Bill Moseley, Chris Hardwick, Dennis Fimple

Set in the 1970's, two young couples take a misguided tour onto the back roads of America in search of a local legend known as Dr. Satan. Lost and stranded, they are set upon by a bizarre family of ps...( read more  read more... )ychotics. Murder, cannibalism and satanic rituals are just a few of the thousand horrors that await.

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R, 1 hr. 28 min.

Directed by: Rob Zombie

Release Date: April 11, 2003

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  • September 17, 2009
    Tribute to 70's horror films or just a rip off? Just a rip off really. Sid Haig is good though!
  • January 29, 2009
    Always like the movies about backwood psychos b/c you know they could be true. There are plenty of freaks in this world.
  • December 17, 2008
    Its sad that a film as wonderfully made as this is so grossly misunderstood.

    Let me say this right off that bat. If you're idea of a horror film is I know What You Did Last Summer and you consider Scream and The Exorcist to be the most shocking films ever made, this is not a fil...( read more)m for you. If you havent seen I Spit on Your Grave, Evil Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Dawn of the Dead or Last House on the Left, this is not a film for you. If you've never listened to "Living Dead Girl" or "Superbeast" this is not a film for you.

    Now having said that, this is a film for me. It is a film for true horror fans, the kind that stay up and watch Dawn of the Dead and The Beyond, who know who Lucio Fulci and Dario Argento and George Romero are. This is a film that was meant to be seen by people like this and will only be enjoyed by people like this. This is not exactly mainstream stuff here. Only a small percentage of people enjoy this stuff, and for those people, this film is a true rivival of classic exploitive horror.

    Rob Zombie has created a homage to 1970's exploitation/horror films, and he has been extremly successful in achieving that goal. The film borrows largely from Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Last House on the Left, with his own little bits of original demential thrown in and an assortment of other horror film references. The film tells the tale of four teenagers who are terrorized and tortured by a bizarre southern family living in a remote farmhouse in 1977. The film uses all sorts of camera tricks--negative colouring, split-screens and seemingly random inserts of grainy snuff-like footage of various S&M and gore images; the off-the-wall effect is similar to what Oliver Stone did in Natural Born Killers. The film is not about plot, or about characters. Its purpose is to shock and disturb, to serve no other function than to entertain through exploitation and disgusting and bizarre violence. Just as you think the limits of weirdness are approaching, Zombie takes the film a step farther, and before long you surrender yourself to the mercy of the film and just accept things for what they are. The film has the feeling of an out of control freight train being piloted by a madman and the climax of the film is truly bizarre. The reviewers who wrote the film off as overly-sadistic with little in the ways of character development, plot or suspence have come to see a different kind of film, perhaps more at home with titles like The Sixth Sense or Silence of the Lambs. The have no busineness debasing a great film like this.

    Rob Zombie has created a film that is both a homage and derivative at the same time; most things in the film have been done before, in one shape or another, and the level of gore is a fraction of what was intended, due to its shameful R-rating. To see the inevitable Unrated Directors Cut on video is going to be a true horror experience.

    But this film is something has hasnt been seen in decades and it has been made with the utmost care that only a true horror fan could provide. It is a film made by horror fans for horror fans, a true labor of love by Mr. Zombie, despite some flaws. If you arent sitting the theater going "hey, theres Bill Mosely from TCM 2!" or "hey, that shot is a homage to the cover of Evil Dead!" or "hey, he wears peoples skin like Leatherface!" then you probably arent meant to be seeing this film. But for those who are, the film is a true gem and a rarity; it is a kind of film that hasnt been seen on the screens in over twenty years and probably wont be for another twenty years. Get out there and enjoy this rare experience while you still can.

    An instant cult-hit.

    Grade: A

    For true horror fans only. Everyone else just wont get it.
  • November 28, 2008
    This is the cheapest most confused piece of trash I've seen in a long time, it would have almost been better if it were made on a cheaper budget and by a nobody as it can't stand up to the Rob Zombie hype, most of the acting is terrible and the stylised 'psychedelic' editing is n...( read more)aive and pretty lame. The less said about the end the better...multiple hat tips to other classic films in the genre? More like insults.
  • September 20, 2008
    I gave this a go after two years of Rob plugging it at SDCC. I wasn't crazy about it as it seemed the thing that started the whole torture porn craze. There were some flourishes though that would prove fruitful in his next film.
  • November 20, 2009
    it was fucking awesome !!!!!
  • November 20, 2009
    Hyped up to see a nasty, grisly, frightening throwback to 1970s horror, imagine my surprise when I was confronted with a ridiculously silly campfest that's about as hardcore as an Evanescence video! Terrible, often cringe-worthy.
  • November 16, 2009
    If only more movies could be this warped and funny. Rob Zombie knows what a horror movie should have. It's the definition of horror comedy and is directed so perfectly that it makes it a modern masterpiece. The dialogue is so good at being just off balanced, tricking you into a w...( read more)arm and friendly environment. Then when the torture starts happening, you don't know what to think. Horror movies are rarely this fun, you'd be a fool to pass it up.
  • November 6, 2009
    Omg i thought rob zombie was not goig to convince me...but i cant deny my love to captain`s spaulding creepy character...Muy buena película
  • November 5, 2009
    Rob Zombie's first film and a decent homage to old 70's horror and exploitation films.

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  • SatansSideShow
    April 10, 2007
    "FUCK GROUCHO!"
  • keane1471
    January 27, 2007
    sick but with twists of humor and a bit of supernatural thrown in
  • MurderCapital
    December 28, 2006
    Styleish filming, but the movie really goes way out of hand in the end. Not as good as I thought it would be and not as good as it could have been.
  • peek89
    June 30, 2006
    I was expecting a lot out of Rob Zombie for a good horror movie. I definently think that it was a great movie. I enjoyed it and the comedy mixed in with the horror really pleased me!
  • johnpaullucky7
    May 21, 2006
    me personaly this had to be the worst movie ever just looked daft looked fake stupid and rubbish. if you want a good horror just go and see ichi the killer and thats a good horror film

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