So Rob convinced me to get Tivo. Got so swept up in his hype that we went right down to TWC and exchanged our regular old cable box for the new DTV box. Boy was he ever right. It's amazing. You can fastforward through commercials! Did ya'll know that? I've heard people rave about their Tivo, but I've never paid much mind. It's rad. That's all I have to say about it.
We just got finished watching "House of a Thousand Corpses," that Rob Zombie flick that I never got around to seeing until now. (God, am I behind the times or what? Hadn't discovered the wonders of DTV, hadn't seen Rob Zombie's gory horror flick...totally out of it.)
If you have not seen that movie, and ONLY if you like horror flicks, you should see it. It's relentlessly, mercilessly fucking disturbing. Worse than most other things. As someone who has read far more than my fair share of true crime and serial killer literature, I found this movie illustrated some images that have already swirled around in my own nightmares as a result of all the warped shit I read about. I don't know if I needed to see it brought to life, but I was riveted, that's for sure. There are some serious cringer scenes that make you want to crawl inside of yourself and shield your eyes and ears and it gets progressively more and more twisted with each new scene. I thought it made the new Chainsaw Massacre look like a pony ride.
Any horror connoisseurs out there who have an opinion on A Thousand Corpses? Because I think I want my mommy...
Posted by Maria at February 22, 2005 10:14 PM | TrackBackI bought that as soon as it was released to DVD...I don't have it in my house anymore..haha..I gave it to my Dad..I watched it twice and that was enough for me...I got rid of it because Ailey was asking if she could watch it and I was afraid I'd go shopping one day, come home and find her all freaked out in front of the TV with that damn movie.
I love horror movies and this one had such amazing characters but it made my stomache CHURN..it really truly disturbed me. Like I felt all "different and wrong" for days after viewing it...it was so fuckin' violent ya know...to me it was RAW...VULGAR....DIRTY...GRITTY..GRAINY...it was really good. However I don't want to ever watch it again and Maria...go call your mommy! haha..
Posted by: Sandy at February 23, 2005 01:00 AMI remember you writing about that Sandy. It had a similar affect on me. We seem to have the same general taste in horror movies. That shit freaked me out! I can see why you wouldn't want Ailey to see it.
To me, it has all the necessary components of a terrifying movie: clowns, scary house in the woods, rainstorm, flat tire, family of raging homicidal maniacs, devil worship, painfully raw violence and waaay too much open space. Phew. I don't think I need to watch a scary movie for awhile.
Posted by: Maria at February 24, 2005 01:12 AMTime Warner DVRs are the shiznit. we've been in couch potato heaven since we got ours last year. I record a ton of shit and then watch it all on one of my days off in the middle of the night when Boy is asleep.
Posted by: girl at February 24, 2005 01:15 AMThe good news is there will be a House2 (http://www.horror.com/php/article-147-1.html)
I loved that movie. I hope I am not the only one that laughed his ass off at the "Tiny" jokes on the DVD either.
Posted by: josh at February 24, 2005 04:31 PMOh wow! I can't wait to see the next one. I had no idea they were making a sequel.
I didn't see the DVD! Now I'm curious about the Tiny jokes.
Posted by: Maria at February 25, 2005 12:40 AMHey Maria! Glad to see you have caught up with the times. :P I just saw Deathwatch not too long ago, you should check it out. Also, there is another film being made called, Worst Case Scenerio, and it looks like it going to be awesome. Here's the link, you can check out the preview too.
http://gorehoundinc.com/
Posted by: eric at March 1, 2005 08:10 PM