House of 1000 Corpses

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House of 1000 Corpses

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Released Apr 11, 2003

1h 28m

Horror

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An empty fuel tank and a flat tire lead two couples down a terror-riddled road to the House of 1000 Corpses. House of 1000 Corpses is at its core a story of family - a cast of twisted individuals who, with each slash of a throat or stab thru the chest, add bodies to their sick human menagerie.

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Critics Consensus

There's an abundance of gore in this derivative horror movie, but little sense or wit.

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses has nostalgia on its side but not much else.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 28, 2014

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 1/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Jamie Russell

BBC.com

A tour-de-farce of depressing inanity, that's unable to do anything more than offer a messy, incoherent pastiche of other, better movies.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 30, 2003

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May Leitz

Nyx Fears

Even if it's not a great movie, I wish every horror movie were more like this movie. We'd all have a lot more fun come Halloween, squirming in a chair like we're meant to.

Mar 19, 2024

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

More proof of concept of Zombie's capacity to embark on a directorial career than cohesive narrative, House of 1000 Corpses is more interested in its villains and homages to quintessential texts from Zombie's past. Bold, gritty, and often quite gross

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 16, 2023

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Using split screens, atmospheric and subversive music, 16mm and old film footage and the crowd-pleasing stalking camera, Zombie creates a visually-arresting molotov cocktail.

Rated: 2.5/5

Dec 5, 2022

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Uriel

Film is just to fun watch

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/21/23

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chris h

Classic gore horror of a deranged family.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/16/25

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Gabriel T

It's creepy, tense, full of gore, perverted and yet funny, amusing and playful. The ending is hellish, the direction and photography are creative and it's has great references to "Horror Picture Show" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". The movie is incredible. I do really recommend Unfortunately, it's hard to take note of all characters though

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/14/25

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Nick O

Rob Zombie’s first and best movie. Just a monster kid, who loves Texas Chainsaw, not trying way too hard to make a fun, psycho horror flick.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/24/25

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Jonathan O

Rob Zombie really understand of horror and bringing old school and to new school for horror fans and really outstanding cast but I don't like the characters of young teens but the firefly family are the best characters of horror.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/03/25

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Daniel C

What a great movie to start your directing debut with. This movie was a lot of fun and very entertaining. It has become an absolute classic without question. The visuals and special effects in this movie are just fantastic. And Rob has come up with some of the greatest characters ever. This i genuinely a scary movie. These critics though are something they must've been watching a different movie or they just dislike Rob. It doesn't matter this was a great movie

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/08/25

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Synopsis

An empty fuel tank and a flat tire lead two couples down a terror-riddled road to the House of 1000 Corpses. House of 1000 Corpses is at its core a story of family - a cast of twisted individuals who, with each slash of a throat or stab thru the chest, add bodies to their sick human menagerie.

Director: Rob Zombie
Producer: Andy Gould, Andrew D. Given
Screenwriter: Rob Zombie
Distributor: Lionsgate Films, Shooting Gallery
Production Co: Universal Pictures
Rating: R (Sexuality|Language|Strong Sadistic Gore|Strong Sadistic Violence)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 11, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 31, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.6M
Runtime: 1h 28m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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