The Hamiltons

Infobox Film
name = The Hamiltons

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director = The Butcher Brothers
producer = Mitchell Altieri
Phil Flores
writer = The Butcher Brothers
Adam Weis
starring = Cory Knauf
Samuel Child
Joseph McKelheer Mackenzie Firgens
music = Josh Myers
cinematography =Michael Maley
editing = Jesse Spencer
distributor = Lions Gate Films
released = November 19, 2006
runtime =
country = USA
language = English
budget =
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website = http://www.sffilms.tv/thehamiltons/
amg_id = 1:346160
imdb_id = 0443527:"For the British celebrity couple, see Neil Hamilton and Christine Hamilton."

The Hamiltons is an independent horror film directed by The Butcher Brothers (Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores) and the highly-acclaimed winner of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and the Malibu International Film Festival. It was also selected for the film festival, 8 Films To Die For.

Plot

A suburban family harbors a dark secret: When their parents are killed in a tragic accident, eldest Hamilton sibling David (Samuel Child) relocates the surviving family members to a quiet California suburb and assumes the responsibility of caring for his orphaned siblings Wendell (Joseph McKelheer), Darlene (Mackenzie Firgens), and Francis (Cory Knauf). While twins Wendell and Darlene seem to share a bizarre incestuous bond that separates them from the rest of the siblings, Francis acquires a video camera that previously belonged to his deceased parents and sets out preparing a school project about his family.

The all-seeing lens of Francis' roving camera begins to reveal that something malevolent is going on inside the Hamilton's picturesque abode. Wendell kidnaps two young girls and they are tied in their storeroom. Older brother David drains blood off one of them till she slowly dies. Francis gets attracted to the other girl who tries to get him to help her. Wendell and Darlene murder one of her classmates and feed of her blood.

When David tries to kill the other girl, Francis hits him in the head and carries her off to a safe hideout. Wendell asks David to follow Francis, as he is the only one capable of persuading him to return, and Francis, seeing an open wound, is unable to control his bloodlust and he kills the girl and feeds off her. When David appears, Francis is crying and we see his fangs. Though terribly sad at his actions, he finally seems to be accepting what he really is: A vampire. The family decides to move somewhere else, and they go to the basement to retrieve the creature locked there, who turns out to be their brother Lenny.

The family is a new breed of vampires who are born that way, not made. In the end, we see them introducing themselves to their new neighbors as the Thompsons, and Francis is shown making a happy video of his family

External links

* [http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/thehamiltons/ Trailer]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443527/ IMDB entry]
* [http://www.horroryearbook.com/2006/11/09/interview-with-the-butcher-brothers-mitchell-altieri-and-phil-flores-by-molley-celaschi/ Directors The Butcher Brothers Interview with HorrorYearbook]
* [http://www.horroryearbook.com/2006/11/10/interview-with-cory-knauf-the-hamiltons-by-molly-celaschi/ Actor Cory Knauf's Interview with HorrorYearbook]
* [http://www.dreadcentral.com/index.php?name=Reviews&req=showcontent&id=1198 Review at Dread Central]
* [http://www.dreadcentral.com/index.php?name=Interviews&req=showcontent&id=4756 Interview with The Butcher Brothers at Dread Central]
* [http://www.mackenziefirgens.com Mackenzie Firgens Site]
* [http://www.josephmckelheer.com Joseph McKelheer Site]