Netherbeast Incorporated (2007

2007 in film

This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...

) is an independent film

Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...

 directed by Dean Ronalds and written by Bruce Dellis

Bruce Dellis

Bruce Dellis is a filmmaker based in Tempe, AZ. He has written and directed several award-winning short films and features.In 2006, Dellis won two Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards...

. It is an undead

Undead

Undead is a collective name for fictional, mythological, or legendary beings that are deceased and yet behave as if alive. Undead may be incorporeal, such as ghosts, or corporeal, such as vampires and zombies...

 office comedy

Comedy film

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 concerning a telephone company in Arizona staffed entirely by flesh-eating, vampire

Vampire

Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...

-like employees who refer to themselves as "Netherfolk." Historical figures such as President James Garfield

James Garfield

James Abram Garfield served as the 20th President of the United States, after completing nine consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Garfield's accomplishments as President included a controversial resurgence of Presidential authority above Senatorial courtesy in executive...

 and Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell

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 are woven into the story. The film premiered at the 2007 AFI/Dallas Film Festival. Steven Burns, the ex-host of Blue's Clues

Blue's Clues

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appears in this film as Otto Granberry, a likable vampire worker. Many of the details surrounding James Garfield's assassination (and Alexander Graham Bell's attempt to save him) are historically accurate.