Netherbeast Incorporated (2007)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Dean Matthew Ronalds

Writer:

Bruce Dellis (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Plot:

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

Cast

Darrell Hammond	...	Turner Claymore
Judd Nelson	...	Steven P.D. Landry
Dave Foley	...	Henry Welby
Steve Burns	...	Otto Granberry
Amy Davidson	...	Pearl Stricklett
Jason Mewes	...	Waxy Dan
Robert Wagner	...	President James Garfield
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robyn Allen	...	Rebecca Sibley
Ronald Axell	...	Office worker
Charlotte Bell	...	NetherWoman
Kevin Berman	...	Hamilton Veale
Jeremy Childs	...	Cecil Crenshaw
Joshua Childs	...	Amos Crenshaw
Joanna St. Clair	...	Office Employee
Michele Cooper	...	Office Worker
Tony D'Alessio	...	Office Worker
Bruce Dellis	...	Franklin Abercrombie
John Dobradenka	...	Mike Yarrow
Deon Doughty	...	Monroe's NetherHelper
Laura Durant	...	Myrtie Vanhoover
Karen Garcia	...	Cecil's Netherwoman
Jessica Godber	...	President Garfield's Nurse
Bruce Halperin	...	Monroe Overton
Connie Hunt	...	Office Worker
Cristen Irene	...	Bar Patron
Sonny Kimling	...	Office Worker
Maxwell Knottshore	...	Elton
Rich Kozlowski	...	Hickman Moody
Rita Kurtz	...	Computer Engineer
Hope Latimer	...	Netherwoman Cakemuncher
Bill Lippincott	...	Alexander Graham Bell
Maiz Lucero	...	Emmitt Neely
Amanda Melby	...	Hazel Von Borscht
Garry Myers	...	Office Worker
Bruce Nelson	...	Jeff Crouchman
Louie Palmieri	...	Office worker
Jennifer Pfalzgraff	...	Esther Thrillington
Anne-Marie Pritchett	...	1904 NetherWoman
Cathy Rankin	...	Jewel Hightower
Adam Ronalds	...	Office Worker
Brian Ronalds	...	Dow Byrum
Howard Ronalds	...	Dr. Berman's Assistant
Bob Rue	...	Bunyan Pritchett
Jacquelyn Rueda	...	Kitchen Staff
John Schile	...	Dr. Myron Berman
Greg Seki	...	Office Worker
Carin Sprague	...	Dr. Berman's NetherNurse
John Waldron	...	Kitchen Staff

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Company:

Ronalds Brothers Films

Trivia:

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

Movie Connections:

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

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.