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The Lords of Salem

2012

Rob Zombie

Sheri Moon Zombie, Christopher Knight, Dee Wallace, Clint Howard ...

4.8

5,091

Horror. Fantasy. Thriller Centuries ago, Salem was known as a nerve center of evil, where witches used to meet to carry out their secret rituals. Today, now just another city in Massachusetts, there’s not much of all that evil past in Salem...At least on appearance. Heidi hosts a successful radio show revolving around hard rock; one day, she receives a promo record from a band called The Lords. Their music, strange and sinister, will disturb her profoundly, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Simon Abrams rogerebert.com	"A genuinely nasty and disturbing piece of work (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"This may be terrifying news to Rob Zombie fans, but after years (...), the musician-turned-filmmaker has emerged as an unusually sensitive director of actors (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"'The Lords of Salem' is so clearly a project that Zombie has had stewing in his (...) heart for, I assume, ever, that the fact that it’s not a masterpiece seems almost moot (...) rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"Unfortunately, it’s just a witchy mess"	NEG
United States	Rex Reed The New York Observer	"This one is so bad it’s hilarious. Sheri Moon Zombie is no Mia Farrow, Rob Zombie is no Roman Polanski (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Patrick Bromley Bloody Disgusting	"Lords finds Zombie stretching himself as a director, pushing into new territory and attempting something a little more experimental and adult (...) As a witch movie, it’s pretty damn good. As a Rob Zombie movie, it’s pretty damn great."	POS

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