Title: The Hamiltons
Director: The Butcher Brothers
Starring: Cory Knauf, Samuel Child, Joseph McKelheer, Mackenzie Firgens
Runtime: 90 minutes
Year: 2006
Source: Generation X Video
The Hamiltons is based around a family of siblings trying to live a normal life minus their recently deceased parents... and dying gals hanging out in the basement. If that's not Brady Bunch then I don't know what is.
The oldest son seems to of taken it upon himself to be the provider and disciplinary, while the middle twins just like to suck each others face off. The youngest, Francis, is the stereotypical angst ridden teenager just trying to find his place in the world--- and distance himself from his family.
During his journey of sorts, he acquires a camcorder and starts recording the random activities of his slightly strange family.
Oh, I failed to mention something. Silly me. The Hamiltons tend to kidnap young girls, drain them of their blood, and use it as their own life source. Talk about further complicating the life of a teenager.
Due to this whole blood thirsty bit, they have to move quite often into new neighbours. New neighbours become new victims, leaving them to have to move yet again... Lovely little cycle, no?
As they've settled into their new neighbourhood, two roadtrip girls are served up as the new victims. By judging by the cover of the DVD you'd expect some fierce torture to take place, except it just doesn't. That is clearly not the angle the directors wanted to take. The horror aspect isn't even really all that present for the majority of the film. That's not a slam against the movie, not even in the slightest, it's just that the cover art is slightly misleading.
I didn't love The Hamiltons, but I didn't hate it, either.
Half-assed recommended.
j.
1 comments:
I'd agree on the half-assed recommendation. It's not the greatest picture ever filmed, but there's enough to like about it. Plus, that nerdy little cop steals every scene he's in. Ha.
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