The Johnsons or De Johnsons is a 1992

1992 in film

The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films:-Awards:Academy AwardsGolden Globe AwardsNational Film Awards...

 Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 thriller directed by Rudolf van den Berg

Rudolf van den Berg

Rudolf van den Berg is a Dutch writer and director.Van den Berg has been making films and documentaries for over thirty years now. Often praised and crowned, sometimes seriously criticized, Van den Berg's work has always succeeded in stirring passionate reactions.His eighth feature film Tirza was...

. It also known under the title De Blaauw Sens Johnand Xianjing. The film was nominated for a Fantasy Film Award at the film festival in Oporto. It was the last Dutch horror film in the twentieth century.

Plot

Victoria Lucas (played by Monique van de Ven

Monique van de Ven

Monica Maria Theresia "Monique" van de Ven is a Dutch actress and director.From 1973 until 1988 she was married to Dutch cinematographer and director Jan de Bont, with whom she lived in Los Angeles for a number of years. She is now married to actor and writer Edwin de Vries.Her film debut as an...

) is a single mother with her teenage Emalee (played by Esmee de la Bretonière) in an apartment. Emalee is not normal, having come to life through test tube fertilization, under the assistance of Dr. Johnson. The doctor has not only made Emalee, but in secret also used the eggs of Victoria to make seven boys.

When Emalee is 14 years, her mother sends her on a camping holiday in the Biesbosch

Biesbosch

De Biesbosch , is one of the largest national parks of the Netherlands and one of the last freshwater tide areas in Europe. The Biesbosch consists of a rather large network of rivers and smaller and larger creeks with islands. The vegetation is mostly willow forests, although wet grasslands and...

. From her 14th birthday, Emalee begins to suffer from nightmares, about seven men that are identical to fertilize her.

Cast

• Monique van de Ven
  Monique van de Ven
  Monica Maria Theresia "Monique" van de Ven is a Dutch actress and director.From 1973 until 1988 she was married to Dutch cinematographer and director Jan de Bont, with whom she lived in Los Angeles for a number of years. She is now married to actor and writer Edwin de Vries.Her film debut as an...
  
   as Victoria Lucas
• Esmée de la Bretonière as Emalee Lucas
• Kenneth Herdigein as Professor Keller
• Rik van Uffelen as de Graaf
• Otto Sterman as vader Keller
• Olga Zuiderhoek as Angela
• Nelly Frijda as Tante van Peter
• Miguel Stigter as Johnson 1, Bossie
• Diederik van Nederveen as Johnson 2, Dakkie
• Erik van Wilsum as Johnson 3, Tellie
• Marcel Colin as Johnson 4, Droppie
• Kees Hulst as Jansma
• Nathan Moll as Johnson 5, Kniffie
• Jan-Mark Wams as Johnson 6, Koppie
• Michel Bonset as Johnson 7, Kurkie

Overview

The film is a reference to the surnames of the seven brothers, all born with the help of the American doctor Johnson. Originally, the idea of the movie "First Blood" called, referring to the first time that the character Emalee is unwell during the film.