House of 1,000 Corpses

Starring:Chad Bannon, William Bassett, Karen Black, Erin Daniels, Dennis Fimple, Walton Goggins, Sid Haig, Chris Hardwick, Jennifer Jostyn, Irwin Keyes, Matthew McGrory, Sheri Moon, Bill Moseley, Robert Allen Mukes, Michael J. Pollard, David Reynolds (VII), Tom Towles, Rainn Wilson, Harrison Young
Studio: Lions Gate
Product Type: DVD

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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

Customer Reviews:

Not scary but it's good, campy fun........2007-06-25

This movie is about a group of young people whose car breaks down and they seek help from a group of people who turn out to be a bunch of black magic-practicing murderous rednecks. Sounds familiar? Yeah, it's that cliche plotline made popular by films such as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". However, Zombie wasn't trying to make a film that was purely unique. It was meant to be a homage to the films he loved and as such the movie is a nice accomplishment. Knowing that he could not match the scares of those classic films, he went for all-out campiness. For this reason, I wouldn't call the film scary, but it sure is fun to watch. The closest comparison that I can think of is "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2", another underrated film.

Some elements are confusing and don't seem to have much to do with the plotline. Seriously, whatever theories are running about, does anyone truly understand how the old African-American man fits into the story? It doesn't matter though. The plot is pretty much secondary anyway. All of these things add to the atmosphere and the fun. You can say the movie is style over substance, but does it ever have style.

Two more comments. For one, I LOVE the opening scene. Maybe it's a sign that I'm a disturbed individual, but that scene cracked me up. He may be a villian, but I love the clown. The scene had a nice mix of humor and gore. I guess those two things can mix. Is that combination a bad influence? Hmmmm...maaaybe.

The other comment: Ring the bell on the menu screen but don't choose an option immediately. The clown pops up and makes a bunch of funny statements about how you won't pick an option or say anything.
(paraphrased) "I take it y'all must be mutes 'cause I know you wouldn't be ****ing with me, now would you? No siree, the last person to **** with me ain't having a real howdy-doody day right now."
(looking at a porn mag) "Oooh-eee, all that and flexible too!"
It has to be said in character for you to see the humor.

rock on rob.......2007-05-17

this is a gem for any horror lover i love the story and that it was set in the 70s

A different type of scary........2007-05-02

I decided to watch this because one of my favorite actresses (Erin Daniels) is in it. Thankfully, I rented it instead of buying it.

I'd put this movie into the same group of scary movies as the Michael Myers movies, the original "The Hills Have Eyes" and, in general, most "older" scary movies in the sense that they are all labeled as horror movies but aren't all that scary. However, this movie is different from other scary movies because it's more creepy and disturbing than scary. There's killing, yes, but the killing is more torturous and humiliating and cult-like than Jason or Myers-type killings. Zombie throws in weird, random shots of naked women and clowns and such. The ending is predictable and the family in the movie is a typical scary movie family but to say that this movie is a typical scary movie is completely false. It's weird. It's creepy. It has bunny costumes. It has people buried alive. It has innocent-looking, evil chicks. It's disturbing. It's different. It's worth a watch.

If you're into scary movies, I'd suggest you watch this just because it's a "different" kind of scary movie. If you generally don't like scary movies, go ahead and skip it. If I could, I would've given this movie 2 1/2 stars instead of 3.

Well-accomplished........2007-04-19

This movie is a weird, very different viewing experience, just like it's meant to be. I don't think anyone can really criticise a movie as self-conscious as this one. It's bad, it's tacky, it's over-the-top horrible so that it almost seems funny, but that's the whole point. It's deliberate exploitation film based on a long history of bad yet strangely fascinating movies.

The intention, it seems, is to create in the viewer something that approaches a sense of delight at how absurd the horror genre can be, though still confusedly mixed with repulsion. This sense of repulsion is something that the viewer is never completely successful at repressing, despite their attempts to find the film purely funny. To seek this sort of combination of feelings is the reason many people still watch tasteless old horror movies, and laugh at them, perhaps subconsciously attempting to conquer their own fears of the possibility of intense pain and terror by turning it into humour. This film deliberately tries to create and play off of that sort of reaction. It emphasises both the humour and the repulsion factors more strongly than the older films it's based on, where this combination was unintentional. Other films have tried this to a certain extent, but with too much emphasis on humour and not enough genuine gruesomeness, making these films merely campy and not nearly so rich in contradictory sentiment as House of 1,000 Corpses.

So if you aren't into that sort of thing you probably can't appreciate where this is coming from, or why anyone would like it. But you're also not the intended audience, so your opinion doesn't count! For what it is, it's a very unique film that does something quite new, and it's surprisingly sucessful.

And personally I think the fish sculpture alone makes the whole movie worthwhile, that scene definitely made my life just a little better.

1 of the best horror films ever! .......2007-04-17

This is 1 of the best horror films ive ever seen. The plot is twisted. Two couples get lost while searching for the infamous Dr. Satan. ALong the way they encounter several horrors that include a bizare group of psycotics. If ur a horror fan like i am, this is essential for ur collection. But if u dont like blood, gore, and vulgar language this is not for u.

Average customer rating:

What the heck was this supposed to be?
WORST MOVIE EVER MADE!!!! SORRY PEOPLE!
FUN HORROR MOVIE
rob zombie is a freak
Zombie rules with a mighty horror contribution!

House Of 1,000 Corpses
Starring: Sid Haig
Manufacturer: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Horror | Genres | DVD | Video

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ASIN: B00062IZZY
Release Date: 2005-08-19

Customer Reviews:

What the heck was this supposed to be?.......2006-07-01

I think Rob Zombie is great. I think campy horror is great. I think scary horror is great. I even think campy, scary, creepy, odd, shocking horror is great. This was nothing like any of those.

Quick bullet points:
- No discernable plot.
- The gore was pointless, boring, and broke the 4th wall.
- Actors were not just bad, they were not remotely believable in their terror or their acting.
- Villain.. not scary, humorous, and had no motivation.
- while some visuals are good, even the setup creepy (wannabe)character was not believable, and more annoying than anything.
- Did I mention no plot?
- I can never get that hour and a half of my life back.
- Editing was a crime!

WORST MOVIE EVER MADE!!!! SORRY PEOPLE!.......2006-06-06

Wow, this was the worst movie I have ever seen in my whole entire life. Terrible acting, to much gore, hated the storyline! It was dumb.
It was about a group of four people whos car breaks down and they end up going to this house filled with freaks. Little did they know that they start disappering one by one. Getting tortured by freakish looking people who don't give a dam if your alvie or dead. And if your alive, you won't be if you stay with these people.
Now, Im a Texas Chainsaw Massacare fan and i hated this movie. It was to gory for me, the plot was stupid, and and i don't recommend it to anyone.
(0 stars, actually)

FUN HORROR MOVIE.......2006-05-11

HOUSE OF THE 1000 CORPSES IS ROB ZOMBIE?S FIRST MOVIE AND ITS GOOD, ITS LIKE AN HOMAGE TO THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE ITS ALMOST THE SAME PLOT YOUNG KIDS IN THE 70?S LOST IN THE COUNTRY AND A FAMILY OF MAD PEOPLE GETS THEM AND KILLS THEM BRUTALLY IN AN ED GEIN?S TYPE OF HOME, THE VILLANS ARE VERY GOOD VERY CHARISMATIC CHARACTERS I LIKE THEM A LOT THANK GOD FOR "THE DEVILS REJECTS" THAT CONTINUES THE STORY AND GIVES AN END TO THE STORY. SO IF YOU LIKE HORROR FUN MOMENTS AND VERY CHARISMATIC CHARACTERS HOUSE OF THE 1000 CORPSES IS A VERY FUN RIDE. I KNOW I GOT A LOT OF FUN.

rob zombie is a freak.......2006-04-29

ok sooo i bought this movie and just sold it to blockbuster in less than 5 hours of owning it, me n my gf and her brother watched this and could not believe how stupid/wierd/most of all disturbing this movie was, i LOVE horror movie, im right along with that other guy who gave this 2 stars. But if u really think about, this movie is kinda like sum stoner movie, like, u gotta be high to understand it (think about all this flash scenes every 5 minutes that are so colorful and wierd)so i mean, i dont smoke, so maybe thats why i dont like it. This film was just way to out there for me, and way to creepy, creepy in a bad way, i like being scared and seein gore, but, cmon at least make it have a understanding plot/storyline, not just for the fact of crazyness, cuz that doesnt make a good film at all. Overall, this is Lowbudget stoner [...].

and PS, rob zombie, ur new cd [...].

Zombie rules with a mighty horror contribution!.......2006-03-23

Whatever the publics verdict was... I have to say I loved everything about this film. It brought back feelings not seen since "Tourist Trap", & "Texas Chainsaw M" - A very insane film with a mix of interesting characters that has "Tod McFarlane dolls" written all over them. Very impressive Rob!
ps. Drop me a line ... I got some new film pitch ideas for ya
(Eyesofchaos dot com)

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House of 1,000 Corpses
Starring: William H. Bassett , Judith Drake , Dennis Fimple , Walt Goggins , and Sid Haig
Manufacturer: Lionsgate
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: Blu-ray

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