The Lords of Salem (2012)

The Lords of Salem (2012)
Rating: ★★
May 27, 2013Occult Happenings/Witch's Curse
In this homage to the 1970s occult film, Rob Zombie surprises and aims for something different – he tones back the constant posturing shock effect of his earlier films and creates atmosphere. Eventually though, Zombie creates a film that feels coiled to unleash something bad but falters at ever opening the box

31 (2016)

31 (2016)
Rating: ★★
Sep 25, 2016Human Hunting Survival Game
Rob Zombie featuring people abducted and forced to play in a deathsport game. This is largely a re-run of House of 1000 Corpses, while both films in turn draw heavily on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. As always, Rob Zombie has a following but also switches large swathes of his audience off

3 from Hell (2019)

3 from Hell (2019)
Rating: ★★
Oct 20, 2019Family of Psychos
Rob Zombie is back,, making the third in his trilogy of Firefly films following House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects. It is all fairly much the same as before where Zombie's sympathies are cleanly with the family of psychopaths and their murderous rampage.

Satanic Panic (2019)

Satanic Panic (2019)
Rating: ★★★
Jan 3, 2021Virgin Pursued by Devil Worshippers Comedy
Rather funny comedy about Satanists and a virginal pizza girl who is chased as their intended victim. This comes with a bizarrely akilter sense of humour that reminds of Martin Scorsese’s After Hours

Becoming (2020)

Becoming (2020)
Rating: ★★★
Jun 5, 2020Body-Hopping Entity/Possession Film
The early 2020s saw some strong,d intelligent variations on body-hopping themes. This is one variant filled with a series of wildly disorienting spins that frequently jerk the carpet out as Toby Kebbell becomes possessed by an entity