House of 1000 Corpses (2003)

House of 1000 Corpses begins with the tale of four youths: nerdy Bill Hudley, his hyper and wise-cracking friend, Jerry Goldsmith, Bill's snotty girlfriend, Mary Knowles, and Jerry's level-headed girlfriend, Denise Willis. On the night before Halloween of 1977, the four of them are driving in the middle of nowhere to Denise's house in a town called Ruggsville. Running out of gas, the group stops at Captain Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen, an unusual establishment that serves as a gas station, museum of oddities, haunted house attraction, and chicken wing fry. Inside, the group (whose male members are enthusiasts of offbeat roadside attractions) meet Captain Spaulding, a foul-mouthed, slobbish, and somewhat psychotic clown. After riding his "famous" murder ride, a cheap dark-ride full of monster props and serial killer exhibits, Jerry becomes infatuated with the local legend of a surgeon known as Doctor Satan for his cruel treatment of mental patients. Obsessed with finding the tree where a mob allegedly lynched the mass murderer, Jerry begs Spaulding for hand-drawn directions and coerces the group to drive out in search of it in an oncoming storm. On the way, the foursome picks up a beautiful, but eccentric hitchhiker who later calls herself Baby. She offers to lend shelter to the four when their tire flattens under mysterious circumstances. Inside the isolated farmhouse, the couples meet Baby's equally eccentric family consisting of Otis Driftwood, a Charles Manson-esque sadist with a God complex, Mother Firefly, a flirtatious old hag who dresses in burlesque outfits, Rufus Jr., a hulking brute in bearskin who has a knack for repairing things, Tiny, a silent and deformed freak with a nonviolent nature, and Grandpa Hugo, a crude and dirty old man of banal aesthetic. While the Firefly family tries to entertain the four bewildered guests, it soon becomes apparent to the youths that the family intends to hold them captive for a series of grisly Halloween rituals. While the Ruggsville police and Denise's father begin a vain search attempt, the couples learn more about the legend of Doctor Satan than they would have ever cared to know.


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liked the grittyness of "Corpses" reminded me alot of "Texas Chainsaw" great movie.......Zombie rocks (as a director)!!!

From what i noticed this movie followed a lot of the aspects of Texas Chainsaw Massacre as well as The Hills Have Eyes.

absolutley........right.

The few most notable scenes are:

1.) The gas stop/general store attraction owned by a person in on everything.
2.) The infamous DINNER scene.
3.) Civilization of "freaks", "monsters", etc.

One of the best films ever! Everyone should have seen it- am fed up of getting blank looks when people ask me what my favourite movies are and I mention this as one of them!

It's pretty sad to be honest that people have never even heard of the movie. I consider this film one of the greats. When Captain Spaulding (aka Nick Sixx) was getting into the Rob Films he didn't even like this but talking about it enough and opening up to it he finally was able to get into the film and "worship" it for its glory.


I would like to be the first to welcome you to this forum and hope you enjoy your stay here. I will be sure to check out myself and have Nick check out your Chili Pepper forum.

Thanks for the welcome! Sorry I don't get on here as much as I'd like! And back on topic, I certainly spread the word about this movie although not sure how many people actually follow up my recommendations and watch it.