House of 1000 Corpses2003

Shock-rocker Rob Zombie's loving homage to flat-out nasty horror films of the 1970s will leave many post-"Scream" (1996) horror fans cold because of what it's not. It's not slick or glossy. It's not funny or self-referential.

I don't know why this movie is getting such bad reviews, probably because it's the punk of horror movies, and people prefer to give a 9 to Megan rather than movies like this. The film is still quite original in how it's made, but not original in terms of the plot (similar to Texas Chainsaw Massacre). It's a fun movie, maybe a B-movie due to its low budget, but a cult among B-movies, but it's still very funny, some very cool scenes, some characters are quite interesting. Overall, a good movie.

Zombie's sense of fun gets buried under the growing pile of bodies, and eventually, we're left with little more than a frenzy of sadism.