"It's a portal to hell, not a garbage shoot."
Bizarre "demon comedy" regarding a landlord who must endure two very insatiably hungry demons demanding human tenants to feast on! Landlord Tyler(Derek Dziak) has grown tired of feeding innocents to demons, Rabisu(Rom Barkhordar) & Lamashtu(Lori Myers) and cleaning up their grisly mess afterward. Tyler's patience is certainly tested when a new tenant from the country, Donna(Erin Myers), arrives to rent a flat for two months..Tyler likes this one and isn't too keen on surrendering her to the demons desiring sustenance. Tyler's sister, Amy(Michelle Courvais, who reminds me of Ally Sheedy), a cop, has an association with the demons, and they must agree to her wishes or their prosperous relationship will come to an end. Demons, with foul, sharp teeth, are allowed to eat from the flesh of junkies, bringing Amy their dope and stocked cash. Gil and Mike(Kurt Ehrmann and Ezekiel Brown), two detectives who have been harassing Tyler due to all the missing bodies who were once occupants in his building, make the mistake of attempting to break in while he was away with Donna at a bar on karaoke night. We find out that the portal to hell is in fact located in the basement of Tyler's building! Anyway, we'll just say that Tyler's worries with the detectives will be over. Donna is running from a bad marriage, with a lousy husband she wants a divorce from..as well as wanting to abort her unborn child. Demon Lamashtu, Rabisu's missus(with a dog face!)wishes for Donna to conceive her child for lunch! Donna is trapped by Lamashtu's forcefield in her room and Rabisu does little to help her(he's afraid, to say the least). Meanwhile, Amy and her cop lover Warren(Rob McLean) kill a demon who arrived at a diner with blood dripping from his teeth and drenched on his shirt(delivering money covered in blood as well)..so clumsy, out in the open, infuriates Amy, spurning her wrath. Well a head demon doesn't appreciate the death of one of their kind, and orders Warren to "bring Amy into the fold." So Tyler must somehow rescue Donna while Amy is destined to become a demon.
Despite some budget restraints(some of the special effects are a bit rough around the edges), there's an enthusiasm and energy I found palpable. It's presented in a gleefully macabre fashion, with lots of prosthetic limb jokes(gotta love the jerky juicer and Rabisu's attempts to use it for human meat). I have an affinity for these demon comedies, and felt THE LANDLORD was very much in the vein of such cult favorites as NIGHT OF THE DEMONS & THE HAZING. We see how the demons were conjured and granted access in our world through the Sumerian incantation summoned actually by Tyler and Amy's parents..there's an interesting twist regarding how the parents correlate with Lamashtu and Rabisu as well. I will say that there's a heavy dependence on these wild optical effects using vibrant neon colors when we see magic used by Lamashtu(and this occult shop owner who knows a thing or two about spells and the dark arts). The cast really seem to be having a good time and that, I felt, rubs off on specific viewers who enjoy their comedies a bit on the black side. The co-producer, Dan Kiggins, was a regular on the IMDb horror board so I'm more than proud that he had a chance to live the dream. The demons have the "infect bite" in that when they munch into the necks of human victims, those gnawed on turn into fanged ghouls as well. And, Lamashtu and Rabisu can travel distances by "teleporting" themselves within the building.
Bizarre "demon comedy" regarding a landlord who must endure two very insatiably hungry demons demanding human tenants to feast on! Landlord Tyler(Derek Dziak) has grown tired of feeding innocents to demons, Rabisu(Rom Barkhordar) & Lamashtu(Lori Myers) and cleaning up their grisly mess afterward. Tyler's patience is certainly tested when a new tenant from the country, Donna(Erin Myers), arrives to rent a flat for two months..Tyler likes this one and isn't too keen on surrendering her to the demons desiring sustenance. Tyler's sister, Amy(Michelle Courvais, who reminds me of Ally Sheedy), a cop, has an association with the demons, and they must agree to her wishes or their prosperous relationship will come to an end. Demons, with foul, sharp teeth, are allowed to eat from the flesh of junkies, bringing Amy their dope and stocked cash. Gil and Mike(Kurt Ehrmann and Ezekiel Brown), two detectives who have been harassing Tyler due to all the missing bodies who were once occupants in his building, make the mistake of attempting to break in while he was away with Donna at a bar on karaoke night. We find out that the portal to hell is in fact located in the basement of Tyler's building! Anyway, we'll just say that Tyler's worries with the detectives will be over. Donna is running from a bad marriage, with a lousy husband she wants a divorce from..as well as wanting to abort her unborn child. Demon Lamashtu, Rabisu's missus(with a dog face!)wishes for Donna to conceive her child for lunch! Donna is trapped by Lamashtu's forcefield in her room and Rabisu does little to help her(he's afraid, to say the least). Meanwhile, Amy and her cop lover Warren(Rob McLean) kill a demon who arrived at a diner with blood dripping from his teeth and drenched on his shirt(delivering money covered in blood as well)..so clumsy, out in the open, infuriates Amy, spurning her wrath. Well a head demon doesn't appreciate the death of one of their kind, and orders Warren to "bring Amy into the fold." So Tyler must somehow rescue Donna while Amy is destined to become a demon.
Despite some budget restraints(some of the special effects are a bit rough around the edges), there's an enthusiasm and energy I found palpable. It's presented in a gleefully macabre fashion, with lots of prosthetic limb jokes(gotta love the jerky juicer and Rabisu's attempts to use it for human meat). I have an affinity for these demon comedies, and felt THE LANDLORD was very much in the vein of such cult favorites as NIGHT OF THE DEMONS & THE HAZING. We see how the demons were conjured and granted access in our world through the Sumerian incantation summoned actually by Tyler and Amy's parents..there's an interesting twist regarding how the parents correlate with Lamashtu and Rabisu as well. I will say that there's a heavy dependence on these wild optical effects using vibrant neon colors when we see magic used by Lamashtu(and this occult shop owner who knows a thing or two about spells and the dark arts). The cast really seem to be having a good time and that, I felt, rubs off on specific viewers who enjoy their comedies a bit on the black side. The co-producer, Dan Kiggins, was a regular on the IMDb horror board so I'm more than proud that he had a chance to live the dream. The demons have the "infect bite" in that when they munch into the necks of human victims, those gnawed on turn into fanged ghouls as well. And, Lamashtu and Rabisu can travel distances by "teleporting" themselves within the building.