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HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES - 2003 (theatrical release)

The wait was well worth it. This film was more twisted than ever imagined. Zombie captured the 70's exploitation films by combining elements of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "The Hills Have Eyes" and "Motel Hell" with the the sick feeling you get from "Last House On The Left". Having said that, this film is much more slick than those films as Zombie had more of a budget and a more twisted imagination than those films. Yes, some of it does seem like an extended music video, but what else would you expect?

Zombie's use of B-Movie greats like Karen Black and Sid Haig was brilliant. This truly was a film for the die hard horror fans. He slips in numerous classic horror tricks that require multiple viewings to catch everything.

Where "House" will fall in the Horror history books is unknown as it's too early to tell. I do have a feeling this will influence the Horror genre into the new Millenium and we may again see the boundaries pushed far beyond what we've every seen before.

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