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| POSTED Saturday, August 24, 2002 02:01:53 AM |
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Don't worry. I'm not a spoiler maniac. You're in my trusty, rotten hands.
The editing wasn't completely finished (so some shots looked rough - I'm not sure if that was his desired effect or not) and Zombie's soundtrack hadn't been put down yet. Instead, he used a "temp track" borrowing from soundtracks like "Phantasm", "Ravenous", "The Beyond", "The Omen" and other classic horror sounds to set the mood. It all worked.
That said, let me talk about the film. It was loud, it was bloody and it was the best horror film I've seen in a long, long time. Immediately, Zombie sets the mood of the film opening with Sid Haig's foul-mouthed character, Captain Spaulding, and pals being robbed at gunpoint by two thugs in Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen. The criminals suddenly realize they're in deep when a man in an oversized mask bursts through the door and cuts the robbers down. At this point the audience cheered. The film immediately smash cuts to the opening credits, which is pure Zombie, as a deviant surgeon performs surgery on a patient (it ties into the film but I ain't gonna tell you how).
Set in the '70s, the day before and on Halloween, the film tells the tale of two couples on a road trip who lose their way looking for the legendary "Dr. Satan". They come upon the Firefly household one rainy night and meet its family members: Baby (Sheri Moon), Otis (Bill Moseley), and Mrs. Firefly (Karen Black). At first things are fine, then everything spirals dangerously out of control as the two couples are stalked and tortured by the Firefly fam.
I was a bit scared, at first, when I heard another rock star was going to take a stab at horror ("Strangeland" anyone?) but this is Rob Zombie we're talking about. The man knows horror and he proves it with every minute in "Corpses". He gives you horror straight up with a heaping bloody chaser in case you're not satisfied. He pulls no punches. He doesn't turn away and leave it to your imagination. He gives you the grisly details.
Essentially, Rob's delivered a 1970's horror film.
It's really no wonder why Universal and MGM execs are scared by this film. The film isn't a summer release for crying out loud. This is a Halloween-release flick that will scare the bejeezus out of you.
In early interviews, Rob claimed that his intention was to make the audience "root for the bad guys". He's succeeded, but, damn, it sure makes you feel filthy afterwards. You can thank the collective performances of Sheri, Bill and Karen, for that.
Moseley is always great. Don't expect a Chop Top retread from him this time around. Bill's a bad ass in this. He's just plain eeeeeevil. Karen Black turns in another delicious role as she flaunts her stuff. And Sheri Moon's just plain delicious. Aside from being Zombie's main squeeze, Sheri's been in several of his videos (recently "Superbeast"). This is her first big screen role and she handles it perfectly. I don't think I can picture any other horror actress to play the sweet/sexy/sadistic Baby like she did.
Rob set out to make a horror film for the horror fans and he's succeeded.
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