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 | Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Many of the details surrounding James Garfield's "assassination" (and Alexander Graham Bell's attempt to save him) are historically accurate.

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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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Connections

References Blue's Clues (1996)

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Soundtracks

Projecting (The Smith Street Song)
Written and Performed by Steve Burns

User Reviews

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.