FuzzyTagz
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
filippaberry84
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Billie Morin
This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Casey Duggan
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Wuchak
RELEASED IN 2003 (but shot in 2000) and written/directed by Rob Zombie, "House of 1000 Corpses" is a horror/black comedy about two young couples who inadvertently visit a house of demented serial killers in backwoods Texas.A critic summed the movie up as "a ridiculous horror comedy, but with extremely annoying villains." It was inspired by (or rips off) "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974) and combines it with the cartoonish horror comedy of "Evil Dead II" (1987) while throwing in a little "The Funhouse" (1981).The entire first act, including the amusing prologue that introduces Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig), is very entertaining, but the over-the-top approach starts to get dull by the middle of the picture with the overdone events at the demented Firefly abode. The last act gets so cartoonish that I thought maybe the main protagonist (Erin Daniels) was experiencing a nightmare. The fantastical elements strip away any vestige of horror that was hardly there in the first two acts, which were too zany to take as serious horror. As such, I can't see anyone older than 7 finding this movie "disturbing." Still, the film pulsates with colorful pizazz and characters, not to mention a quality score/soundtrack.Sheri Moon Zombie is effective in her role as Baby Firefly. I liked her voice and didn't mind her laugh (which many criticize), but she's a little too thin for my tastes. Daniels works pretty well as the main protagonist. But, considering Zombie's resources (e.g. the five captive cheerleaders), the flick sorta drops the ball in the female department.The film sat on the shelf so long because Universal feared a NC-17 rating. Lions Gate eventually picked it up, but it was cut & edited in an attempt to achieve an R-rating. The original version was 16 minutes longer.THE MOVIE RUNS 1 hour, 29 minutes and was shot in Southern Cal (Chicken Ranch Backlot, Universal Studios; Palmdale; Santa Clarita; and Saugus).GRADE: B-/C+
trexman-79876
The thing is about this movie other than it being hilarious to watch is that I have no idea what it is actually about; I mean you would think that doctor Satan who was hyped up at the start would be the main antagonist, but instead it's some random family who likes killing (because of course), then you would think that when doctor Satan, the big bady, the one and only finally shows up he dies from falling debris..... ya this movie is just classic good bad movie which is why it's hard to rate those unless you have some other scale (The garbage scale or something) to rate it on. I'm going to give it a 7 on the turd scale and a 2 on the actual scale.
IkhwanArif
It's hard to recommend this film, other than maybe you're a fan of Rob Zombie. I watched the movie and I felt bored. I get that it's an homage to classic slasher films but other than the Dr Satan and his laboratory deep underground, there was really nothing in the 90 minutes that was entertaining. Even as I'm writing this review, I'm stifling down multiple yawns.
jillmenez
I cannot explain with mere words how incredible this film was. Waaaaay better than The Lords of Salem and Halloween. Rob Zombie is an absolute genius and this film will forever be in my heart. Please play this at my wake when I die. Please play this every day til the day I die. Yassssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
