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Release Date: 15 August, 2000 Retail Price: $9.99 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Complete Cast (6 total) |
The House of Seven Corpses Reviews
Eerie Movie.......................
I think this movie is great.................The ending as well as the begning was very strange and creepy. For those of you who like I know what you did last summer or Texas chainsaw massacre stay away this movie is not for you. But For those who like good old fashioned artistic horror movies rent or buy. regardless of the other reviews this movie is really great................
Let me clarify the title. (Oh yeah, it's a good film too!)
It's apparent to me that movies like Resident Evil, the remakes of Texas Chainsaw and Dawn of the Dead, and all the similar ilk, are not only eroding the taste of the current generation of horror fans, but they are also lobotomizing these fans' collective ability to perform basic math functions. It seems that there are some who can't figure out who the "seven" corpses are to whom the title refers. Well, here's the explanation. It may be difficult for some, so get your abacus:
There are SIX deaths/suicides shown in a flashback played under the opening credits, ancestors of the Beal family whose portraits are hanging on the stairwell wall. A few scenes later we learn that the latest resident of the house, Mrs. Beal, has died (just how recently is hard to tell, but we do learn that she died before her portrait could be finished): that makes SEVEN. Then, midway through the film, Carradine refers to an EIGHTH but unidentified grave for which he can't make a tombstone because he doesn't know who is buried there. These latter two Beals are represented by empty frames in the stairwell. What separates the eighth Beal from the others is the mystery of his identity. Therefore, anyone with an I.Q. approaching Corky's from Life Goes On should be able to figure out to whom the "seven" of the title refers.
That said, House of the Seven Corpses is an enjoyable, quirky, eerie, flawed little film that will probably be appreciated by those viewers sickened by the current glut of talentless ex-rock video cum horror-movie directors. I say flawed because, although the enigmatic nature of the story is intentional, it is too much so for its own good. Still, the film is entertaining and provides nostalgia value as well. I say: shell out the ten bucks for this flick. Even if you hate it, hell, at least it's not directed by David Fincher, right?
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