Netherworld (film) explained

Netherworld
Director:	David Schmoeller
Screenplay:	David Schmoeller
Story:	Charles Band
Producer:	Charles Band Thomas Bradford
Starring:	Michael Bendetti Denise Gentile Holly Floria Robert Sampson Holly Butler Alex Datcher
Cinematography:	Adolfo Bartoli
Editing:	Andy Horvitch
Music:	David Bryan
Distributor:	Full Moon Features
Released:	February 6,
Runtime:	85 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English French

Netherworld is a 1992 American horror film written and directed by David Schmoeller and produced by Charles Band.

Synopsis

After his father dies, Corey Thorton inherits his father's estate in Louisiana, only to find that his father plans to sacrifice his soul to live again.

Cast

• Michael Bendetti as Corey Thorton
• Denise Gentile as Delores
• Holly Floria as Diane Palmer
• Robert Sampson as Noah Thorton
• Holly Butler as Marilyn Monroe
• Alex Datcher as Mary Magdalene
• Robert Burr as Beauregard Yates, Esq.
• George Kelly as Bijou
• Mark Kemble as Barbusoir
• Michael Lowry as Stemsy
• David Schmoeller as Billy C.

Production

The film was originally to be produced in Romania, but Band moved it to New Orleans, Louisiana.

Reception

Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle called it "an unremarkble Dixieland shocker from dubious Full Moon studios".^[1] Lawrence Cohn of Variety called it an "entertaining horror pic".^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Dendle, Peter. Peter Dendle

   . The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. Peter Dendle. McFarland & Company. 2001. 116. 978-0-7864-9288-6.

2. Book: Cohn, Lawrence. Variety TV REV 1991-92 17. Taylor & Francis. 1994. 9780824037963. . Netherworld. https://books.google.com/books?id=RxHbPxbBM1AC&pg=PP281.