DevilMan
08-15-2003, 06:40 PM
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Oh man, let me tell ya, if you haven't seen ROB ZOMBIE's quirky horror masterpiece yet, GO GET THE DVD RIGHT NOW! Trust me on this, do YOURSELF a favor!
Myself, I wasn't fortunate enough to catch HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES at the theatre (it didn't play in my area and I couldn't get anyone to go with me for a road trip to see it) but I did buy the DVD just the other day, and between Tuesday afternoon and tonight, I've watched that son of a bitch FIVE times (four standard viewings and one with the ROB ZOMBIE audio commentary)! And it keeps getting better and better per viewing.
CAPTAIN SPAULDING IS DA MAN!
What's the deal with HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, you ask?! Well, it's like watching THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE while taking shots of a chemical nerve agent. Or dropping a large amount of LSD. Or running head first into a brick wall. It's just sooo out there, yet sooo familiar at the same time. It's a "MUST SEE" throw back to old-school horror flicks such as HALLOWEEN (where ERIN DANIELS does her best JAMIE LEE CURTIS), the first three TCM films (BILL MOSELEY actually played "CHOP TOP" from TCM 2), and THE EVIL DEAD series (where ROB even uses the "RAIMI-Cam"). And how could we forget, ROB ZOMBIE creates most of the head pounding soundtrack for the film. Now HOW could you go wrong with that?!
Oh, and what about the DVD animated menus with the characters? They're a real treat! Make sure you watch each and every scene to it's completion before clicking any buttons on your remote. You don't want to miss out on anything.
SPOILER WARNING!
My favorite scenes... hell, there's just sooo many but the few that come to mind first are...
- First of all, ANY scene with CAPTAIN SPAULDING! Actor SID HAIG is the best, and I definitely hope and pray that he returns for the HOUSE sequel.
- Just about every "cut-away scene" where Baby is dancing during a murder, or telling you why she kills, or rolling around with a dead body. And when she starts putting on her makeup for the "show" and she urges the kidnapped cheerleader to spell her name for inspiration. "Gimme a B-A-B-Y! What's that spell?!" and then the camera pans around and closes in on the other dead cheerleader's face. Oh, and her dance afterwards, my oh my!
- When Tiny first comes to the kitchen table. Also, when Otis shows up at the table. Those two characters finally sink in the fact (to the viewer) that this crazy family is totally fucking wacko and probably just a snap of the finger away from doing some VERY bad things to our unsuspecting couples!
- FISHBOY!!!
- When Denise (actress ERIN DANIELS) wakes up dressed up as a doll tied to Tiny's bed. You just know something's bad gonna happen to her considering she's in such a compromising position. And not to mention when she's in her dirty blood-stained rabbit suit running for her life... well, that's just curiously arousing for some reason I can't begin to explain.
- The bursting-with-music then quiet-slow-mo scenes when Otis plugs the sheriff in the head and KAREN BLACK gives one to horror legend TOM TOWLES.
- When Baby pounches on Mary dressed in her rabbit outfit and knifes the poor girl to death while laughing. What a laugh she has, huh?! And what a babe she is, huh?!
-The feral zombie-looking cannibal monsters that lived in the old mine shaft. And let me tell ya one thing, ROB could make a GREAT "zombie" movie with just those characters. Superb and downright scary make up by SFX artist WAYNE TOTH.
- The brief appearance of the legendary Dr. Satan. He was such a bizarre, horrific, and utterly fantastic looking creature with his puppet-like exo-skeleton made of bones and strings. Excellent idea for the old chap, ROB!
I know there's ALOT more but it's getting late and my mind's shutting down. But again, I can't stress to ya enough, go get HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES on DVD as soon as you can! If you're a horror fan, you won't be disappointed.
-Steve
Oh man, let me tell ya, if you haven't seen ROB ZOMBIE's quirky horror masterpiece yet, GO GET THE DVD RIGHT NOW! Trust me on this, do YOURSELF a favor!
Myself, I wasn't fortunate enough to catch HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES at the theatre (it didn't play in my area and I couldn't get anyone to go with me for a road trip to see it) but I did buy the DVD just the other day, and between Tuesday afternoon and tonight, I've watched that son of a bitch FIVE times (four standard viewings and one with the ROB ZOMBIE audio commentary)! And it keeps getting better and better per viewing.
CAPTAIN SPAULDING IS DA MAN!
What's the deal with HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, you ask?! Well, it's like watching THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE while taking shots of a chemical nerve agent. Or dropping a large amount of LSD. Or running head first into a brick wall. It's just sooo out there, yet sooo familiar at the same time. It's a "MUST SEE" throw back to old-school horror flicks such as HALLOWEEN (where ERIN DANIELS does her best JAMIE LEE CURTIS), the first three TCM films (BILL MOSELEY actually played "CHOP TOP" from TCM 2), and THE EVIL DEAD series (where ROB even uses the "RAIMI-Cam"). And how could we forget, ROB ZOMBIE creates most of the head pounding soundtrack for the film. Now HOW could you go wrong with that?!
Oh, and what about the DVD animated menus with the characters? They're a real treat! Make sure you watch each and every scene to it's completion before clicking any buttons on your remote. You don't want to miss out on anything.
SPOILER WARNING!
My favorite scenes... hell, there's just sooo many but the few that come to mind first are...
- First of all, ANY scene with CAPTAIN SPAULDING! Actor SID HAIG is the best, and I definitely hope and pray that he returns for the HOUSE sequel.
- Just about every "cut-away scene" where Baby is dancing during a murder, or telling you why she kills, or rolling around with a dead body. And when she starts putting on her makeup for the "show" and she urges the kidnapped cheerleader to spell her name for inspiration. "Gimme a B-A-B-Y! What's that spell?!" and then the camera pans around and closes in on the other dead cheerleader's face. Oh, and her dance afterwards, my oh my!
- When Tiny first comes to the kitchen table. Also, when Otis shows up at the table. Those two characters finally sink in the fact (to the viewer) that this crazy family is totally fucking wacko and probably just a snap of the finger away from doing some VERY bad things to our unsuspecting couples!
- FISHBOY!!!
- When Denise (actress ERIN DANIELS) wakes up dressed up as a doll tied to Tiny's bed. You just know something's bad gonna happen to her considering she's in such a compromising position. And not to mention when she's in her dirty blood-stained rabbit suit running for her life... well, that's just curiously arousing for some reason I can't begin to explain.
- The bursting-with-music then quiet-slow-mo scenes when Otis plugs the sheriff in the head and KAREN BLACK gives one to horror legend TOM TOWLES.
- When Baby pounches on Mary dressed in her rabbit outfit and knifes the poor girl to death while laughing. What a laugh she has, huh?! And what a babe she is, huh?!
-The feral zombie-looking cannibal monsters that lived in the old mine shaft. And let me tell ya one thing, ROB could make a GREAT "zombie" movie with just those characters. Superb and downright scary make up by SFX artist WAYNE TOTH.
- The brief appearance of the legendary Dr. Satan. He was such a bizarre, horrific, and utterly fantastic looking creature with his puppet-like exo-skeleton made of bones and strings. Excellent idea for the old chap, ROB!
I know there's ALOT more but it's getting late and my mind's shutting down. But again, I can't stress to ya enough, go get HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES on DVD as soon as you can! If you're a horror fan, you won't be disappointed.
-Steve