Das Haus der 1000 Leichen (2003)

Das Haus der 1000 Leichen: Directed by Rob Zombie. With Chad Bannon, William Bassett, Karen Black, Erin Daniels. 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.

“This movie is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. If youu0026#39;ve seen that, youu0026#39;ve seen this. I donu0026#39;t need to explain the plot; thatu0026#39;s all you need to know. Itu0026#39;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 canu0026#39;t say it was for the movies benefit.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe 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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePros- Sid Haig, nostalgic premise, and some decent goreu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCons- awful attempts at stylization, annoying characters, a twist that makes the movie worse.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf youu0026#39;re gonna watch it; youu0026#39;re gonna watch it. But donu0026#39;t expect anything too much.”