House of 1000 Corpses

House of 1000 Corpses is a 2003 horror film written and directed by musician Rob Zombie, in his directoral debut as a filmmaker. It was released in the United States on April 11, 2003 by Lions Gate Films. Following the standard horror movie structure, the film focuses on four college students traveling throughout rural America who become intrigued by a local legend regarding the mad scientist Dr. Satan. While looking for his site of hanging, they experience car trouble and are taken in by the Fireflies, a large and complicated family that is revealed to be made up of sadistic serial killers. The film, which was unable to find a distributor for over three years, ultimately opened to considerable controversy and fared quite poorly with critics. Nevertheless, the film was commercially successful and has found a cult following over the internet. It was followed by a sequel, The Devil's Rejects, which was released in 2005 and fared considerably better both financially and critically than...This information was automatically generated from Freebase article House of 1000 Corpses. You should replace/update it...