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Livestock
The Unholy Order
USA 2009
produced by Christopher Di Nunzio, R. Harvey Bravman (executive), Melanie Kotoch (co), Jason Miller (II) (co) for Creepy Kid Productions
directed by Christopher Di Nunzio
starring Fiore Leo, Robert Hines, Johanna Gorton, Michael Reardon, Christina C. Crawford, Irina Peligrad, Matt Phillion, Aurora Grabill, Slava Dorogapulko, Leighsa Burgin, Lou Fuoco, Stephanie Spry, Vincent Di Nunzio, R. Harvey Bravman, Roy Bosell, Derek J. Santos, Beverly Thompson, Carina Di Nunzio, Scott Reardon, Jodie Peck, Charlie Peck
story by Christopher Di Nunzio, screenplay by Christopher Di Nunzio, Melanie Kotoch, music by Nicholas David Potvin, song Jesus don't Like Beggars by Ann Driscoll, special makeup effects by Hannah Sanders
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Victor (Fiore Leo) is on his way to rise up thje ranks of a gangster
organisation called the pack, as his boss Edgar (Robert Hines)
seems to really like him - and apart from that, he also has a beautiful
new girlfriend, Tina (Christina C.Crawford), who seems to be popular with
his organisation. The only thing he has to keep under control is his hot-headed
employee Anthony (Michael Reardon), a serialkiller who has the blessings
of the pack, but who every now and againgets out of control. Tina's best
friend Annabel (Johanna Gorton) has finally met a nice man, Jerry (Matt
Phillion), after a year of abstinence, and today they are going out on
their second date - when they are suddenly knocked out and kidnapped by
Anthony and his girl accomplices (Irina Peligrad, Aurora Grabill). Jerry
and Annabel find themselves in Anthony's basement under constant threat
from Anthony and his girls, but Annabel is not one to give up easily, and
she tries everything to get out of the situation ... alas to no avail, in
the end, she and her boyfriend are slaughtered by Anthony and his girls
and sucked dry - because Anthony and company, just like the whole pack,
are vampires. Tina, who has no idea about the true nature of her
boyfriend, is invited to a dinnerparty at his boss's place - where to her
shock she is served Annabel's head ... A very interesting and
unusual film: While it starts out like a straignt and fairly conventional
gangster movie with a serialkiller subplot attached to it (nothing unusual
so far), it very gradually does a 360, and without becoming utterly
ridiculous or far-fetched it turns first into survival horror then into a quite bloody vampire movie in
the end, and a smooth (and at times even elegant) directorial effort, a
nice musical score and at least competent performances see to it that the
film doesn't get out of hand along the way. Definitely worth a look.
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