Having lingered in major-studio limbo for the past three years (a rare instance of corporate wisdom), this cheesy and ultragory exploitation horror flick is finally seeing the light of day thanks, or no thanks, to Lions Gate. An homage to horror flicks in general and '70s-era slasher movies in particular, "House of 1000 Corpses" lives up to the spirit but not the quality of its inspirations. [...] the only truly scary thing throughout the nearly 90 minutes of bloody torture and mayhem is the onscreen phrase, "A Rob Zombie film."

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