"The Evil Within"
I've read so much hate and disgust for Rob Zombies newest film "The Lords Of Salem" that I've been eagerly awaiting to see it myself not just because I love Robs work but also to see what all the fuss is about. It is an evil as hell horror movie if you allow yourself to get sucked into what is happening in the film, not as a fan or critic but just as someone experiencing a piece of art that is meant to leave you in awe. I feel that the lords is a true horror film that is definitely outside of the box and range of casual mainstream horror movie goer. It's root are deep in horror and deals with something that can truly be horrifying, Witchcraft and The Devil.
Of course this isn't a film for everyone, someone looking for another gore fest or cookie cutter teeny bopper horror film should look else where as "The Lords of Salem" is a horror film that stands out from the norm in every way possible and delivers itself as a true horror experience.
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all hail the lords!
went and caught a late showing of lords of salem the other night, and i was rewarded for my efforts, as I absolutely adored it. there were five other people in the theater, which kind of surprised me, and two of them left mid way through. I think that kind of sums up how esoteric a movie it was, and I'm amazed something so specific and particular can still get made. it was disturbing, beautiful, blasphemous, and, strangely, it left me feeling kind of upbeat.
the story is basically about immolated witches using what looked like a 78 rpm record in the present time to crack the doorway open for their return via the descendants of their executors. the vehicle for their musical transmission is local salem deejay Heidi hawthorne, played by sheri moon zombie, who really does a nice job, i thought. not perfect, but alternately energetic and morose, and always working hard. in her alone moments, i thought she was most effective, conveying simultaneously what recovering from...
Rob tries to remake Rosemary's Baby...
...Fails spectacularly.
Oooooh, where to start?
Sheri Moon Zombie - who, at a MILF-y 42, looks ridiculous trying to pull off 20-something crust punk dreads-tats-and-filthy-clothing - plays a D-list radio personality who gets stalked by a coven of witches and forced to give birth to their anti-Christ so they can over throw Christianity and take over the world. I think. They never actually say what their plan is or why they're doing what they do.
From the get-go, Rob forgoes any sort of plot innovation or character development and banks completely on the shock value of anti-Christian blasphemy to keep the audience interested. So you'd think he'd at least hire capable writers, but no. No, the dialog is the kind of corny, hilariously over the top heresy you'd find in the diaries of 14 year old upper-middle-class Black Metal fanboys.
The visuals are boring and done to death. Naked fat chicks wear trash bags on their heads and sing dark hymns...
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