House of 1000 Corpses

2003 89 min ★ 6.2 Horror

Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.

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Cast

Sid Haig

Captain Spaulding

Bill Moseley

Otis B. Driftwood

Sheri Moon Zombie

Baby Firefly

Karen Black

Mother Firefly

Erin Daniels

Denise Willis

Chris Hardwick

Jerry Goldsmith

Rainn Wilson

Bill Hudley

Jennifer Jostyn

Mary Knowles

Tom Towles

Lieutenant George Wydell

Walton Goggins

Deputy Steve Naish

Details

Director

Rob Zombie

Screenplay

Rob Zombie

Tagline

"The most shocking tale of carnage ever seen."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$7,000,000

Revenue

$17,949,758

Production

Spectacle Entertainment Group, Lionsgate

Reviews

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Wuchak

June 13, 2018

★ 6/10

Rob Zombie’s comic book non-horror take on “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” RELEASED IN 2003 (but shot in 2000) and written/directed by Rob Zombie, "House of 1000 Corpses” is a horror/black comedy about two young couples who inadvertently visit a house of demented serial killers in backwoods Texas. A critic summed the movie up as “a ridiculous horror comedy, but with extremely annoying villain...

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Gimly

December 28, 2019

★ 6/10

Heavy throwback elements make up most of _House of 1000 Corpses_' runtime, from an era when Zombie was still finding his footing. It maybe leans too heavily on a nostalgia that I simply don't have, but personally I found this to be one of Zombie's weaker entries. Great song! But I don't totally love the movie. I like it. I wish that some of the parts I found more interesting, like Doctor Satan, go...

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Filipe Manuel Neto

March 14, 2023

★ 2/10

**Style, blood, guts and hard rock, without any decent script to back it up.** Rob Zombie has devoted his life to music and horror movies, but so far I haven't seen a single movie of his that's really worthwhile. The director's style is that very low-budget and low-quality horror that made school in the 70s and 80s. In truth, I must say that there is some coherence here, if we consider the musi...