I saw Mother by Bong Joon-ho the other night, highly recommend it. Very fun take on the old whodunnit formula. I’ve been on a SK film kick lately - I watched Burning a couple weeks ago and I can’t believe I hadn’t heard of it before now. One of the best movies I’ve seen in a while. It’s on Netflix if you need something to watch.
I just watched "House of 1000 Corpses) [spoilers below] I watched Devil’s rejects a few years back and remember that I never saw the “original.” Ho1KC is gruesome and unpolished. To the extent that “Devil’s Rejects” was about American Response to 9/11 (I think this point was made in an Onion AV Club Article) Ho1KC isn’t about anything. I absolutely love Sid Haig (RIP) as Captain Spaulding. He is truly a reminder that comedy and horror are two sides of the same coin. Cpt Spaulding owes more to Basil Fawley than any other character. Watching office Dwight mutilated and turned into Fish Boy was pretty cool too. Some people might say Sheri Moon can’t act, but she spent 2 hours pretending she had an ass.
The only good movie Rob Zombie has done was Devil’s Rejects. House of Ten Trillion Corpses is ok, I’d just rather watch Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
It’s a mess, but I do have to give Zombie some respect for Lords of Salem. It’s way out of his comfort zone tone-wise, and it’s a witch movie and those are always weird.
