter
Miguel Stigter	...	Johnson 1, Bossie
Diederik van Nederveen	...	Johnson 2, Dakkie
Erik van Wilsum	...	Johnson 3, Tellie
Marcel Colin	...	Johnson 4, Droppie
Nathan Moll	...	Johnson 5, Kniffie
Jan-Mark Wams	...	Johnson 6, Koppie
Michel Bonset	...	Johnson 7, Kurkie

Storyline

According to an ancient Indian tale a giant monster embryo residing in a crystal vase is predetermined to fertilize a blue-eyed woman. She will give birth to something evil to unleash horror and destruction upon human kind. Ugly septuplet brothers reproduced within the framework of mysterious genetic experiments terrorize a young innocent girl who seems to be chosen for the sinister predestination.

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Plot Keywords:

netherhorror | septuplets | male nudity | male frontal nudity | teacher | 

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Taglines:

The girl and the seven monsters. And one horrible ritual.

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Genres:

Adventure | Horror

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Liz Snoyink was considered for the lead role but eventually Monique van de Ven was cast. Van de Ven was the only cast member already in place when Rudolf van den Berg took over as director.

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Quotes

Professor Keller: Oh Shit, who is that?
[glaring upon a headless corpse]
De Graaf: Its the head of security.
Majoor Jansma: No, no, here is the head of security.
[turning around a desk chair showing the severed head of the first mentioned corpse]

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Connections

Referenced in AKA Sarah Keller: Cinzia Monreale Remembers 'The Beyond' (2011)

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Soundtracks

Person to Person
Written by Patrick Seymour
Sung by Maxayn Lewis
Courtesy of Anxious Music

User Reviews

The difference between horror and horrible

As a huge fan of b-movies, horror and especially non-Hollywood horror, this movie shocked with just how badly a movie can be acted. I feel confident that the people who did the english dub had never actually witnessed human beings speaking to each other. This is the way space aliens might imagine dialog if they found a script. Seriously, compared to this your sister's second-grade Xmas play was Oscar-worthy.

Also several really stupid plot techniques were used. The main characters father would be the stupidest of all, with a performance that has to be seen to be disbelieved. I spent the better part of the movie hoping his son would bash him on the noggin with something evil.

Again, I have serious suspicions that this movie isn't really Dutch, but from another planet. The sad thing is it really quite an original storyline and could have been a great flick. There were several sequences that were downright chilling, but not enough to make up for the chicken suit.

Details

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch

Release Date:

14 February 1992 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

The Johnsons

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Box Office

Budget:

DKK2,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Movies Film Productions, Veronica Omroep Organisatie

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Black and White (archive footage: Laurel and Hardy scene on tv) Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1