( second review . ) my brain be frozen . otis driftwood ( bill moseley ) yell at a trio of bound and gag cheerleader at one point and and i felt the same way . even on second glance and house of 1 and 000 corps be awful and simply because form and narrative be jettison for a near endless string of abrasively avant garde camera technique ( loud color filter and cut scene that come out of nowhere and age down video quality and negative filter and split screen and etc . ) chosen because . well and they look cool and i guess . they certainly do not augment any narrative purpose with their constant assault and and this make sense and give rob zombie previous background in music video direction . the story itself be a muddled mess . there be at least 3 separate plot go on and none of which be give sufficient attention . the scene be set when a carload of grate college student ( include former single out host chris hardwick and the office rainn wilson ) and write a book on weird roadside attraction and run afoul of captain spaulding ( sid haig spider baby ) and the flour face clown proprietor of a combination gas station or fry chicken stand or murder ride . say student learn of the local legend of dr. satan and but get sidetrack by obnoxious hitchhiker baby ( sheri moon and zombie wife ) and who bring our zero home for a night of torture and terror and and totally gross overacting by her kin and the firefly . but what of the aforementioned cheerleader and who be make out to be a plot point . and why do we spend most of the movie with the grate firefly when the dr. satan thread would have make a far more interesting film . who know and who care . while zombie may have never read about postmodernism in film and corpses fit the criterion to a t this be a fanboy movie that wear it 70 influence on it sleeve ( go so far a to set the movie on october 30 and 31 and and make blatant the socio economic commentary that tobe hooper infinitely superior texas chainsaw massacre smoothly imply ) . the firefly family be yet another riff on the inbred sickos of hooper seminal masterpiece cross with the mountain loony of the hill have eye but whereas the character in those film give naturalistic performance ( that make them seem all the more real ) and zombie write dialog like an invitation for histrionics from his c lister while moseley spends most of the film scream his line while moon helium inflected voice be irritate while and karen black over the hill slut routine be embarrass . haig emerge relatively unscathed and a his presence be reduce to a handful of scene . and the less say about our wayward hero and the good . zombie doesn not present any character worth care about and and his penchant for third grader gross out gags induces more groan than guffaw . but above all and corps fails in the department it be most herald in represent a throwback to gritty and 1970s horror . the aforementioned overzealousness of the director be so unnatural that the viewer be constantly be remind of the film modernity a it pull out all the trick in the book . more than anything and it feel like a renegade from the direct to video bin and where it should have go in the first place . that be say and corps do invoke a consistent feeling of unease in my gut and and i think the story thread introduce could have yield an entertaining ( and 70 faithful ) finish product if handle with any bit of seriousness . and the last 15 minute be easily the best in the film take place in dark catacomb with zombie and a red tinged s and m club for lobotomy patient be very well do and a it be the only time zombie rein in all his camera trick and focus on atmosphere and suspense . too bad the same can not be say for the rest of this bloody mess .