The Lords of Salem (2012)

Heidi, a radio DJ, is sent a box containing a record -- a "gift from the Lords." The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords back to take revenge on Salem, Massachusetts?

Director:

Rob Zombie

Writer:

Rob Zombie

Stars:

Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison, Jeff Daniel Phillips

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sheri Moon Zombie	...	Heidi Hawthorne
Bruce Davison	...	Francis Matthias
Jeff Daniel Phillips	...	Herman 'Whitey' Salvador (as Jeffrey Daniel Phillips)
Judy Geeson	...	Lacy Doyle
Meg Foster	...	Margaret Morgan
Patricia Quinn	...	Megan
Ken Foree	...	Herman Jackson
Dee Wallace	...	Sonny
Maria Conchita Alonso	...	Alice Matthias
Richard Fancy	...	AJ Kennedy
Andrew Prine	...	Reverend Jonathan Hawthorne
Michael Berryman	...	Virgil Magnus
Sid Haig	...	Dean Magnus
Bonita Friedericy	...	Abigail Hennessey
Nancy Linehan Charles	...	Clovis Hales

Storyline

Heidi, a blond rock chick, DJs at a local radio station, and together with the two Hermans (Whitey and Munster) forms part of the "Big H Radio Team." A mysterious wooden box containing a vinyl record arrives for Heidi, a gift of the Lords. She assumes it's a rock band on a mission to spread their word. As Heidi and Whitey play the Lords' record, it starts to play backwards, and Heidi experiences a flashback to a past trauma. Later, Whitey plays the Lords' record, dubbing them the Lords of Salem, and to his surprise, the record plays normally and is a massive hit with his listeners. The arrival of another wooden box from the Lords presents the Big H team with free tickets, posters and records to host a gig in Salem. Soon, Heidi and her cohorts are far from the rock spectacle they're expecting. The original Lords of Salem are returning and they're out for blood.

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Plot Keywords:

salem massachusetts | city name in title | place name in title | female protagonist

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Taglines:

The Lords Are Coming

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing violent and sexual content, graphic nudity, language and some drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA UK Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 April 2013 (UK)

Also Known As:

Gospodari Salema

Filming Locations:

Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$642,000 (USA) (19 April 2013)

Gross:

$1,163,508 (USA) (10 May 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alliance Films, Automatik Entertainment, Blumhouse Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First film or TV project Sid Haig was ever cut from in his 51 years in the entertainment industry.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Reverend Jonathan Hawthorne: As I write these very words, the witch, Margaret Morgan, gathers with her coven of six deep within the woods surrounding our beloved Salem. The blasphemous music echoes in my mind, driving me to the point of insanity. I, Jonathan Hawthorne, swear before the eyes of God, on this this day in the year of our Lord 1696, to destroy all persons who choose to pledge allegiance to the demon Satan and his spectral army!

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Crazy Credits

The closing credits appear over gloomy images of Salem.

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Connections

References A Trip to the Moon (1902)

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Soundtracks

"Venus in Furs"
Written by Lou Reed
Performed by The Velvet Underground
Produced by Andy Warhol
Courtesy of Verve

User Reviews

childish imagery and poorly realised

the only thing that worked in this movie was the throw back feel to early satanic horrors of the 70's which the film created wonderfully in the beginning 30 or so Min's.

this atmosphere continued through out the movie but- this is when it all goes wrong....you are jarred out of the films presence by some of the saddest and laughable attempts at surreal and religious imagery that it almost defies description at how badly it is handled...

from the rubber vegetable inspired (wait till you see it..sigh)demonic forces or cabbage patch children scary entity to the ''sacrilegious'' imaginings realised on screen as if it was put there by a 14 year old frustrated virgin death metal fan..with as little depth and understanding as that implies

this was an awful film..there are good to great genre actors in this film..but unfortunately they only serve to show up the films flaws all the more acutely.. some are are so underutilised it amounts to really only a poor cameo appearance of no substance whats so ever

some are good in their roles but the roles them selves are vacuous and serve to push the story forward while seemingly patching the plot holes of which their are so many your head will hurt.. this is why I almost feel that the more childish psychedelic surrealism in the latter half of the film was edited in to cover up the fact the films story line had no cohesion

in short ..a waste of every bodies time...including mine