Attack of the Herbals
2011 British film
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Attack of the Herbals (also known as Attack of the Nazi Herbals[1]) is a 2010 Scottish horror comedy directed by David Keith[2][3][4] from a screenplay written by David Ryan Keith, Liam Matheson and Alisdair Cook.[5] It stars Calum Booth, Claire McCulloch, Steve Worsley, Richard Currie, and Liam Matheson.
David Keith
Liam Matheson
Claire McCulloch
Steve Worsley
Richard Currie
Liam Matheson
- May 11, 2011 (Cannes)
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| Directed by | David Keith |
| Written by | Alisdair Cook David Keith Liam Matheson |
| Starring | Calum Booth Claire McCulloch Steve Worsley Richard Currie Liam Matheson |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The film is about a group of locals who try to save Lobster Cove, their sleepy village, from disruption caused by a plan to build a new supermarket complex.
Premise
Set in a small Scottish village named Lobster Cove, the local community is enraged when a retailer is granted permission to build their supermarket complex on a nature spot. A WW2 German crate is discovered washed up on shore and one of the group makes tea out of it.
Some of the local residents band together to create a herbal-tea cottage industry as a way to raise funds to fight the retailer. The tea proves incredibly popular and with its rejuvenating properties the elderly are finding a new lease of life. Unfortunately, there are side-effects.
Cast
- Calum Booth as Jackson McGregor
- Claire McCulloch as Jenny Robertson
- Steve Worsley as Russell Wallace
- Richard Currie as Steve Roadrunner Robertson
- Liam Matheson as Bennett Campbell
- Lee Hutcheon as Danny the Pincer
Production
Attack of the Herbals was filmed in and around Aberdeen, Scotland, on a single Canon 5D with follow focus.[6] Much of the film focuses on the Aberdeen harbour area.[7]
The music is by Leah Kardos,[8] who collaborated with David Keith on previous works, two short films called "Demonic" and "Dead Funny".[9]
Release
Camelot Entertainment Group have gained distribution rights to Attack of the Herbals. Darknight Pictures, a division of Camelot Entertainment, confirmed they were to auction Attack of the Herbals at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.[10]
Reception
Robert Cherkowski of Filmstarts found Attack of the Herbals to be "a likeable project" though "rather bland for long stretches".[11] Horrornews.net reviewer Dave Gammon called the film "a fine balance of terror and knee slapping fancy".[12] In the book Book of the Dead: The Complete History of Zombie Cinema, the author Jamie Russell said Attack of the Herbals was a "redundantly anodyne" work that blends elements of Local Hero and The Crazies.[13]
Empire's Kim Newman said the film leans a bit too heavily on Shaun of the Dead though manages to be amusing at times.[14] VideoHound gave the film one star.[15] Regarding the film poster, The Hollywood Reporter's Kevin Cassidy called it the "Best Use of an Unscary Beverage in a Horror Movie".[16]
