In celebration of its 20th anniversary, House of 1000 Corpses has received a new Blu-ray edition. The two-disc box set is loaded with extras — including never-before-seen cast and crew interviews — among other bells and whistles, but writer-director Rob Zombie’s new commentary track is a digital exclusive (here’s how to listen).
It’s a bizarre choice — a timing issue is the only logical explanation I can fathom — but thankfully the Blu-ray comes with a digital copy that includes the track. Zombie begins by noting that it’s his first time watching the movie in its entirety since recording the previous commentary for the DVD 20 years ago, but he manages to remember plenty about the tumultuous production.
Here are seven things I learned from Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses commentary…
1. Zombie intended to play Dr. Wolfenstein.
The footage of horror host Dr. Wolfenstein that opens the movie was the...
It’s a bizarre choice — a timing issue is the only logical explanation I can fathom — but thankfully the Blu-ray comes with a digital copy that includes the track. Zombie begins by noting that it’s his first time watching the movie in its entirety since recording the previous commentary for the DVD 20 years ago, but he manages to remember plenty about the tumultuous production.
Here are seven things I learned from Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses commentary…
1. Zombie intended to play Dr. Wolfenstein.
The footage of horror host Dr. Wolfenstein that opens the movie was the...
- 4/19/2023
- by Alex DiVincenzo
- bloody-disgusting.com
Year: 2011
Directors: Matthew Bate
Writers: Matthew Bate
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
In the mid-eighties two friends named Eddie Lee and Mitch Deprey moved into a rotting San Fransisco apartment block which they nicknamed the Pepto Bismol Palace, due to it's revolting pink exterior. During their first night Eddie was woken by shouting from next door, two men arguing bitterly, and loudly and having obviously had too much to drink. This became a nightly occurrence and out of desperation, and possibly boredom, they used a microphone tied to a ski-pole to record these drunks screaming at one another and made tapes for their friends; the result became underground sensation without either of the men recorded even finding out.
Matthew Bate's highly entertaining documentary tells the story of one of the first 'viral' hits in America, and how it effected Lee, Deprey and their friends,...
Directors: Matthew Bate
Writers: Matthew Bate
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 7.5 out of 10
In the mid-eighties two friends named Eddie Lee and Mitch Deprey moved into a rotting San Fransisco apartment block which they nicknamed the Pepto Bismol Palace, due to it's revolting pink exterior. During their first night Eddie was woken by shouting from next door, two men arguing bitterly, and loudly and having obviously had too much to drink. This became a nightly occurrence and out of desperation, and possibly boredom, they used a microphone tied to a ski-pole to record these drunks screaming at one another and made tapes for their friends; the result became underground sensation without either of the men recorded even finding out.
Matthew Bate's highly entertaining documentary tells the story of one of the first 'viral' hits in America, and how it effected Lee, Deprey and their friends,...
- 6/16/2011
- QuietEarth.us
In the spirit of Halloween '09, we're breaking out reviews (some new, some old) of some Fall Frights you may want to work into your monthly viewing.
Originally published, 04/09/2003
I’m reviewing Rob Zombie’s House Of 1000 Corpses a bit late for two reasons: 1) There were no advance screenings held in New York, as Lions Gate figured quite reasonably that mainstream critics wouldn’t get it; and 2) Not only did I want to catch it with a regular audience for the full experience, but sometimes a situation like this arises where I want to support the film with my box-office bucks. And House Of 1000 Corpses deserves it; while it’s not going to alter the course of horror cinema as we know it, it delivers exactly what it promises: a balls-out tribute to the genre classics of the ’70s that pushes the R rating to the limit and...
Originally published, 04/09/2003
I’m reviewing Rob Zombie’s House Of 1000 Corpses a bit late for two reasons: 1) There were no advance screenings held in New York, as Lions Gate figured quite reasonably that mainstream critics wouldn’t get it; and 2) Not only did I want to catch it with a regular audience for the full experience, but sometimes a situation like this arises where I want to support the film with my box-office bucks. And House Of 1000 Corpses deserves it; while it’s not going to alter the course of horror cinema as we know it, it delivers exactly what it promises: a balls-out tribute to the genre classics of the ’70s that pushes the R rating to the limit and...
- 10/20/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
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