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House of 1000 Corpses

2003

Rob Zombie

Chad Bannon, Sid Haig, William Bassett, Karen Black ...

5.2

10,919

Horror Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.

	Media	Author	Review
		Kim Newman Empire	"In addition to being totally derivative, it feels like a pod movie - a perfect imitation of an existing being but without a heart or a mind of its own (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"
		Ed Gonzalez Slant	"[It] has nostalgia on its side but not much else (...) A playful shout-out to the horror films of yesteryear but there’s little meat beneath the admiration.(…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Keith Phipps AV Club	"The content is less problematic than the context, which is neither clever nor particularly scary, just suffocatingly rank."
		Michael Pementel Bloody Disgusting	"The duality found in Zombie’s grim humor is easily one of 'House of 1000 Corpses' stand out components, and pushes the material’s jarring aggression."
		KJB IGN	"There are times when the film just takes itself and its parade of old horror movie clichés way too seriously to be any fun."
		Scott Foundas Variety	"A cobwebbed, mummified horror entry that makes obvious, cartoonishly grotesque demands for attention."
		Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"It's the work of a fan with too much time (and money) on his hands"
		Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News	"Zombie's sense of fun gets buried under the growing pile of bodies, and eventually, we're left with little more than a frenzy of sadism"
		Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"The endless gore and violence make the experience torturous -- and not just for the victims in the movie."

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