Product Description: Two young couples take a misguided tour onto the back roads of America in search of a local legend known as Dr. Satan. Lost and stranded, they are set upon by a bizarre family of psychotics. Murder, cannibalism, and sataninc rituals are just a few of the 1000+ horrors that await.
Amazon.com: It's sick! It's twisted! It's House of 1,000 Corpses, and it's more fun than a wholesome bowl of "Agatha Crispies"! Dropped by two studios (Universal and MGM) and doomed to obscurity until Lions Gate Films gave it a limited theatrical release, Rob Zombie's gonzo horror flick is a blood-spattered throwback to the gore-fests of the '70s, lending new meaning to the term "box-office gross." Most critics misunderstood this unbridled exercise in graphic style and violence, but for devoted horror buffs it's a refreshing rebuttal to the comparatively "polite" frights of the post-Scream era. While paying homage to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Last House on the Left, Motel Hell, and other gory classics, Zombie's ramshackle plot (two young couples are terrorized by an inbred family of homicidal maniacs) lacks a crucial sense of dread, but his pastiche of vivid colors, grainy fetish-films, and photo-negative imagery is guaranteed to hold your attention. A bona-fide cult item, this House is definitely worth a visit... if you dare. --Jeff Shannon
Just Bad!! Let me start out by saying that when this movie first was to be released I couldn't wait, I like Rob Zombie and own several of his CD's and was hoping that this movie would be really hard core. I watched this movie the first time it came out and it put me to sleep it was so bad. I later rented and ended up buying DEVIL'S REJECTS which I must say is SOOOOO much better than HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES. After buying Devil's Rejects many years after watching the first movie I figured maybe I didn't give HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES a real chance, so I decided since I really loved the Devil's Rejects that I would probably realize that I liked HOUSE OF 1000 Corpses... WRONG!! After buying this movie I watched it again and I must say that it still SUCKED BALLS. I really hated it, it wasn't scary it didn't make much sense and the characters weren't menacing like they are in the DEVIL'S REJECTS. I just don't understand how two movies made by the same guy and with the same characters can be so different in that one was awesome and the other was terrible and a waste of my money. If you are a hardcore Zombie fan then you would probably want to own both of these movies but I must say that the latter is much better than the first. If you just like HORROR movies then you should NOT buy HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES; instead look for THE DEVIL'S REJECTS.
This did not accomplish what Zombie wanted. Zombie wanted the audience to sympathize with the killers. These killers are the most unsympathetic group I have ever come across in a movie. Not only was there a total absence of a plot, but it was just gory (which is why I rated it two stars instead of one) and unrealistic. There needs to be a story told about the characters. There needs to be a purpose. Not just some annoying hicks who enjoy torturing innocent people. That doesn't make the audience like the characters. Sorry Zombie, you failed. The best part of both movies was the end of the Devil's Rejects, only then does the audience sort of like the killers but then they get killed.
Really not bad for a Rock Star gone Hollywood director This is a really twisted movie. It has everything that a classic horror movie should have, blood, guts and true psychos played by a very convincing cast. This exploitation horror film was lead by Bill Moseley as Otis B. Driftwood, a truly scary SOB. He played primarily in B-Films until he hit Cult Classic Gold with Rob Zombie. Otis leads a family of crazies including a sister Baby Firefly played by Rob Zombie's wife Sheri Moon, 2 brothers, a Mother Firefly & Grandpa Hugo.
The true psychos in this movie, as well as the equally gory and much better production quality sequel The Devil's Rejects (Unrated Widescreen Edition), are Otis & Baby. I honestly believed that these two people where as crazy as their characters. This movie is a cult classic horror film and it's interesting to note that the character names came from Groucho Marx films.
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Why do I like it? Because it's dark and hellish . . . I half excected to dislike this film, because I was a bit skeptical about Rob Zombie as a director. But after watching it, I actually liked it. The film is an extreme horrorfest, filled with excessive gore and disturbing settings. And when I mean excessive, I mean it conveys a no-holds-barred attitude. It's gory entertainment for those who can actually take it. Plus, it's severely dark and hellish, so it's not for those who are very squeamish. Personally, I thought that this film was good. Not excellent, but good enough to keep me interested. Although it may not achieve classic status like The Exorcist or Nightmare on Elm Street, I still like it for its overall gore and psychotic atmosphere.
In short, Rob Zombie has given us an entertaining horror film that would most certainly please a large percentage of horror fans; it did for me. I have never seen both versions of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but I do believe this might be even better than Chainsaw (but my opinion will probably change if I ever see any of them). Next up: The Devil's Rejects!
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