An
empty fuel tank and a flat tire lead two couples down a
terror-riddled road to the House of 1000 Corpses. From
the dark, demented mind of Rob Zombie comes House of
1000 Corpses, the shock rock master’s feature film
directorial debut. Though created in the vein of the
Creature Feature classic edge-of-your-seat horror flicks
of yesterday, House of 1000 Corpses is at its core a
story of family--a cast of twisted individuals who, with
each slash of a throat or stab thru the chest, add
bodies to their sick human menagerie.
Capt. Spaulding is Ruggsville’s own PT Barnum. More
demented sideshow carney than dazzling circus showman,
Spaulding is the operator and proprietor of the Museum
of Monsters and Madmen, where weary travelers can fill
their gas tanks with the only petrol for miles, and
their stomachs with his secret recipe of fried chicken.
But those who do drop in sometimes get more than they
bargained for.
When car problems force cross-country travelers Jerry,
Denise, Mary and Bill to stop for a break, the foursome
pull into the gas station-cum-museum on the night of
October 30, 1977--All Hallows Eve. Though most of the
young group is wary of the stranger they find within,
Bill is enthralled, for he is penning a book of offbeat
roadside attractions and nothing they have come across
on their travel quite fits the bill as well as the
Museum.
Bill soon learns of local "hero" Dr. Satan and
decides the group should go off in search of the now
local landmark tree where Dr. Satan was hung and from
which he disappeared. Offering to share more about local
folklore before they leave, Spaulding invites them to
take in the Museum’s premiere attraction—the Murder
Ride. The Murder Ride features exhibits on:
Albert Fish – Fish was an infamous masochist, sadist,
child killer, and most importantly, cannibal. Born in
1870, he was driven to madness, tortured with needles
through his groin as a child;
Ed Greene – Greene, the "Psycho of Mainsfield,"
was a murderer and cannibal who preyed on women, with
particular focus on their sexual organs.
Local "Hero" Quail - More fondly known as Dr.
Satan, Quail was a murderer, torturer, mastic, and
plastic surgeon, who worked at Willows County Medical
hospital, nicknamed Weeping Willows. Using his own
primitive brain surgery techniques, Quail attempted to
create a race of superheroes from the mentally ill. He
was hung on a tree, but his body disappeared and has yet
to be discovered. Is he still alive? Maybe he lives next
door to you?
The Murder Ride is Capt. Spaulding’s personal
nostalgic trip down memory lane—a trip into a world of
darkness, where "life and death are meaningless and
pain is God." But for these four travelers, this
strange ride is just the beginning…Meet The
Family:
Meet Captain. Spaulding – Owner and proprietor of
Capt. Spaulding’s Museum of Monsters and Madmen. Who
is this murdering clown? Just another backwoods psycho
or part of the Firefly clan?
Meet Otis – Rotten teeth, dead pale skin and long
filthy white hair – this is one lowdown dirty killing
machine. He claims to be part of the Firefly clan, so
why is his last name Driftwood?
Meet Mother Firefly – This aging nympho never quits.
All her babies seem to have different fathers,
especially Tiny. As sweet as apple pie, as seductive as
your back alley sexpot, and as deadly as rattlesnake,
look out for this one.
Meet Baby – Five-foot, ten-inches of blonde dynamite,
she’ll love you and leave you…dead. As crazy as her
mother, but who exactly is the Daddy?
Meet Grampa Hugo – This dirty old man is always happy
for some young stuff. Grampa Hugo and Otis are clearly
cut from the same filth. What does he know about Dr.
Satan?
Meet Tiny – A misnomer in the flesh, Tiny was the
victim of his own Deadbeat Dad, Earl, who beat the
family and in a fit of wild paranoia, tried to burn down
the house. Poor Tiny, asleep in the basement, made it
out alive but terribly burned, scarred and lost all his
hearing. Though shy because of his deformity, Tiny is
quite the "ladykiller."
House Of 1000 Corpses Takes A Life:
Having established himself as a shock rock pioneer,
Zombie began to branch out into other areas, including
music production, remixing, and artist management. In
April of 2000, Zombie would make his greatest creative
risk to date, combining his artistic vision and his
personal passion. He began writing and subsequently
directing a feature film, funded by Universal Studios
after he designed a horror display for their amusement
parks. The film, entitled House of 1000 Corpses, was
produced and edited, but unfortunately Universal backed
out due to their own standards (the film was found to be
"too dark and disturbing for release under their
corporate releasing guidelines"). Zombie wrangled
the film’s rights from the studio while taking out his
frustrations on his next solo record. After the
record’s release and subsequent success, as well as a
huge Christmas tour with his idol Ozzy Osbourne at the
end of 2001 and another solo tour in the spring of 2002,
Zombie refocused on House of 1000 Corpses, and sold it
to MGM for a Halloween release, bypassing offers from
several smaller studios. Once again, however, the
celluloid rug was yanked out from under Zombie. MGM
refused to release the film, and Zombie once again took
possession of his pet project.
That’s when Lions Gate Entertainment stepped into the
breach. Known for original, daring, quality
entertainment in markets around the world, Lions Gate
had been the force behind such feature films as Monsters
Ball (starring 2001 Academy Award winner for Best
Actress Halle Berry), Frailty, Cat’s Meow, Lantana,
Rules Of Attraction, Secretary, The Grey Zone, The
Weight of Water, and Lovely & Amazing. Its upcoming
slate features the in-house productions: Confidence,
starring Dustin Hoffman, Ed Burns, Rachel Weisz and Andy
Garcia; Godsend, a contemporary thriller starring Robert
DeNiro, Greg Kinnear and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos; the
eagerly-anticipated Shattered Glass, based on the
incendiary Stephen Glass story, starring Hayden
Christensen; and the true-crime drama Wonderland,
starring Val Kilmer and one of Lions Gate's top ensemble
casts ever!! |
- Attractive Retail Box
- Genre: Horror/Suspense,
Heavy Metal, Thriller, Murder, Gore, Violence,
Haunted Houses, Murder Mysteries, 1970s
- Rated: R (MPAA)
- Rating Reason: For Strong Sadistic
Violence/Gore, Sexuality, and Language.
- Starring: Chad
Bannon, William Bassett, Karen Black, Erin Daniels,
Judith Drake, Dennis Fimple, Gregg Gibbs, Walton
Goggins, Sid Haig, Chris Hardwick, Sheri Moon, Bill
Moseley, Michael J. Pollard, Rainn Wilson
-
Directed By:
Rob Zombie
- Release Information:
- Studio: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
- Theatrical Release Date: April 11,
2003
- DVD Release Date: August 12, 2003
- Run Time: 88 minutes
- Package Type: Keep Case
- DVD Features:
- Encoding: Region 1 (U.S.
and Canada only). This DVD will probably NOT
be viewable in other countries.
- Aspect Ratio(s):
- Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1
- Available Audio Tracks:
- English (DTS Dolby Digital 5.1
Surround)
- Language: English
- Available Subtitles: English and Spanish
- Closed Captioned: Yes
- Bonus Features:
- Director Commentary
- Featurette
- Audition Footage
- Rehearsal Footage
- Cast and Crew Interviews
- Still Gallery
- Theatrical Trailers
- 2.0 Stereo Music Only Track
- Interactive Features:
- Scene Access
- Interactive Menus Directed by Rob
Zombie*
- *The New Interactive Menus used on House
of 1000 Corpses are called "MOJO" Full
Motion Interactive Menus, which basically means you
can interact with live-action buttons, features and
even the actors themselves (Sid Haig and Sheri
Moon). They tell you what to click, what the
features are, etc., and if you stare too long at
Sheri, she yells at you. It's rather annoying.
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