The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)

A washed-up luchador and a super-spy investigate Nazi zombies, a nefarious scientist, and a stripper with a Satanic birthmark.

Director:

Rob Zombie

Writers:

Mike Bell (additional story), Joe Ekers (additional story) (as Rocket Ekers)

Stars:

Joe Alaskey, Ken Foree, Sheri Moon Zombie

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joe Alaskey	...	Erik the Newscaster (voice)
Ken Foree	...	Luke St. Luke (voice)
Sheri Moon Zombie	...	Suzi X (voice)
Tom Papa	...	El Superbeasto (voice)
Rosario Dawson	...	Velvet Von Black (voice)
April Winchell	...	Dame Grace Appleton / Liza / Babs / Dolly / Joan / Gloria / Scripty / Helga Strudel (voice)
Tom Kenny	...	Rover / Otto / Old Man / Herbie (voice)
Dee Wallace	...	Trixie (voice)
Laraine Newman	...	Lefty / Kate / Courtney / Smelga Strudel / Betty Sue Lou (voice)
Cassandra Peterson	...	Amber (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Uncle Carl (voice)
Harland Williams	...	Gerard the Exterminator (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Michael / Commercial Voice / Bobby Hyde / Commandant Hess / Assistant Cameraman / El Gato / Grossburger / Creature Preacher (voice)
Debra Wilson	...	Cigarette Girl / Bride Fronkenstein / Female Patron / Stripper in Hall / Telephone Victim / Old Woman (voice)
Tom Klein	...	Mr. Fly (voice)

Storyline

The story follows the adventures of El Superbeasto, a washed-up Mexican luchador, and his sultry sidekick and sister Suzi-X as they confront an evil villain by the name of Dr. Satan. The adventure, set in the mythic world of Monsterland, also has a character named Murray the robot.

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Plot Keywords:

robot | stripper | mexican | nurse uniform | nurse outfit | 

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Taglines:

Fire * Robots * Blood * Nipples * Violence * Action * Sex * Ice Cream

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Musical

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong crude and sexual content throughout, nude graphics, language, violence and gore

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 September 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rob Zombie Presents: The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

Company Credits

Production Co:

Carbunkle Cartoons,Film Roman Productions,Spectacle Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Primary inspirations for animation were Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies (1970) and The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991). Thematically, the work was also inspired by the works of Ralph Bakshi, particularly his adult works such as Fritz the Cat (1972) and Heavy Traffic (1973).

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Goofs

In the closing credits, "Ride of the Valkyrie" is credited to "Richard Wilhelm Wagner." Actually, his full name was the other way around: Wilhelm Richard Wagner.

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Quotes

Velvet Von Black: Hey, monkey, where's your organ grinder?
Otto: I find that very hurtful.
Velvet Von Black: You know what else is hurtful? Your thumb all up in my ass.
Otto: My thumb is not in your ass.
Velvet Von Black: Well, why not?

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Connections

References Buns of Steel (1987)

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Soundtracks

The Old Bloodbath Routine
Written by Chris Hardwick and Mike Phirman
Performed by Hard 'n Phirm

User Reviews

A massive disappointment, a big waste of talent.

A big disappointment. There were so many things that this movie had going for it, but I can't help but feel that it was all wasted.

Starting with the voice talent, we have Paul Giamatti, Rosario Dawson, Danny Trejo and an assortment of very recognizable talent voicing the characters in this film. And then we have Sheri Moon Zombie. While all of the other voice actors did a fine job, her voice acting really ruined this movie for me. Her voice was so annoyingly high pitched, so unnecessarily awful. I likened it to a banshee hopped up on Ritalin, made even worse by the way she rushed through one-liner after the other; I wanted to turn off the TV on more than one occasion on account of her voice alone.

This brings up another big fault-- with the exception of Giamatti's Dr. Satan, all of the characters' dialog was just a series of trite one liners fired off in rapid succession. It was trying too hard to be crude, trying too hard to be funny, yet it barely registered a smirk on my Laugh-O-meter. I didn't feel appalled, I felt apathetic.

With a 10 million dollar budget, I expected so much more, yet the animation was sub par, the editing all over the place. It felt as if the editor just wanted to race to the finish as I did, 15 minutes into it. Rob Zombie has shown signs of creative genius, in his comics, music and some of his films, but to my dismay, it doesn't come out in his attempt at animation.

It reminded me all too much of the disappointment I felt with one of my other idols, John Kricfalusi, when he did the Ren & Stimpy Adult Cartoon Party, which abandoned everything that made his original series genius, in favor of completely mindless, low brow humor. At least with Kricfalusi, I can still appreciate his animation; I can't say the same for Zombie.

Mind numbingly pointless, hard to justify even paying for a rental.