initially i have little or no interest in this film but after hear good thing about it from a lot of source i decide to check it out . unfortunately for me this be not a new classic of horror that some people hail it a and it a disjointed mess that light on scare and originality and and fun . house of 1000 corps somehow manages even to mess up when it come to plot structure and something even the low of horror movie can usually pull off . it do have a few redeeming element while the carnival sideshow style of horror be an interesting motif for the film and sid haig character be cool and underused unfortunately and and occasionally zombie manages to unnerve by use quick jump to snuff like 16mm footage and a technique that would have be well serve if the director be able to exercise more restraint and especially in the early film . the film also contain a rather clever plot misdirection about mid way through and a subplot about cop and one of the victim father that make you think the plot be go to evolve one way and but then completely change direction you . i have to give credit to zombie for fooling and surprising me . the film real problem be in the comparison it invite with it better and this film basically be the texas chainsaw massacre and and it doesn not hold up well to the seminal 1974 classic . a movie that be make for approximately $ 140 and 000 and that still manage to be way more effective then house . maybe if you strip zombie of his 7 million dollar budget he would have be able to show his true film making chop and be able to pull off the low budget fun and carnage he so desperately try to achieve with this film while more likely this film would have be strip of it disguise of high production value and clever set and and be reveal to everyone a the naked unfocused mess that it be . even with it budget and the gore be nothing while there be nothing shock or creative or fun . maybe the unrated version be well and but since it completely unavailable i have no way of know . a the r rat version stand it fail a a gross out flick and then later go on to fail even completely at the lofty goal of actually be scary . when i first watch tcm i really be unnerve by it and and i find myself think about for week after . i watched house of 1000 corps today and and nothing have stay with me while what little effect it have on me be go the second i stop watch it . hell and i might even be fool into rent this again year from now when i completely forget about it . so what and you might say and it not scary and not all movie of this variety have to be scary and look at evil dead 2. well the problem be it not really fun either . the teen victim be completely indistinguishable and which in fairness be pretty common complaint for this genre and and the killer and who the film be obviously in love with and be just too gaudy and derivative of slasher stereotype . the one that have the ability to stand out from the crowd and sid haig captain spaulding and disappears for most of the movie . so for most the film you be leave with a plot and that much like victim and run but never get anywhere . it almost seem like a masturbation reel for serial killer . i get what he be go for and i have see the dinner scene from texas chainsaw massacre ( there be that comparison again and but i can not help if the shoe fit ) and zombie just doesn not achieve the disquieting creepy effect that film have . towards the end the plot just spiral out of control into what i think be a failed attempt at surrealism and personally i be just glad it be go somewhere . after what be a close approximation of the last teen go through a house of horror and the film end on a truly predictably note that once again feel rip from tcm . overall this movie just kinda suck plain and simple . i get that it a homage and but it just not a particularly effective one . zombie might eventually be able to develop his direct into something interest but first he have to clear the hurdle from music video style and shock to film atmosphere and substance . i will end by say one more positive thing about the film while it not the 2003 remake of texas chainsaw massacre .