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.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.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.
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- Awards
- 4 wins & 8 nominations
Sheri Moon Zombie
- Baby Firefly
- (as Sheri Moon)
William Bassett
- Sheriff Frank Huston
- (as William H. Bassett)
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Did you know
- TriviaThere is more than one instance where you see a poster for two missing young boys. Those boys were actually pictures of Rob Zombie and his brother (the lead singer of Powerman 5000) as children.
- Goofs(at around 4 mins) When Captain Spaulding and Stucky are having their conversation in the very beginning and Stucky is handed the bathroom key it is on a hand that is flipping the bird, however when the gunmen pull him out of the bathroom he is holding the key on a hand that is giving the devil horns and also missing his glasses.
- Crazy creditsAfter the last scene, the words "The End?" are shown.
- Alternate versionsThe original 105 minute version is out there somewhere but has yet to surface. Rob Zombie has stated that the material is not available. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen. It should be noted however that Zombie willingly cut most of the footage described below while the film was shelved and looking for a distributor. In fact, very little was removed to get an R-rating.
- ConnectionsEdited from Basic Autopsy Procedure (1961)
- SoundtracksEverybody Scream!
Lyrics by Rob Zombie
Music by Rob Zombie & Scott Humphrey
Performed by Rob Zombie
Courtesy of Geffen Records 2002
Published by Demonoid Deluxe Music/WB Music Corp. and Gimme Back My Publishing administered by Bug Music
Featured review
fascinating mess of craziness
Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig) is a foul-mouthed clown owner of the "Museum of Monsters and Madmen" and "Fried Chicken and Gasoline". On October 30, 1977, Spaulding shoots a bunch of holdup guys. Jerry Goldsmith (Chris Hardwick), Bill Hudley (Rainn Wilson), Mary Knowles (Jennifer Jostyn), and Denise Willis (Erin Daniels) are traveling the country investigating weirdness. Spaulding shows the group his roadside show and tells them about Dr. Satan. They go in search of the hanging tree where they hanged Dr. Satan. They pick up hitchhiker Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie). Their tires get popped and they end up with Baby's family.
I like directer Rob Zombie's weird outsider style. It's over-stylized Grindhouse. I just think that writer Rob Zombie needs help pulling all the craziness together into a coherent compelling plot. He needs to figure out rooting interest, and how to create tension. This is a bit of a mess but it's a fascinating mess.
I like directer Rob Zombie's weird outsider style. It's over-stylized Grindhouse. I just think that writer Rob Zombie needs help pulling all the craziness together into a coherent compelling plot. He needs to figure out rooting interest, and how to create tension. This is a bit of a mess but it's a fascinating mess.
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- Country of origin
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- Language
- Also known as
- House of 1,000 Corpses
- Filming locations
- Four Aces Movie Ranch - 14499 E Ave Q, Palmdale, California, USA(Captain Spaulding's Gas Station)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,634,962
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,400,000
- Apr 13, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $16,829,545
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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