House of 1000 Corpses / Cocksucker Blues

Just watched House of 1000 Corpses and Cocksucker Blues. The first half-hour of House of 1000 Corpses is fantastic. I watched it twice and could have watched it again. The dialogue between Sid Haig and Michael Pollard (Scrooged, Roxanne, Bonnie & Clyde) is hilariously vile. If the whole film had been them talking and occasionally slaughtering some people I’d have ben thrilled. The rest of it is not as good, but pays tribute to the old 1970s American International exploitation drive-in flicks in fine form. It’s also beautifully shot, and fantastically colored. Some of the between scene cuts in negative and orange and blues are too much, and distracting, but I wouldn’t want Rob Zombie to be overly restrained… I eagerly look forward to the relase of the sequel on DVD soon.
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