Bad flick with a good one inside, desperately trying to get out
After the movie was over, one twit in the row behind me asked: "What kind of a pervert sicko would make a movie like that?" I was tempted to reply, "What kind of a pervert sicko would buy a ticket for a movie called 'House of 1000 corpses', presented by one Rob Zombie?"
Anyway. This film was exceptionally bad on several levels, a big letdown after I had had pretty high expectations. In a nutshell, it didn't have a plot to mention, no characters, noone to sympathize with, no suspense, no thrill, no surprises, nothing subtle.
But then, Ho1000C had great moments of talent. Captain Spaulding's freak show was absolutely brilliant (as was Sid Haige himself -- as was the presentation the bad guys held at their house). The camerawork was exceptionally good at times (although the false-color flashbacks sometimes got a bit annoying). Some of the ideas were great (Alice in Wonderland -- awesome!).
Yet all these good bits were drowned in forced gore and brutality and unskilled execution. Don't get me wrong, I went in there to see gore and splatter. But whenever it could have turned really disconcerting, Rob decided to turn away.
There was a really good movie locked inside this flick, and you can see it at times desperately fighting to break free.
P.S.: Just for the record -- what did the holdup at Spaulding's at the very beginning have to do with the rest of the story?
Anyway. This film was exceptionally bad on several levels, a big letdown after I had had pretty high expectations. In a nutshell, it didn't have a plot to mention, no characters, noone to sympathize with, no suspense, no thrill, no surprises, nothing subtle.
But then, Ho1000C had great moments of talent. Captain Spaulding's freak show was absolutely brilliant (as was Sid Haige himself -- as was the presentation the bad guys held at their house). The camerawork was exceptionally good at times (although the false-color flashbacks sometimes got a bit annoying). Some of the ideas were great (Alice in Wonderland -- awesome!).
Yet all these good bits were drowned in forced gore and brutality and unskilled execution. Don't get me wrong, I went in there to see gore and splatter. But whenever it could have turned really disconcerting, Rob decided to turn away.
There was a really good movie locked inside this flick, and you can see it at times desperately fighting to break free.
P.S.: Just for the record -- what did the holdup at Spaulding's at the very beginning have to do with the rest of the story?
- elvogt
- Feb 8, 2004