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

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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Crazy Credits

No Netherbeasts or First-Lifers were harmed in the making of this film.

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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 business of vampires

I really found the story to this film interesting. You see a lot of vampire movies out there and the vampires are usually all the same or have a lot in common. This is a strange take on vampires. They have about 10% in common with vampires you usually hear about and it is a bit humorous that they all live in a business building that is one of the highest grossing businesses. You can also say they are a little like a vampire zombie mix. The cast is OK. Some better than others. You will see side characters like Robert Wagner or Jason Mewes. Darrell Hammond is one of the head vampires, but his acting was a little off. The 80s star Judd Nelson is in it and he was OK. I always liked him better in his teen days though. Dave Foley is hard to take seriously, but in this role, he kind of fit. The main role was Steve Burns and I think he did a great job. The one thing I enjoyed about this film was the dialog. It really had some catchy words that you can sit and love to listen to. Explanations of how the vampires came to be would be a good example. So overall, it was an enjoyable movie. The only really problems were some slow parts and part of the cast that really didn't seem into it.

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