House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

Directed by: Rob Zombie
Screenplay by: Rob Zombie

Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Horror
Running Time: 89 Minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Viewed: Owned DVD

The most shocking tale of carnage ever seen.

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Comments: While Rob Zombie's debut film, House of 1000 Corpses, is no modern horror classic, it is an effectively entertaining horror flick. Zombie's a bit too stylized in this one, and the film is way too over-the-top to be really taken seriously (well, mostly Dr. Satan's underground lair in the last act of the film), but it's a nice homage to some older horror films as well as visually pleasing. It's no surprise that most of the things that made the film too off-the-wall were removed from the sequel. I hadn't planned on watching House of 1000 Corpses, but I needed to after hearing Sheri Moon Zombie voice Suzi X in The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. I love her in both of the Firefly films, although I understand those who feel she's annoying and a bit too much. But I don't. And that's all that matters. Because she's awesome.