IT SHOULD'VE STAYED BURIED.Byline: Glenn Whipp Film Critic ROB ZOMBIE'S hideous little exercise in theme-park horror, ``House of 1000 Corpses'' has been sitting on the shelves for three years, and I'd like to be able to say it has been worth the wait. But I can't. It's awful. ``Corpses'' has plenty of blood but generates little in the way of genuine terror or suspense. Intended to be an homage to '70s splatter ``classics'' like Wes Craven's ``Last House on the Left'' and ``The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,'' the movie occasionally nails the low-fi, creepy atmosphere but botches on delivering the gruesome goods. Even the midnight- movie crowd would be hard-pressed to stay awake for the duration of this one. The movie begins promisingly enough at Capt. Spaulding's Museum of Monsters, a roadside carnival attraction that offers fried chicken Fried chicken is chicken which is dipped in a breading mixture and then deep fried, pan fried or pressure fried. The breading seals in the juices but also absorbs the fat of the fryer, which is sometimes seen as unhealthy. with a full tank of gas. Spaulding (Roger Corman veteran Sid Haig) entertains two visiting couples in his museum, telling them the ripe story of Dr. Satan and his assorted atrocities. Soon the kids go off in search of Satan with the expected sordid results. In addition to borrowing liberally from Craven and Tobe Hooper, Zombie A computer that has been covertly taken over in order to perform some nefarious task. It is estimated that millions of PCs around the world have been compromised and, under the control of a third party, routinely transmit messages unbeknownst to the user. pays homage to Stanley Kubrick Noun 1. Stanley Kubrick - United States filmmaker (born in 1928) Kubrick , substituting Slim Whitman's ``I Remember You'' for Gene Kelly's ``Singin' in the Rain'' in the movie's ``Clockwork Orange''-style musical brush with brutality. The only problem is that when Zombie and his droogs droogs Alex’s rough and tough band of hooligans. [Br. Lit.: A Clockwork Orange] See : Ruffianism go for the old ultra-violence here, it feels less like a kick to the old yarbles than it does a feather brush on Verb 1. brush on - apply with a brush; "Brush butter on the roast" coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" the gulliver. Or something like that. Of course, Zombie isn't going for anything as profound as ``Clockwork,'' but it would have been nice if he could have incorporated some sense of fear into his graphic scenes of butchery and torture. A touch of the old Ludwig Van would have been nice, too. HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. - One stars (R: strong sadistic sa·dism n. 1. The deriving of sexual gratification or the tendency to derive sexual gratification from inflicting pain or emotional abuse on others. 2. The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty. violence and gore, sexuality and language) Starring: Sid Haig, Karen Black, Chris Hardwick, Billy Moseley, Sheri Moon. Director: Rob Zombie. Running time: 1 hr. 28 min. Playing: Wide release. In a nutshell: Plenty of loathing, little fear. |
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