Noutions Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Davis P I didn't think I was going to like this film going into it. I was kinda weary of it because I really didn't care for Rob Zombie's Halloween remake. I'm very pleased to say that I was surprised by how much I really liked this film. It's genuinely terrifying and it uses classic horror tactics that work. There's a lot of originality too, and I love that in this genre because so many horror films, especially nowadays can be so cheesy and stereotypical. I wasn't bored ever while watching this, I just became more interested because of it's originality. The actors all did a really great job, I was impressed especially by the actors playing the killer family. The third act of this film is really great and it's one of the best third acts of any horror film I've seen. I won't spoil anything because I want everyone to see it who hasn't already, but suffice to say that atmosphere has a big role in the third act. Atmosphere actually has a big role in the whole film, they did a really good job creating a creepy atmosphere that works. If you want a horror film with some originality, give this one a try, Rob Zombie did a great job.

Paul Magne Haakonsen "House of 1000 Corpses" was and actually still is a pretty entertaining movie; one that has lots of really interesting aspects to it. First of all it is loaded with the typical Rob Zombie imagery that you also see on his CD artwork and also crammed with lots of bits and pieces of horror icons and imagery.But it is also a movie that is rather brutal and grotesque at the same time. There is a good amount of blood violence and bloodshed in the movie as a movie of this type should have.What really worked out for me here was the characters, especially the deranged killers in particular. I love the Otis Driftwood and Captain Spaulding characters as they are so far out there that you can't help but love them and the fact that those two characters are played by Bill Mosely and Sid Haig respectively is just the icing on the cake.Now, aside from BIll Mosely and Sid Haig, then there are some pretty nice names on the cast list alongside those two; such as Karen Black, Tom Towles and also Sherri Moon held up her performance quite well.I have seen "House of 1000 corpses" numerous times and I doubt I will ever tire of it.The movie is also accompanied by a very interesting and unique soundtrack.If you enjoy horror movies then this is most definitely worth checking out if you haven't already. And if you haven't already seen this movie shame on you...

chimera3 I first found Rob Zombie through his music. Granted most of the lyrics made no sense, it was still fun to listen to. Then I discovered through a good friend that he was into making movies. Upon seeing this, I knew that I had been hooked...to a point. Violence has always been Rob's specialty and this is certainly no different. He is a very colorful character who goes right for the throat and is not afraid of producing a rather large amount of shock value in his work.The Firefly family is your typical family who lives out in the woods and doesn't care about anyone or anything but themselves. When you have Bill Moseley (probably picked because of his role in "Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2") with Karen Black ("Five Easy Pieces," just to name one) and Rob's wife Sheri, you can't go wrong. Who could avoid Mama Firefly's cackle and Baby Firefly's childish giggle? Otis is just emotionless. You can't see anything on his face, but that's the entire point when you have a family of insane killers terrorizing the unsuspecting locals.Dark with a capital D, it possesses some interesting music and characters that you either love, hate, or even both. The dialogue is pretty good too. Watch this over and over. You may find something that you like.

a_chinn Extreme horror films hadn't hit it big until a couple years later in 2005 when Eli Roth's "Hostel" came out and I think if this film had been released around that time it might have been a bigger success. Instead, this film took some years to find it's cult following. The story, such as it is, follows a group of young people, two of which are played by Chris Hardwick and Rainn Wilson, ironically visiting the roadside attraction "The Museum of Monsters & Madmen" run by the wonderfully creep Sid Haig as the clown-faced Captain Spaulding. From there, the film becomes something of a greatest hits of 70s grindhouse horror films. Writer/director Rob Zombie has made a grizzly love letter to films ranging from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" to "Last House on the Left" to "The Hills Have Eyes" to "Spider Baby" to really too many to mention. Zombie has some nice visual stylistics (grainy black & white documentary- like footage, an incredibly long crane shot, or delightfully creepy over-the-top production design) mixed among others that don't quiet work (mainly the ugly photo negative effects). Also in the film's positive column is a to-die-for cast of character actors, including Karen Black, Bill Moseley, Irwin Keyes, Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, Dennis Fimple, and Michael J. Pollard. The overall effect of all this is a disconnected mishmash of partially developed ideas that felt as if Zombie was trying to cram in every single horror movie idea he'd ever had into one film. If there is a unifying story, it's the teens trying to survive their captivity by the maniacal Firefly family, which then follows the classic "last girl" horror trope. However there are tons of dangling story threads involving the legend of Doctor Satan, Tom Towels and Walton Goggins investigating the missing teens, or just odd one off musical numbers and other throwaways scenes. Still, despite the film being kind of a mess, it's also kind of a glorious mess for fans of the type of film Zombie is celebrating.