Daily Movie Rec 9/22/2023
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
"Well, I bet you'd stick your head in a fire if I told you you could see Hell. Meanwhile, you're too stupid to realize you got a demon sticking out of your ass singing, 'Holy Miss Moly! Got me a live one'!"
Directed by: Rob Zombie
Cinematography by: Alex Poppas & Tom Richmond
Country: United States
Plot:
On a cross-country expedition, two couples researching for a book of bizarre roadside attractions and morbid americana encounter a family far worse than any urban legend.
Reasons to watch:
Captain Spaulding and the mind-warpingly sadistic Firefly Family introduced themselves and their empire of bodies to the world in House of 1000 Corpses, musician/filmmaker Rob Zombie's directorial debut, earning themselves a spot at the table as some of the genre's most iconic figures of the 2000s - alongside the likes of Jigsaw (Saw [2002]), Patrick Bateman (American Psycho [2000]), Sadako (The Ring [2002], I know Ringu is from 1998, but I'm guessing the remake was most western audiences introduction), The Faun and The Pale Man (Pan's Labyrinth [2006]), the Creeper (Jeepers Creepers [2001]), the Cloverfield Monster (Cloverfield [2008]), and fast zombies. This exploitation horror-comedy is such a mishmash of tones and styles that it absolutely should not work, but Zombie's crystal clear love and knowledge of the genre and his Tobe Hooper-inspired trashy, delirious, grotesquely carnivalesque artistry - that's like a bad acid trip through a slaughterhouse - holds it all together like the adhesive fastening a fish tail to a human torso.
[I had to ask Chat GPT whether it would have been more likely that the Firefly Family used stitches or adhesives for their monstrous creation, and it said adhesives, so if any taxidermy experts would like to fact-check that, now's the time.]
Where to watch:
Tubi
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