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• Is Rob Zombie this generation's Ed Wood? - danj 14:01:49 06/16/04 (0)
  In Reply to: House of 1000 Corpses posted by DWPC on June 14, 2004 at 10:37:12:

  Schlock, low production values, and a sub grade-z script: hallmarks of your typical Ed Wood production. You know, several levels below "amateurish." On the same level with masterpieces like "Reefer Madness," "Jailbait," and "Robot Monster."

  Or maybe a gorier version of William Castle with his pretentious gimmicks? At least "Mr. Sardonicus" was tongue-in-cheek. I think Zombie intended his magnum opus to be a spoof of the genre but it is so damned heavy-handed that it fails miserably.

  Zombie should watch George Romero and/or Tobe Hooper flicks to see how this kind of thing is properly done.
  
  

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• Just good clean fun - djprobed 13:02:46 06/15/04 (1)
  In Reply to: House of 1000 Corpses posted by DWPC on June 14, 2004 at 10:37:12:

  I thought this was pretty funny. In fact, I'll go one further and say it exemplfies one of two branches of a new genre I will call "Nouveau Splatter." HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES picks up where Argento, Morrissey/Warhol and TEXAS CHANISAW MASSACRE left off (i.e. supernatural and/or ultraviolent). The other branch is typefied by the SCREAM franchise and the FINAL DESTINATION flicks, which follow in the footsteps of teen-splatter franchises like FRIDAY THE 13TH, HALLOWEEN and NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET.

  The hardest I've laughed in recent memory was when the blonde chick in the first FINAL DESTINATION film gets hit by that bus. The plate glass falling on the kid in the second one was almost as funny.
  
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  • Love your sense of humor... - HiFiMaster 09:37:00 06/16/04 (0)
    In Reply to: Just good clean fun posted by djprobed on June 15, 2004 at 13:02:46:

    I laugh at those parts too. Love the splatter-fests.

    Rob Zombie should release the unedited, directors cut DVD after the sequel comes out (it's a rumor). Much gore was cut out of the movie to avoid the dreaded NC-17 rating.
    
    

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• I take it.... - HiFiMaster 07:27:59 06/15/04 (0)
  In Reply to: House of 1000 Corpses posted by DWPC on June 14, 2004 at 10:37:12:

  ...you are not a fan of horror films? Or Rob Zombie?
  
  

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• A documentary on UN? (nt) - Victor Khomenko 14:03:27 06/14/04 (0)
  In Reply to: House of 1000 Corpses posted by DWPC on June 14, 2004 at 10:37:12:

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• Re: House of 1000 Corpses - btone88 12:55:01 06/14/04 (1)
  In Reply to: House of 1000 Corpses posted by DWPC on June 14, 2004 at 10:37:12:

  Caught it late one Friday night, too...thought it was a pointless exercise in nihilism.
  
  

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  • "A pointless exercise in nihilism" also describes Director/Writer Rob Zombie.(nt) - TAFKA Steve 15:58:29 06/14/04 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: House of 1000 Corpses posted by btone88 on June 14, 2004 at 12:55:01:

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• question: is this movie a comedy? (nt) - geoffkait 11:07:04 06/14/04 (0)
  In Reply to: House of 1000 Corpses posted by DWPC on June 14, 2004 at 10:37:12:

  nope
  
  

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