Night of the Hell Hamsters
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Night of the Hell Hamsters is a 2006 B-movie
comedy horror
short film in which demonic possessed hamsters terrorize a young babysitter and her boyfriend.
that Julie has been asking to play with. However, unhappy about messing around with the occult
, Karl has deliberately left the board at home. Determined to have her way, Julie fashions a makeshift Ouija board out of an innocent child's alphabet toy, and, when Karl is bitten by one of the hamsters, she uses a drop of his blood to consecrate it. The couple then attempt to summon up a spirit, unaware that they have come up with the name of a demon, which arrives in a bolt of lightning, electrocuting the family hamsters and then possessing their dead bodies, turning them into demonic possessed zombie
hamsters.
Director Paul Campion and producer Elisabeth Pinto play two of the Giant Zombie Rabbits in the intro sequence.
B-movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
comedy horror
Comedy horror
Comedy horror, also known as horror comedy, is a literary and film genre, combining elements of comedy and horror fiction. The comedy horror genre almost always inevitably crosses over with the black comedy genre; and in some respects could be considered a subset of it.The short story "The Legend...
short film in which demonic possessed hamsters terrorize a young babysitter and her boyfriend.
Plot
Karl pays his girlfriend Julie a surprise visit while she is babysitting her neighbour's children. He brings with him a Ouija boardOuija Board
Ouija Board is a Thoroughbred mare racehorse owned by Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby and trained by Ed Dunlop. In a career spanning four seasons, she won 10 of her 22 races, 7 of them Group 1s, including the Epsom Oaks in 2004 and the Hong Kong Vase in 2005...
that Julie has been asking to play with. However, unhappy about messing around with the occult
Occult
The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus , referring to "knowledge of the hidden". In the medical sense it is used to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e.g...
, Karl has deliberately left the board at home. Determined to have her way, Julie fashions a makeshift Ouija board out of an innocent child's alphabet toy, and, when Karl is bitten by one of the hamsters, she uses a drop of his blood to consecrate it. The couple then attempt to summon up a spirit, unaware that they have come up with the name of a demon, which arrives in a bolt of lightning, electrocuting the family hamsters and then possessing their dead bodies, turning them into demonic possessed zombie
Zombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
hamsters.
Cast
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Stephanie Ratcliff | Julie |
| Paul O'Neill | Karl |
Director Paul Campion and producer Elisabeth Pinto play two of the Giant Zombie Rabbits in the intro sequence.
Awards
- 2007 Best Horror Film, Vine Short Film Festival, USA.
- 2007 Best Director, A Night of Horror Short Film Festival, Australia.
- 2007 Audience Favourite, Zompire: The Undead Film Festival, USA.
- 2007 Audience Favourite, Big Mountain Short Film Festival, New Zealand.
- 2007 Best Cinematography, Tabloid Witch Awards, USA.
- 2007 Honorable Mention, Tabloid Witch Awards, USA.
Nominations
- 2007 Best Short Film, Terror Film Festival, USA.
- 2007 Best Editing, Terror Film Festival, USA.
- 2007 Best Music Score, Terror Film Festival, USA.
- 2007 Best Special Effects, Terror Film Festival, USA.