Horror > Haig, Sid Horror

Embrace the rejects, hope you've got the patience!

Advantages: Has a certain appeal, doesn't shy away
Disadvantages: Some dodgy camera work, acting and FX

...guru/buff/cult director Rob Zombie saw the success of his debut feature length film House of 1,000 Corpses, he must have thought 'Sequel, here we come!' straight away. Definitely not for everyone, and criticised by many, it was also hailed as a hit by many due to the gruesome nature and the almost B-movie style of directing it adopted. Enter this sequel, dragging with it a number of the characters from the first film, and keeping up the trends with ...
...film, although some of the more basic plot lines in this film could 'spoil' the first, if such a thing was feasible. It sort of has two parts to it, kicking off with five unsuspecting members of a touring music group holed up in a motel room, who are held captive in the room by a pair of sadistic siblings, Otis and Baby Firefly, fresh from the first film. What strikes straight away is the sheer lack of care factor for human feelings or physical ...

pmcds 17.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Devil's Rejects (DVD)

House of 1000 corpses - love it

Advantages: good for horror fans
Disadvantages: if you dont like gore dont watch

I was bought this dvd for my birthday off my friend, as she knows im a great horror fan, and what a good choice of dvd. If your into gore, blood, canabilism, torture, hacking of bodies, and experimenting on bodies then this is the dvd for you. Alot of my friends think im mad watching all these horror films, i prefer watching them on my own, and when its dark, im not sick really! just love being scared. I dont want to tell you too much about the ...
...havent watched it yet. The story line kind of reminded me of the texas chain saw masachre, but that was a true story, this in some parts is very corny, but also interesting, as the story contains bits of what has happened in true life, like dr jeckyl, experimenting with the brain. God I sound sick! Any questions dont be scared to ask You can buy this from amazon and other leading sites hmv etc ...

claire.louise 06.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of House Of 1000 Corpses (DVD)

Blood red and violent as hell

Advantages: Gory, troubling, difficult, acomplished
Disadvantages: If you don't like horror this ain't the film for you...

...is a light leap from the original. The first film was filled with MTV style jump cuts, a punishing and at times banal sound track and repeated shocks. Towards the end of the film it did manage a truly strange atmosphere and was something slightly different, but overall has to been seen as a failure. All this changes with The Devil's Rejects. Based on the exploits of a twisted and violent family the film throws away much of the story from the original ...
...Basically cut in two halves, the film spends the first part establishing how violent and unpleasant the family are - and does it with a blood drenched sequence of vignettes that leave everyone cold. When I watched the film in the cinema I'd never seen so many people leave. For perhaps the first time since the seventies we see a real sense of sexual violence on the screen and it's very hard to watch. By the time the family make it to their supposed ...

jarowdowsky 29.10.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Devil's Rejects (Special Edition) (DVD)

House of...a thousand yawns!

Advantages: Reminiscent of 70s B movies
Disadvantages: Just didn't do anything for me

...teenagers. They are in the house of a thousand corpses - are they destined to become one too? Rob Zombie, initially famous for being a rock musician, and his movies have been in the news recently, particularly following the re-make of Hallowe'en and Hallowe'en 2. The House of a Thousand Corpses is his directorial debut. What he apparently wanted to do with the film was pay homage to all the cheesy horror movies of the seventies, and he has come up ...
...porn stars who go on a rampage. It wasn't, however, particularly well received by critics, who described it as a cheesy exploitation flick without any thrills. To an extent, I'm not sure the critics fully understood what Rob Zombie wanted to achieve with the film, but having watched the film twice, I have to say that, despite all the attempts to attract the audience's attention, I was left feeling bored out of my mind. The acting is of low quality, ...

sunmeilan 16.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of House Of 1000 Corpses (DVD)

a comedy scary movie

Advantages: full comedy
Disadvantages: i dont know

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mustisoft 27.12.2009 · Read full review
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