“He’s a vampire and I’m not.”
Corporate America is full of bloodsucking, vile people willing to step on anybody that stands in their way on the road to success. Berm-Tech is full of bloodsuckers as well, but they are all pretty nice folks that get along quite well with one another……and they’re all vampires. in 2007’s Netherbeast Incorporated, the vampire employees of Berm-Tech find themselves in quite the pickle whenever employees at every level begin to vanish, the Netherstone is stolen (more on that later), and the CEO, who happens to be losing his mind, hires a human employee and an efficiency expert that employees see as a threat to their livelihood. Otto (Steve Burns) starts to have feelings for the human hire named Pearl (Amy Davidson) and together they team up with other employees to find out what’s happening to the missing employees. What happens? Watch Netherbeast Incorporated to find out what’s really going down at Berm-Tech!
The film is a lighthearted horror comedy that focuses on the oddities and quirks of office workers with a vampire twist. It also expands and changes a few things about vampire lore. The whodunit aspect of the film is pretty easy to solve, but the real fun in this film is the working hacks in the office. Otto is intelligent and nice. He’s also a bit awkward around Pearl. His best friend, “Waxy” Dan Paraffin (Jay Mewes from the Jay and Silent Bob Askewniverse), attempts to help him let Pearl down easy. Darrell Hammond plays CEO Turner Claymore, who makes a lot of really bad decisions (like most CEOs at some point), but he also has a lot of heart and cares for his employees (unlike many real world CEOs). Other working stiffs include Bob Rue as Bunyan Pritchett, Dave Foley as Henry Welby, and Robyn Allen as Rebecca Sibley. Judd Nelson portrays the overly positive efficiency expert, Steven P.D. Landry.
When you really boil down to it, the vampires in Netherbeast Incorporated are actually much better humans than real world humans working in an office. They try their best to get along with one another and protect each other as well. Sure, they have their quibbles, but they are ultimately a very close-knit family. Employees and corporate dogs of today would do well to try to imitate the best qualities of the Berm-Tech employees, and that’s sort of a shame. Oh, and as far as the Netherstone is considered, when the vampires get too far away from it, they can die. That’s why it’s important when the stone goes missing in the film!
I enjoyed this film a lot. It’s funny, features a great cast (including some sweet cameos), and forces us as humans to look at what we should strive to be: better humans. Check out this flick. I think that you’ll enjoy it.
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