If you’re looking for a cohesive story in a horror movie, steer clear of House of 1000 Corpses.
House of 1000 Corpses is disjointed, outlandish and
impossible, and won't appeal to those that require a semi-clear
storyline. If, however, you want to see the kind of nightmare that
makes you wake up screaming while drenched in sweat, then this is the
horror movie for you.
Starring:
Sid Haig as Captain Spaulding Bill Moseley as Otis Driftwood Sheri Moon as Baby Firefly Karen Black as Mother Firefly Chris Hardwick as Jerry Goldsmith Erin Daniels as Denise Willis Jennifer Jostyn as Mary Knowles Rainn Wilson as Bill Hudley
Typically at Best-Horror-Movies.com, when a horror movie
review is published, the first several characters and the actors that
portray them are listed in the beginning credits of the review. In this
case the list is much longer than normal, and I still randomly left some notable characters out. This is a preamble to Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses. Lots of characters, lots of things going on, lots of ways for unsuspecting teens to be mutilated and die and not much rhyme or reason to it.
The story begins with four teenagers (or maybe early 20s) driving
across the backroads of Texas doing research for a book. The book will
describe points of interest along the roads less traveled. They happen
upon Captain Spaulding’s place – home of fried chicken, gas and a murder museum.
One thing leads to another and suddenly they find themselves hanging around with a crazy backwoods family
on Halloween Eve, waiting for their car’s flat tire (that was
shot out with a rifle by an unknown stranger as they drove through the
rain looking for the hanging tree of Dr. Satan) to be fixed. Then it
gets weird. (?) It seems that all members of the family are psychotic serial killers you see. Much torture, mutilation and murder follows.
This movie illustrates the rantings of a crazy person’s mind – Rob Zombie’s to be exact. House of 1000 Corpses
is like a disjointed nightmare, and the pieces of the story all add up
unless you stop for one second to think about it. It’s like, when
you’re having a dream that makes perfect sense while you’re
having it, but once you try to explain the dream to someone in the
morning it sounds stupid.
There are several elements of House of 1000 corpses that stand out in my mind favorably:
• Throughout the film different characters are wearing T-shirts with very stupid funny sayings on them…like the ones you find at roadside stands in Las Vegas.
• In the very beginning of the film, before you even press “play” from the DVD menu, Spaulding the clown berates the viewer in his oh-so-sweet way.
• There is “yell out loud” gore in the film, appealing to the juvenile tendencies I display.
• The package store, “Redhot Pussy Liquors”.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Rob Zombie MUST
have had some “herbal assistance” when he conceived of this
film. You’ll feel like you’ve joined him after you watch
it. And be prepared to suspend any shred of reason you have left when you get to the last couple chapters of House of 1000 Corpses.
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One thing leads to another and suddenly they find themselves hanging around with a crazy backwoods family
on Halloween Eve, waiting for their car’s flat tire (that was
shot out with a rifle by an unknown stranger as they drove through the
rain looking for the hanging tree of Dr. Satan) to be fixed. Then it
gets weird. (?) It seems that all members of the family are psychotic serial killers you see. Much torture, mutilation and murder follows.
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