"The most shocking tale of carnage ever seen."

Reviewer

LunchBox

Year

2003

Director(s)

Rob Zombie

Writer(s)

Rob Zombie

Actors

Sid Haig Bill Moseley Sheri Moon Karen Black Chris Hardwick Erin Daniels Jennifer Jostyn Rainn Wilson Walton Goggins Matthew McGrory Robert Allen Mukes Dennis Fimple

Runtime

1h 29m

Categories

Demon Slasher Torture

Synopsis
Two couples traveling across country looking for local legends get lost and stumble upon the legend of Dr. Satan. They get stranded and meet the very bizarre Firefly family who torture and perform satanic rituals on them in an attempt to please Dr. Satan.

Review
Personally, I thought this movie was great. It was fun and the characters stuck out and held their own story throughout the entire movie. Rob Zombie (writer/director) is a sick bastard. The movie was gory and had a weird sense of irony throughout. I found myself humored by the death scenes rather than feeling bad for the characters involved. This movie kind of followed the story line of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2004) but it twisted half way through. Texas Chainsaw was a horror movie. I felt like Zombie wanted to have fun with the characters and have the bad guys have a funny personality along with the demented mind he created for them. The greatest character in this movie was Captain Spaulding. He is a sick old clown who runs a gas station/museum/horror ride. Oh yeah, he also sells fried chicken.

Wrap It Up
I give this a 19. I think because the first half of the movie is like so many others in the torture genre. However, its strength is the sheer oddity of the twist and where it takes the second half of the movie. I love that it was able to stay kind of funny while being a good horror movie as well.

19/25