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Review by MvMMDI
Added: August 28, 2004
Four kids are traveling cross-country, doing research for a book about various roadside oddities and such. They come across a place called Captain Spaulding's Museum Of Oddities and decide to check it out, since Spaulding (Sid Haig) just so happens to also sell gas and fried chicken. Spaulding has a ride setup on location, which shows various serial killers and such "in action"... at the end of the ride is a person known as Doctor Satan. They get a bit of the back-story about it, and Spaulding tells them about how the tree where Doctor Satan was hung is located just down the road a bit. Of course they want to go see it, so Spaulding draws them up a map and sends them on their way. While driving towards their destination, they come across a hitchhiker out in the rain and decide to pick her up. She introduces herself as Baby (Sheri Moon), and comes off as being quite the psycho. Things are going as smooth as can be, until the car gets a flat tire. Baby says that she lives just up the road a bit and that her brother has a tow-truck, so they can help the kids out. They reluctantly agree, and head off towards the house. Once there, they meet up with the family that lives here... Mother Firefly (Karen Black), Otis (Bill Moseley), Tiny (Matthew McGrory) and Grampa Hugo (Dennis Fimple). It doesn't take too long for the teens to find out that they've come across a family of psychos, and it also doesn't take very long for things to get quite out of hand.
Rob Zombie brought over his experience with music videos and his love of classic horror into the world of movies, and the end result was something that you'll either love or hate; there's really not much room for a middle ground here. Rob got a lot of inspiration from the classics, such as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "The Hills Have Eyes", and it really shows with the way the storyline progresses; so, if you aren't too keen on horror films from the sixties and seventies, you probably won't enjoy this one either. He combines that classic style with his music video experience, giving us some very unique editing and color schemes, which results in a pretty damned great movie in my eyes. As good as that music video style made the movie, it also resulted in one of the only problems I had with the film. There's a small number of scenes and subplots where things move along too fast, with little or no explanation given on what's happening, and in some scenes, the actors seemed like they were rushing to finish up their scenes quicker than they should have. This could have been a result of the cuts that Rob was forced to make, but nonetheless, this was pretty minor in the grand scheme of things. Other than that minor gripe and some select scenes, things move along at a nice speed, with the storyline being presented at a nice pace.
The cast involved with this film is what really makes things great. Instead of doing the typical rounding up the usual cast of the WB teen-stars of the week, Rob cast some of the veterans of the genres and brought them in to do what they do best. Sid Haig definitely steals the show here as Captain Spaulding, having the best character and line-delivery in the movie by far. Sadly enough, he doesn't really fit into the grand scheme of things and therefore, isn't given a whole lot of time to shine. This was understandable from the viewpoint of the storyline and such, but damned if I didn't want to see some more scenes with him. The rest of the cast certainly didn't slouch in their roles, however; Bill Moseley as Otis was beyond great, and certainly came in second only behind Haig for star of the film. Karen Black as Mother Firefly was also pretty nice, though not quite up to the level of the rest of the cast here. Sheri Moon as Baby pulled out a surprisingly great performance in her first non-music-video role, and came off as being a highly enjoyable screen presence. I'm not quite sure if it was intentional the way Rob Zombie cast a set of horror veterans and pitted them against a group of fresh-faced teen actors, but it came off as being a bit of an old-school versus new-school battle in the end, with the veterans winning hands down. The teens weren't too terrible in their roles, just bland and boring for the most part.
Overall, a highly enjoyable modern horror film for those who enjoy the classics in the genre. This certainly isn't just another Scream-fest, this is a very well thought-out horror film and should be greatly appreciated for fans of the classics. This was the first film for Rob Zombie, and if it's any indication of how his future movies will end up being, he's destined to become a legend in the field. 10/10 from myself.
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