Frownland

^This, especially House of 1000 Corpses, that is a masterpiece. Still prefer the originals though.

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Chula Vista

Violent Horror Movie? TCM has that in spades.
Mediocre? A matter of opinion.

Ever seen this? Shawn Lane on stage with Buckethead rapping Chainsaw dialogue.

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The Batlord

Totally. Even if Michael Myers as a kid was kind of unconvincing, and the whole "mother with the white horse" thing was just a tad cringe-worthy, I thought as two linked movies they did a good job exploring the family aspect of his story.

And once he was adult Michael Myers, he was just ****ing awesome. I love how Rob didn't try to come up with generic slasher movie, murder set pieces using whatever household objects nobody had used yet. Myers was portrayed with a visceral physicality I haven't seen in most slashers. Watching him just beat people to death with his bare hands made him 100 times more terrifying than he would have been otherwise.

I honestly can't remember if I've ever seen House of a 1000 Corpses, but I do want to watch The Devil's Rejects in the near future.

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Ol’ Qwerty Bastard

I always thought of House of 1000 Corpses as a very dark comedy horror that only truly fucked up people would find funny, which is why I love it. Whereas The Devil's Rejects has a lot of dramatic elements, and if you take out the rape scenes it might (emphasis on might) have actually been well received by more critics.

EDIT - The remakes did feature the highlight of Rob Zombie's film career though.

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JGuy Grungeman

I already pointed out in the journeals I just saw Oliver and Company. Well directed predictability with flawless sound editing but lacking in song qulity, except for a couple songs. Needed another Billy Joel song and a better lyricist.

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The Batlord

That's definitely one of the more memorable ones. I like that those early kills in the first movie were done in a temporary mask and hospital clothes, to connect the killing machine with the deranged mental patient.

The second one had the sickest death scenes, though. Thank god I'm too bad of a person to give a **** whether or not they're murder porn.

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Chula Vista

Pfffft. Boring.

Check out the rape/beating scene and face crushing scene from Irreversible and then get back to me.

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Ol’ Qwerty Bastard

^ Fantastic film.

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Frownland

But dude, nobody was making death scenes like that when that movie came out. Stagnant ten minute shots of a brutal rape? So cliche.

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Chula Vista

Lame compadre.

Sometimes it fits. Sometimes it's cliche. In the context of my comment about TCM it fit.

Actually, if someone ever posts a video of themselves abusing an acoustic guitar with a coat hanger I'll pull it out again on your behalf.

(ya ya ya, I know. It was a skewer)

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