House of a 1000 Corpses

House of a 1000 Corpses is a 2003 horror film written and directed by Rob Zombie, and staring Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, and Karen Black. The plot focuses on two young couples who are held hostage by a sadistic blackwoods family on Halloween night. Filmed in 2000, the movie was originally bought by Universal Pictures, and a large portion of it was filmed on the Universal Pictures backlots, but it was ultimately shelved by the company in fear that it would receive an NC-17 rating. The rights were re-purchased who then sold the film to Lions Gate Entertainment.

On October 1977, Jerry Goldsmith, Bill Hudley, Mary Knowles, and Denise Wills are two couples off on the road in hopes on writing a book on offbeat roadside attractions. When they meet Captain Spaulding a vulgar but friendly owner of the gas station and "Museum of Monsters & Madmen", they learn the local legend of Dr. Satan. As the four take off in search of the tree where Dr. Satan was hanged, they run into a young hitchhiker named Baby who only lives a few miles away. Shortly after, their tire bursts in a trap made by the family and Baby walks into her family's house along with Bill. Only moments later, Baby's half brother Rufus picks up the stranded passengers to take them home.

Later that night, the young couples meet Mother Firefly, Baby's mother; Otis Driftwood; Baby's adopted brother, Grampa Hugo; Baby's grandfather, and Baby's giant deformed half brother Tiny. While being treated with a Halloween dinner, they discovered that the family has their own weird Halloween traditions. Mother Firefly then beings to tell the story of her ex husband, who tries to burn Tiny, her family, and the house down. That he was angry and didn't mean it and that's why Tiny is deformed. After dinner, the family then beings to put on their Halloween show for the guests, where Baby offends Mary by putting on a flirtatious ct for her boyfriend Bill. After Mary threatened Baby, Mother Firefly tell the group to leave and that their car is repaired. As they try to leave, they are then attacked by Otis and Tiny. Being taken as prisoners. Not long after that, Otis turns Bill's body into a "work of art". Mary is tied up, abused, and shown the body of Bill. Denise is bed bound and dressed up as a baby doll and Jerry is scalped because he fails when trying to guess Baby's movie star.

After Denise does not return home, his father begins to worry and makes phone calls to to may ever had seen her last. He then calls the police right after to search for her. Two Deputy Sheriffs find the couples abandoned car in a field and a abused victim in the trunk. Mother Firefly then receives a knock on the door from three Deputies in search of the two couples. She tells the officers that she hasn't seen them or know who they are. As they begin to leave, they find the bodies, and the three are then quickly killed. Later that night, the three remaining kids are taken underground while dressed as rabbits, a reference that Otis made in the movie about how "scared kids run like rabbits", and Mary manages to escape. Baby begins to chase her and then is killed shortly after. 


Denise and Jerry and lowered into the underground chamber. Jerry is left behind and Denise is forced to explore the underground chambers alone while trying to find her way out. She then encounters Dr. Satan and deformed mental patients. Dr. Satan has Jerry on his operating table, skinning him alive. As Dr. Satan yells for his assistant who is also Mother Firefly's ex-husband, to capture Denise, she out smarts him and escapes the underground chambers. After she's back on the road, she is then picked up by Captain Spaulding and passes out in the front seat due to being tired. Otis appears from the backseat with the knife. The movie ends with Denise being killed by Otis and skinned alive.  

This was most definitely one of Rob Zombie's best movies in my opinion. The family was sick and twisted and the gore was never ending. You don't know what comes next when you first watch this movie. What you think is going to happen doesn't always happen. This was a 4 out of 5 stars hands down in my opinion. If you haven;t seen it, definitely watch this. Rob Zombie knows how to make the best horror movies. His sick and twisted thoughts make the movies great. Like it's real.