Two young couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of murder end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.Two young couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of murder end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.Two young couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of murder end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
- Director
- Writer
- Stars
- Awards
- 4 wins & 8 nominations
Sheri Moon Zombie
- Baby Firefly
- (as Sheri Moon)
William Bassett
- Sheriff Frank Huston
- (as William H. Bassett)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThere is more than one instance where you see a poster for two missing young boys. Those boys were actually pictures of Rob Zombie and his brother (the lead singer of Powerman 5000) as children.
- Goofs(at around 4 mins) When Captain Spaulding and Stucky are having their conversation in the very beginning and Stucky is handed the bathroom key it is on a hand that is flipping the bird, however when the gunmen pull him out of the bathroom he is holding the key on a hand that is giving the devil horns and also missing his glasses.
- Crazy creditsAfter the last scene, the words "The End?" are shown.
- Alternate versionsThe original 105 minute version is out there somewhere but has yet to surface. Rob Zombie has stated that the material is not available. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen. It should be noted however that Zombie willingly cut most of the footage described below while the film was shelved and looking for a distributor. In fact, very little was removed to get an R-rating.
- ConnectionsEdited from Basic Autopsy Procedure (1961)
- SoundtracksEverybody Scream!
Lyrics by Rob Zombie
Music by Rob Zombie & Scott Humphrey
Performed by Rob Zombie
Courtesy of Geffen Records 2002
Published by Demonoid Deluxe Music/WB Music Corp. and Gimme Back My Publishing administered by Bug Music
Featured review
This movie is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. If you've seen that, you've seen this. I don't need to explain the plot; that's all you need to know. It's TTCM with bizarre attempts at stylization. The victims are characterless twats, except for Rainn Wilson, who plays a lovable nerd. Other than him, the real stars are the family and Sid Haig as Captain Spaulding, but the two psycho women are both horribly annoying. It does break away from the basic formula for the third act of the movie, but I can't say it was for the movies benefit.
The stylization is the worst part of it; randomly cutting to 16mm film clips, random colored lighting that change in between shots, and a bunch of flashing quick cuts. If your over the age of 16, and/or are a seasoned horror fan, this movie is much more likely to give you a headache rather than scare you.
Pros- Sid Haig, nostalgic premise, and some decent gore
Cons- awful attempts at stylization, annoying characters, a twist that makes the movie worse.
If you're gonna watch it; you're gonna watch it. But don't expect anything too much.
The stylization is the worst part of it; randomly cutting to 16mm film clips, random colored lighting that change in between shots, and a bunch of flashing quick cuts. If your over the age of 16, and/or are a seasoned horror fan, this movie is much more likely to give you a headache rather than scare you.
Pros- Sid Haig, nostalgic premise, and some decent gore
Cons- awful attempts at stylization, annoying characters, a twist that makes the movie worse.
If you're gonna watch it; you're gonna watch it. But don't expect anything too much.
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- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- La casa de los 1000 cuerpos
- Filming locations
- Four Aces Movie Ranch - 14499 E Ave Q, Palmdale, California, USA(Captain Spaulding's Gas Station)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,634,962
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,400,000
- Apr 13, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $16,829,545
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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