House of 1000 Corpses
Lions Gate Films | Release Date: April 11, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
31
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
8
Negative:
7
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
If your expectations aren't too high, there's lots of cool shit on-screen. Read full review
60
VarietyScott Foundas
A cobwebbed, mummified horror entry that makes obvious, cartoonishly grotesque demands for attention. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Shock-rocker Rob Zombie's loving homage to flat-out nasty horror films of the 1970s will leave many post-"Scream" (1996) horror fans cold because of what it's not. It's not slick or glossy. It's not funny or self-referential. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Isn't coherent, exactly, but what dripping-ghoul horror movie is these days? The new rule is, It's not hip to make sense when you're raising hell. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Zombie's sense of fun gets buried under the growing pile of bodies, and eventually, we're left with little more than a frenzy of sadism. Read full review
50
The New York TimesDave Kehr
As much as film buffs might enjoy recognizing references to "Motel Hell" and other drive-in classics, Mr. Zombie's encyclopedic approach to the genre results in a crowded, frenzied film in which no single idea is developed to a satisfying payoff. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
The endless gore and violence make the experience torturous -- and not just for the victims in the movie. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
The setup almost needs footnotes, which makes it all the more puzzling that Zombie's obvious love for horror's past would translate into such a joyless, grisly rehashing. Read full review
38
PremierePeter Debruge
Zombie's film plays more like an experimental pastiche than an outright homage to those classic road-trip-gone-wrong movies. Read full review
30
L.A. WeeklyDaniel Fienberg
Zombie wants his film to be gleefully demented, but he fails to grasp that loud, inbred evil people torturing stupid, grating benign people isn’t disturbing as much as tedious. Read full review
30
Village VoiceAlex Pappademas
Straining to put his own stamp on this stale-from-the-crypt material, Zombie falls back on the twitchy visual grammar of his videos, splicing in dream sequences and grainy porno-snippets apparently purchased at Bob Crane's estate sale. The violence eventually becomes more inhuman than human. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Gosh, what to say about House of 1000 Corpses? That it's about 999 too many, for starters. Then again, in a picture where the body count is the whole point and the only purpose, carping about the math rather misses the mark. Read full review
12
New York PostMegan Lehmann
Kicks off as a cheap piece of retro schlock and quickly devolves into a putrid bloodbath with a thin narrative made utterly indecipherable by the first-time director's clueless approach to filmmaking. Read full review
11
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
The film is a mess, going all over the graveyard but never finding the grave. It's the work of a fan with too much time (and money) on his hands, eagerly awaited but best forgotten. Read full review
10
Film ThreatTodd Levin
Rips off so many splatter movie tricks at once that it becomes totally frustrating. Read full review
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