Groucho

So you are saying the film will be a hit? I hate to burst your bubble, but no way.

fmian

I thought that showing the dark side of humans in times of stress was the whole point of the movie. The 'rage' infection that the zombies suffered from was meant to be just a more pure form of anger that is present in every human. Also, pretty much every zombie flick has at least one living human who is naturally an ass and makes things extremely difficult for the good guys.

Dr. DVD

When did 28 Days Later get released? Darth Maul: where did you find the listing?

I have a sinking feeling the House may be kept out of all "Bible Belt" locations due to possible controversy and local backlash.

Venom

it was released in england, it is a british film. i don't know of any usa release date. i saw it via kazaa.

fmian

It's being released in the US on the 27th June. It came out here in the UK a long time ago and a nice looking R2 DVD is coming out on 19th May.



Audio commentary by director Danny Boyle and Alex Garland
Storyboard alternative ending
8 deleted scenes with optional commentary
'Pure Rage: The Making Of 28 Days Later' (24 mins)
Jacknife Lee music video
Stills gallery with commentary
Polaroid gallery with commentary
Animated storyboards
Theatrical teaser
Theatrical trailer
Interactive menu
Scene access

Zarthaniel

http://www.creature-corner.com/news3...tionslist.php3

Dr. DVD

Hey, I get to see it!!! Not to gripe, but that doesn't seem to be as limited a release as they were saying. In fact, it looks like a fair enough number of screens to justify them saying the film is a bomb if it doesn't have good B.O.

Then again, who cares about its ticket sales? At least I will finally get to see what all of this crap I've been reading about for the past year or so is about.

DonnachaOne

I get to see it tomorrow night.

The perks of working at a cinema...

jonw9

Well, it is going to be at 2 theaters locally, so maybe I will give it a shot. I actually forgot about this movie it has been so long. I wonder if it does not do too well in the box office, if we will get the DVD released sooner, or not at all...

Dr. DVD

Actually, I'm kind of hoping for a quick DVD release of the unrated version. This is not the kind of movie that is released to be another E.T. or anything like that. I say it will do good business on Friday night at its late shows and no other time during its run.

IMHO, Zombie should have either pushed to get this film released the weekend before Halloween hit, or waited until next Halloween. While I would not have cared for a longer waiting period, it has been proven that even the most inane horror movie can hit it big if released in mid to late October.

Mark McLeod

My interview is up at CanadaMovies.Net. According to Rob, he and Lions Gate are looking at a Halloween release date for the DVD.

Dr. DVD

Read your interview, very well done and informative. I don't know if this is how he was in person, but the interview makes it look like he's already chalking the theatrical release up as a loss and the DVD will be the true vision and event that he wants.

DonnachaOne

Not a "so-bad-it's-good" horrible. The "horrible" horrible.

Nice - if odd - use of different film stock, bits of footage and negatives all spliced into the feature, but while the film is visually different (not impressive, but not what you're used to either), it's just not very good. It's nothing you haven't seen before - no crime there - but it all comes across as... boring.

Rob Zombie made a boring horror film.

Rotten body parts, furry rabbit costumes and grotty housekeeping do not a good film make. I will give Zombie (ahem) credit for his cheesy, cheesy dialogue - the script is, at times, very entertaining, delivered with gusto by a cast that's clearly having fun with this film. Unfortunately, they're the only ones finding the experience fun. After the very funny opening, the film starts going downhill, with lots of funky visuals and "rarr! I'm scary, I so very much am, really" characters doing nothing to stop the descent.

Oh, and if you're looking for tons of zombies... you're looking at the wrong film. But, for all those people who were praying for Rob Zombie to cover "Brick House"... YOUR prayers have been answered.

Jackskeleton

Well with only 600 theaters opening, many different drops and little to No advertisment.. I would chalk it up as a loss

Mark McLeod

Glad you liked the interview. Yeah I got the same vibe from talking to Rob on the phone. I think he's just happy that the movie is getting released and the DVD will be his chance to really show off his true vision .

My review won't be up untill next Friday because the film doesn't open in Canada until then.

chrisih8u

Has anyone gotten critic reviews? The Boston Globe said that it wasn't available to critics and it wasnt in the USA Today. Anybody elses newspaper get a review?

Giles

a screening for the Washington Post film critics wasn't available either. Guess a review might come out in tomorrow's paper.

spoon81

There are 7 reviews posted on rottentomatoes.com. 6 rotten, 1 fresh.

DVD Smurf

This is the overall summation of the story. Someone once stated that stories are suppose to help us live life, but in House of 1000 Corpses the senselessness continued through aimless murder and destruction of human spirit and life. The story created a completely disturbing adventure that makes one feel queasy as it is going from scene to scene without direction more than to upset the mind of the viewer. The film killed itself as it transgressed through a kaleidoscope of imagery depicting the dead and the soon-to-be-dead. But this is also a film out of the perspective of the mind of those who are not the heroes in the film, which makes one believe that the end result was achieved by Rob Zombie to disturb and alarm the mind of the viewer. My conclusion: Why did I pay to see this?

Wes Ray

Umm, not that I think this movie will be any good, but you did realize that this was a horror film when you put down money to see it, didn't you?

DVD Smurf

Yes, I definitely knew it was a horror film, and I anticipated a horror film. But unlike good horror films this was a feast in blood, gore, guts, and whatever else you can think of and that is it. Anyway, it was disturbing and grotesque.

I give the film 4/10, if you wonder what grade it deserves based on my grading criteria.

caiman

So you're criticizing a horror movie because it was disturbing, grotesque, and bloody? I know you have other points (I read your other post), but these seem like odd complaints to make against a film that was simply trying to be a disturbing, grotesque, and bloody movie.

DVD Smurf

To compare with a different kind of film with similar premise, Funny Games, which I find much better. I think House of 1000 Corpses seems more like a machine that spits out unstoppable violence over a long period of time, while Funny Games is on a much smaller scale and where the violence is more hidden, which makes it also more believable. The large scale murdering takes away the authentic feeling of horror, and instead gives the story a more superficial tone. This superficial atmosphere steals the horror and ruins the overall cinematic experience. In essence, it is not what is disturbing that ruins the film, but the mass quantity takes away from the disturbing feeling and just makes it plain grotesque. Do I make any sense? I do not know.

To grade or critic film is very difficult, since art is in the eye of the beholder. In addition, I am bringing my own set of values, believes, and knowledge to the viewing of the film. This bring about an experience that was rather bad, since the only message in the film was exactly to disturb, show moving grotesque imagery, and blood by the bath tub where the audience could not avoid it or escape it in any possible way. I felt therefore that the story never really took off and instead remained in a vacuum. The actual killing killed it itself at the end and where the premise of a story disappeared in the mass murdering madness. However, I thought the cinematography and editing was interesting in the beginning, but there was an overkill of this too, no pun intended. If you want to be disturbed, you will not be disappointed, but if you want to see a horror film with some kind of a story, you will be disappointed.

holcenberg

let me concur that this movie was HORRIBLE!!!!

I am a huge horror movie fan and have seen them all, from tame to super-gory, and this one turned my stomach, in a bad way... While the beginning and the setup showed some potential and a bit of creativity, when it got into the body of the story it decomposed and relied on gruesome scenes to supplant any kind of a plot. i stayed til the end only because i paid for it (and was with someone else), but i will warn everyone, even the most battle-harderened horror movie fan, to STAY AWAY!!!

Geofferson

Finally able to see this in theaters! Hope to make it this weekend.