Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Chad Bannon | ... | Killer Karl |
William Bassett | ... | Sheriff Frank Huston (as William H. Bassett) | |
Karen Black | ... | Mother Firefly | |
Erin Daniels | ... | Denise Willis | |
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Joe Dobbs III | ... | Gerry Ober |
Judith Drake | ... | Skunk Ape Wife | |
Dennis Fimple | ... | Grampa Hugo | |
Gregg Gibbs | ... | Dr. Wolfenstein | |
Walton Goggins | ... | Steve Naish | |
Sid Haig | ... | Captain Spaulding | |
Chris Hardwick | ... | Jerry Goldsmith | |
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Ken Johnson | ... | Skunk Ape Husband |
Jennifer Jostyn | ... | Mary Knowles | |
Irwin Keyes | ... | Ravelli | |
Matthew McGrory | ... | Tiny Firefly |
On the eve of Halloween, on October 1977, four friends--Bill, Jerry, Mary, and Denise--embark on an exciting cross-country road trip to write a guidebook about offbeat roadside attractions in America's less-travelled roads. Before long, the young explorers chance upon Captain Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen, only to become infatuated with the local legend of a deranged serial-killer doctor, and cross paths with the mysterious hitchhiker, Baby. However, when the unsuspecting group meets Baby's eccentric family after having a flat tyre, an endless night of terror, torture, and murder ensues. Has anyone ever got out alive from the House of Thousand Corpses? Written by Nick Riganas
Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig) is a foul-mouthed clown owner of the "Museum of Monsters and Madmen" and "Fried Chicken and Gasoline". On October 30, 1977, Spaulding shoots a bunch of holdup guys. Jerry Goldsmith (Chris Hardwick), Bill Hudley (Rainn Wilson), Mary Knowles (Jennifer Jostyn), and Denise Willis (Erin Daniels) are traveling the country investigating weirdness. Spaulding shows the group his roadside show and tells them about Dr. Satan. They go in search of the hanging tree where they hanged Dr. Satan. They pick up hitchhiker Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie). Their tires get popped and they end up with Baby's family.
I like directer Rob Zombie's weird outsider style. It's over-stylized Grindhouse. I just think that writer Rob Zombie needs help pulling all the craziness together into a coherent compelling plot. He needs to figure out rooting interest, and how to create tension. This is a bit of a mess but it's a fascinating mess.