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 colours, 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 [show more]
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Horror directed by Rob Zombie and starring Sid Haig, Karen Black and Bill Moseley. A group of teens, travelling the highways of America, go in search of the legendary local maniac known only as Dr. Satan (Walter Phelan). While looking for the tree from which Dr. Satan was supposedly hanged, the teens encounter a hitch-hiker going by the name of Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie). When their car breaks down, this newcomer invites them to take refuge in her family home. The home of the Fireflys proves to be anything but safe however and the trapped teens soon find themselves in a desperate fight for survival.
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