Shock-rocker Rob Zombie's loving homage to flat-out nasty horror films of the 1970s will leave many post-SCREAM (1996) horror fans cold because of what it's not. It's not slick or glossy. It's not funny or self-referential. And it's not much fun, just as THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE (1974) and THE HILLS HAVE EYES (1978) — both clear influences on Zombie's movie debut — really aren't much fun. It
is ugly — in the distinctively washed out, grainy, slightly burned manner of low-budget '70s films — gory and single-mindedly mean, none of which is a criticism since that's exactly what it wants to be. Two young couples, Bill and Mary (Rainn Wilson...
Released:
2003
Rated:
R
Length:
88 mins