Netherbeast Incorporated (2007)

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

Director:

Dean Matthew Ronalds (as Dean Ronalds)

Writer:

Bruce Dellis

Stars:

Steve Burns, Darrell Hammond, Dave Foley

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Burns	...	Otto Granberry
Darrell Hammond	...	Turner Claymore
Dave Foley	...	Henry Welby
Amy Davidson	...	Pearl Stricklett
Judd Nelson	...	Steven P.D. Landry
Jason Mewes	...	'Waxy' Dan Paraffin
Brian Ronalds	...	Dow Byrum
Maiz Lucero	...	Emmitt Neely
Robyn Allen	...	Rebecca Sibley
Bob Rue	...	Bunyan Pritchett
Jeremy Childs	...	Cecil Crenshaw
Joshua Childs	...	Amos Crenshaw
Bill Lippincott	...	Alexander Graham Bell
Robert Wagner	...	President James A. Garfield
John Schile	...	Dr. Myron Berman

Storyline

An offbeat hilarious comedy with a quirky twist on the vampire tale set in modern day corporate America. Employees of Berm-Tech Industries, Inc. have kept the family secret for a long time. For years it has been business as usual, until the top vampire in charge contracts a dreaded disease, becomes senile forgetting that he s a vampire and starts killing off other vampire colleagues. A human efficiency expert and "Dead Mike's" replacement are invited to work at Berm-Tech but soon they discover that some of their associates are not what they appear to be.

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Plot Keywords:

animated opening credits | vampire | dark comedy | arizona | based on short film | 

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Taglines:

Work Bites

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

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".

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Goofs

When speaking of how the company funds itself, they say that they bought stock in AT&T when it was $.04 a share. The stock certificate shown, however, is for International Telephone & Telegraph, which is a completely different company.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Jewel Hightower: Morning Otto.
Otto Granberry: Good morning.
Jewel Hightower: Long meeting, huh?
Otto Granberry: Yeah. I don't think lunch'll ever get here.
Jewel Hightower: You hungry?
Otto Granberry: Little bit...

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Crazy Credits

Both the opening credits and end credits have Otto and all other characters in animation

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Connections

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

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Soundtracks

The Newton Creek
Written and Performed by Steve Burns

User Reviews

Goofy comedy that falls flat

Just finished watching Netherbeast Incorporated and well...it had a few moments. It star's a pretty well-stocked cast and a moderate budget. The general plot is a re-invention of the vampire, and the movie spends about 1/3 of it's time explaining just what they are. For one thing, they're not that different than normal people...except for the fact that well...they eat normal people to survive. The Netherbeasts, as they like to be called, spend their lives in a corporate building, protected from the outside world. It's kind of like Office Space for vampires. They do office work...except they don't retire after 30 years...for some of them it goes on for several decades. Their current lifestyle is in danger from outside sources which is actually more of a sub-plot to their everyday normal office lives.

The problem I had was that the majority of the jokes just fell flat. Whereas I had a few chuckles, they were all delivered dead-pan without any enthusiasm whatsoever. I understand they're portraying the boring office life, and that these netherbeasts are in somewhat of a rut having the same routine for decades at a time, but the delivery of the humor should have been more engaging. The main story is really just kind of going on in the background while a forced romantic story is developing...and the rest of the cast just enters screen to say their lines and walk off. The acting was pretty sub-par, and the lines in general had a scripted sound...the sort where they literally just read it before the director said action.

It had it's funny moments, but from the cast involved I just kinda expected better. For all the actors and comedians I recognized this was probably their worst work that I've personally seen. I wouldn't say avoid this movie, but I wouldn't be rushing out on release day to grab it. If you're more into a small budget, mild dark-comedy, somewhat laggy feeling film...give it a go.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 March 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Netherbeast, Inc.

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$725,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ronalds Brothers Films, Apple Crate Entertainment, Hollywood Phoenix Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min (DVD)

Color:

Color