House of 1000 Corpses
Seen it?2003 | 89 min | Horror
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 20% on Rotten Tomatoes and a lukewarm 6.2 out of 10 from audiences, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for horror fans. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 29 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
20% on Rotten Tomatoes, 31 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.2 out of 10
- AwardsBelow par
3 wins and 5 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$18 million worldwide on a $7 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 383K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Rob Zombie
- Sid HaigCaptain Spaulding
- Bill MoseleyOtis B. Driftwood
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- Karen BlackMother Firefly
- Erin DanielsDenise Willis
- Chris HardwickJerry Goldsmith
- Rainn WilsonBill Hudley
- Jennifer JostynMary Knowles
- Tom TowlesLieutenant George Wydell
- Walton GogginsDeputy Steve Naish