it sad that a film a wonderfully make a this be so grossly misunderstood . let me say this right off that bat . if youre idea of a horror film be i know what you do last summer and you consider scream and the exorcist to be the most shocking film ever make and this be not a film for you . if you havent see i spit on your grave and evil dead and texas chainsaw massacre and dawn of the dead or last house on the left and this be not a film for you . if you have never listen to live dead girl or superbeast this be not a film for you . now have say that and this be a film for me . it be a film for true horror fan and the kind that stay up and watch dawn of the dead and the beyond and who know who lucio fulci and dario argento and george romero be . this be a film that be mean to be see by people like this and will only be enjoy by people like this . this be not exactly mainstream stuff here . only a small percentage of people enjoy this stuff and and for those people and this film be a true rivival of classic exploitive horror . rob zombie have create a homage to 1970 exploitation or horror film and and he have be extremly successful in achieve that goal . the film borrow largely from texas chainsaw massacre and last house on the left and with his own little bit of original demential throw in and an assortment of other horror film reference . the film tell the tale of four teenager who be terrorize and torture by a bizarre southern family living in a remote farmhouse in 1977. the film use all sort of camera trick negative colouring and split screen and seemingly random insert of grainy snuff like footage of various s and m and gore image while the off the wall effect be similar to what oliver stone do in natural born killer . the film be not about plot and or about character . it purpose be to shock and disturb and to serve no other function than to entertain through exploitation and disgusting and bizarre violence . just a you think the limit of weirdness be approach and zombie take the film a step far and and before long you surrender yourself to the mercy of the film and just accept thing for what they be . the film have the feeling of an out of control freight train be pilot by a madman and the climax of the film be truly bizarre . the reviewer who write the film off a overly sadistic with little in the way of character development and plot or suspence have come to see a different kind of film and perhaps more at home with title like the sixth sense or silence of the lamb . the have no busineness debase a great film like this . rob zombie have create a film that be both a homage and derivative at the same time while most thing in the film have be do before and in one shape or another and and the level of gore be a fraction of what be intend and due to it shameful r rating . to see the inevitable unrated director cut on video be go to be a true horror experience . but this film be something have hasnt be see in decade and it have be make with the utmost care that only a true horror fan could provide . it be a film make by horror fan for horror fan and a true labor of love by mr. zombie and despite some flaw . if you arent sit the theater go hey and there bill mosely from tcm 2. or hey and that shot be a homage to the cover of evil dead . or hey and he wear people skin like leatherface . then you probably arent mean to be see this film . but for those who be and the film be a true gem and a rarity while it be a kind of film that hasnt be see on the screen in over twenty year and probably wont be for another twenty year . get out there and enjoy this rare experience while you still can . an instant cult hit . grade represent afor true horror fan only . everyone else just wont get it .