''Netherbeast Incorporated'' is a 2007 American
comedy horror
Comedy horror (also called horror comedy) is a literary, television and film genre that combines elements of comedy and horror fiction. Comedy horror has been described as having three types: "black comedy, parody and spoof." Comedy horror can a ...
film directed by Dean Ronalds, written by
Bruce Dellis, and starring
Darrell Hammond
Darrell Clayton Hammond (born October 8, 1955) is an American actor, comedian, impressionist, and announcer. He was a regular cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1995 to 2009, and has been its announcer sinc ...
and
Steve Burns
Steven Michael Burns (born October 9, 1973) is an American actor, musician and television host. He portrayed a fictional version of himself as the host of the children's television series ''Blue's Clues'' from 1996 until 2002, for which he was ...
. It is an
undead
The undead are beings in mythology, legend, or fiction that are deceased but behave as if they were alive. A common example of an undead being is a cadaver, corpse reanimated by supernatural forces, by the application of either the deceased's o ...
office
comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium.
Origins
Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...
concerning a telephone company in the U.S. state of
Arizona
Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
staffed entirely by flesh-eating,
vampire
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-like employees who refer to themselves as "Netherfolk". Historical figures such as President
James Garfield
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until Assassination of James A. Garfield, his death in September that year after being shot two months ea ...
and
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell (; born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born Canadian Americans, Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He als ...
are woven into the story. The film premiered at the 2007
AFI/Dallas Film Festival.
Cast
See also
* ''
Bloodsucking Bastards'', a 2015 horror film with similar elements
References
External links
*
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2007 films
American comedy horror films
American independent films
Films set in Arizona
Workplace comedies
Cultural depictions of Alexander Graham Bell
Cultural depictions of James A. Garfield
Cultural depictions of presidents of the United States
2007 comedy horror films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films
American vampire films
English-language comedy horror films