Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Wuchak RELEASED IN 2012 and written/directed by Rob Zombie, "The Lords of Salem" is a witchcraft/horror flick starring Sheri Moon Zombie as a DJ in Salem, Massachusetts, who is sent a wooden box containing a mysterious record dubbed "gift from the Lords." The creepy music thereof triggers flashbacks of her town's infamous past. Is Heidi going crazy or are the witches taking revenge on Salem?The ambiance, mood, directing, music, locations, sets and cast are all top notch, showing that Zombie has developed into a quality director since his first shot eleven years earlier with "House of 1000 Corpses," which was shot in 2000. This is serious haunting horror as opposed to the campy black comedy of "1000 Corpses" (not that there's anything wrong with that, lol). The movie mixes elements from "The City of the Dead," aka "Horror Hotel" (1960), "Suspiria" (1977), "Rosemary's Baby" (1968), "The Wicker Man" (1973) and "To the Devil a Daughter" (1976). If you like any of these movies, "The Lords of Salem" is as good or better.Usually when you see old hag witches in movies it's kinda eye-rolling; not so here. Rob gives us the real deal and it's not pretty, although I admit to busting out laughing every time the witches hailed Satan. Speaking of which, modern Wiccans won't like how the films mixes Witchcraft with Satanism (the truth hurts). Interestingly, there's almost as much Christian imagery as there is Satanic.One thing's for sure, Zombie doesn't paint witchcraft/Satanism in a positive light. It's similar to "The Witch" (2015) in this respect, where converting to witch-dom meant becoming a baby-slaughtering, blood-bathing, family-destroying, goat-sucking, friggin' pedophile hag with the illusion of youth. When the Devil eventually appears in "Lords," it's anything but a positive image.The story seems to perpetuate the myth that those condemned at the Salem Witch Trials in 1692-1693 were burned to death. Actually, 19 people were hung, another slowly crushed to death, and over 150 imprisoned.Sheri makes for a strong protagonist, but she's the extant of any eye candy on the female front. As noted earlier, the witches are all hideous hags and look even uglier with their clothes off. Meg Foster surprisingly appears as the lead witch. Meanwhile, Judy Geeson, Patricia Quinn and Dee Wallace are on hand as a dubious trio in modern Salem. Speaking of whom, they have a great (hilarious) tea scene with Bruce Davison, who plays an expert on witchcraft.THE FILM RUNS 1 hour, 41 minutes and was shot in Salem, Massachusetts; Sable Ranch, Santa Clarita, California (witches dancing around fire); and the Los Angeles Theatre (opera house).GRADE: B

Harry Waterman Atmospheric and compelling, Zombie is in full-frontal flair with Lords and proudly presents a far more distinguished side to his directorial work and general approach to film. Whilst the story is odd and some of the choices in character design such as how he chose to depict the Devil are really quite bizarre and probably only make sense to Zombie himself. Whilst I love Zombie, I've never found his wife to be of much substance in his films especially when it comes to emotional scenes and I find her to fare better in the role of a psychopath (House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects...), nevertheless Rob's approach to witchcraft and American history are all very interesting and the film is unique enough that it might appeal to those who previously dismissed his filmography. Veteran actors Judy Geeson, Patricia Arquette and Dee Wallace Stone star as three humble "sisters" and are one of the weirdest yet greatest additions to the picture.

backus1611-1 Gibberish is perhaps the best you can say for this thing. It's not awful (1) simply because his wife, and the other actors are worth watching. But so many times during watching this movie, I wondered if there was anything else that I taped I'd rather watch. When I finally decided there must be something, it was almost done so I watched it fast forward. It really was as boring as others have mentioned. You do get to see a lot of old, fat naked women which, OK this really isn't a joke, it's great to see anything other than stick women. (yes I am a male and would rather see stick women, or actually athletic women, but what the heck). I loved many of the actors, didn't really like the crap movie. I'm probably in the minority here, but I kind of liked Zombie's Halloween movies- maybe not the 2nd so much, but this was poop.

Matt Shults So, I'd seen this in redbox for a while and not really thought about it because the cover made it look kind of dumb. Anyway I was looking at movies for stocking stuffers at best buy, I saw a blue ray of this that was cheap so I picked it up and read it. "Rob Zombie made this, holy crap!" I didn't know how I'd missed this! Anyway, I bought it, and watched it. My smile turned up-side-down...into a a frown. If I were to describe it, I would say "An ugly tit party, with virtually no story framework". This movie really sucks. I probably will put it underneath my box of bad movies to create another tier.I'm sorry if this sounds like hate. I have been a fan of Rob Zombie since I first heard Living Dead Girl when I was like 14. House of 1000 Corpses was not good but it was a good first shot. Devil's Rejects was super good. Halloween was very good. Now we have this which is terrible. If you make another movie Rob, I'll watch it and I'll always be your fan.