Very fun watch. It's sad how much of the cast has passed away over the years, but luckily we still have Bill. That man is a treasure. He still randomly likes my social media posts every now and then even though I met him way back in 2012. He really cares about the fans.
Same deal here, had random little online interactions with him and got to meet him a time or two in person previously, he's so cool to chat shit with. He also had a band with him singing and Buckethead doing guitars, which always needs mentioning lol
I love Bill so much. Sometimes he heart reacts my insta stories that feature his posts in them. He also has fun on cameo a lot without it seeming like he’s just shilling for lost glory like some celebs on there. He loves horror as much as his fans if not more so he can genuinely relate to them
Honestly really like this new style of video from you. Like you mixed all your previous eras of video production together & distilled it down into something bite sized. & lol at the shots fired at Repo, the "underage fans" bit is so unsurprising that I kinda just assumed I already knew he did that.
Glad to see someone has similar responses when seeing Walton Goggins. Ever since I watched The Shield, the guy keeps standing out to me. And I'm here for it. Hell, 60% of the reason I have that latest Tomb Raider film a shot was because Walton was in it as the villain.
@@witchwaist Yup. The other 40% was because I really injoyed the reboot game it was supposedly a adaptation from, but it seemed more interested in setting up the inferior story of the sequels rather than the story itself. But yes, great actor.
One of my besties and I are planning on having a little campy horror marathon this weekend and it’ll feature both Repo! and House of 1000 Corpses Please pray for us May that we can survive the cringe
Words cannot express my adoration for this movie. It's just so perfectly batshit in all the right ways, and I'm so glad I got to catch it on the big screen.
This movie changed me as a person. I absolurely stand by my adoration for this film. Sheri Moon Zombie in this movie was like, my lesbian awakening. And I FULLY credit Rob Zombie for my love of campy horror. Edit: the virgin Repo vs the Chad House of 100 corpses had me dying
this movie is in my top 10 for a reason. i absolutely adore this film for everything it tries to do, and does, and even when it fails, its still entertaining. +100 points for bill moseley.
You really put everything into words perfectly like yeah that's exactly how I would describe this movie. It's most likely nowhere near an actually good movie but it's a wonderful experience that I never get tired of watching. The characters have so much personality(and by characters I only mean the Firefly family), the set pieces are fun, the editing, the way its shot, everything.
Given that a large chunk of your audience is probably already comprised of cult media fans, you could probably take a year hiatus or more and still come back to a pretty devoted base, so I wouldn't worry about the number of videos. I'm floored by the speed and volume at which you produce art. (A third book already?! Envy envy envy) I was so stoked to hear you talk about this one! Please god please eviscerate Terrence Zdunich and Repo. I lost years of my dumb life to that fandom as a younger skuppy RHPS devotee. Looks like I missed out on a FLUIDS signed first, but I'm still hoping to grab GIRLFLESH this weekend! All hail Queen May 👑
You should do a video on Repo!! It's cringe but still, in my opinion, really enjoyable to watch. So silly and earnest. Definitely a nostalgic movie for me since the friend I shared a strong homoerotic bond with showed it to me in middle school. So many afternoons spent watching Repo on her laptop, sharing space beneath its heat. Where was I going with that? Anyways.
You are the coolest! It's great to see how your work has evolved, not just your videos, but the fact that you're developing yourself as a writer is pretty amazing. I saw House of a Thousand Corpses twice when it came out. Loved every second of it! Thanks for making a video about it. Damn, I feel old, lol.
I think Laura Crone's video on Repo! kind of nailed what's fundamentally wrong with that movie (and Terrance Zdunich as an artist and a person), but I'd nonetheless be very curious to see the official May Leitz take on it at some point. House of 1000 Corpses seems like a fun time, though.
Wow, this REALLY sums up a lot of my thoughts on this movie. Watched it again last year and I was just baffled at how so many scenes fail to build tension, but great art direction and general vibes. Definitely unforgettable!
I unapologetically love this movie. Flaws, nonsense, and all. It's a shame Universal tried to kill it, and what was left on the cutting room floor became lost forever, making a director's cut impossible. Although, it is pretty cool that this movie was saved by the company that brought us Power Rangers.
My best friend and I at the time caught this opening night. I'd been a fan of backwoods freak horror for years at that point, and this movie basically had every thing I wanted. Even Sherri was fun and fitting. Devil's Rejects left me pretty lukewarm, but this has held up over those 20 years.
This pretty much summed up my entire feelings for this film back when I first saw it as a kid, and rewatching it religiously and becoming obsessed with it and devils rejects as an adult 🙌🙌. There are moments that make me undeniably cringe so hard that my face muscles sink into themselves; namely baby’s laugh and the overuse of the word motherfucker (rob clearly didn’t learn that lesson in 3 from hell sadly), but then there’s moments that still gross me out and disturb me and on the other hand laugh so hard that I almost cry, and then confuse me as to how I can have both simultaneous reactions. It set out to be a true one of a kind macabre murderfest/contrarian comedy experience and on that front it didn’t disappoint in the slightest! Also I need captain spaulding’s “pigs is beautiful” shirt so badly
This video makes me insanely happy. I have such a deep love for this movie, it was my first horror movie ever!! Always makes me smile when you bring it up, and this video just felt so.. full circle. Love and always look forward to your content, much love
perfect movie. I had an amazing time finally seeing this in a theater full of other horror dorks, it was exhilarating. also The Mangler is mad underrated
May, I would truly give anything in this life to hear you talk / tweet about your thoughts on Joe Castro’s “Terror Toons” (2002). I just think you have the most valuable insight on movies that feel like nightmare death rollercoasters. Looking forward to the Repo video!
I saw that movie when I was a kid and it scared me for months. Like I always thought the characters would be waiting behind the shower curtain for me. I think what made it so scary was how low budget it was and that one scene when Dr carnage used the girls spine to puppet her still lives in my mind
Rob Zombie is such a cool, chill and nice guy in real life. I love how horror fans and creators are almost always some of the softest and nicest people.
YOU WON?!?!? AND IT BROKE ?!?!?! I always felt that Blockbuster, with their parental advisory stickers, they would be quite lacking at times with their horror section! But I also grew up in the south and they could have been a choice by the/afranchised store perhaps? Meh! The one I went to never had any Italian horror, was always American. But mine did have a copy of Bloodsuckers From Outer Space 😂 I remember when I saw the House of 1000 Corpses trailer, the teaser trailer. All it showed were a few people in hazmat suits with this reddish green light over them while they were digging up a grave. Title Card. And then the film didn't come out for almost seven to ten years after I saw that trailer in the theater 😂 Great video fellow Tuber. Cheers !
IIRC, the fact that the murder family are all named after Marx Brothers characters (for no apparent reason) is the thing that once prompted me to describe this movie as "self-consciously post-modern".
"In a world where the concept of horror movie is somehow almost synonymous with boring these days, this movie is a godsend." My thoughts exactly. I'm extremely tired of all the "subversive," "intelligent," "meaningful," horror movies that come out now. Give some blood and guts and a fun villain or plucky final girl and I'll be a happy camper. And while I don't think House of a Thousand Corspes is some sort of masterpiece or anything, I see it as a prime example of the "who gives a fuck" horror movies that I love so much.
I see Nyx Fears video, I click, I like, I comment. WOOOOOOOOOOO. How long does this comment need to be to please the algorithm gawds? Anyway, thanks for this blessing of all this content May, I hope you are doing good, please take care of yourself. I promise to take care of myself too. Shit is crazy out here right now. I wish I could be specific, but I don't want RU-vid to hide my comment and take away from your algorithmsms. 😭 But I guess I'll just say... Solidarity with. victims. especially victims fighting for freedom.
I saw The Mangler at like.... 6 or 7 years old sort of half secretly past my grandpa's chair at our rented summer cottage. It was..... An experience. I had nightmares about a chompy toothy machine chasing me for quite some time.
How can you criticize a roller-coaster? Absolutely perfect example of the film. I have made my friends watch this over the years and no-one could appreciate the intensity and non stop dread that Rob Zombie managed to portray here. It was like nothing else at the time, especially when you're exposed to it at 10 years old. Nothing but for love for House of 1000 Corpses and The Devils Rejects.
MY QUEEN. A new NyxFears video means today is gonna be a great day. OMG I agree on Walter Goggins! Ever since Justified I’ve been a certified Goggins Watcher.
i watched this movies for the first time at my grandmas house with my mom, while granny slept. i ate an edible prior to choosing to watch the movie and holy shit it was indeed a roller coaster. my high started when the movie did, and ended with it. i didnt have an egodeath but it was a fun experience. movie made me laugh :o)
my husband and i both agree that while the sequels are better-made movies by most reasonable metrics, there's something about House of 1000 Corpses we can't help but love. It's an absurd theme park ride of a film and i wouldn't change even the cringiest parts.
It's weird to say the sequels lack the charm of this movie - because charm is a word stretched to its breaking point when applied to this movie - but they do.
I spotted Goggins early on, left the video to check the IMDB page, returned satisfied to resume the video, and discovered that I am not the only Goggins Watcher out there. also, 7:53
Repo the Genetic Opera is definitely not scary or a good musical, but I do have a fondness for it - my empathetic pain response is too high to handle lots of graphic violence but watching a dude butcher a corpse while arguing with his daughter in song over the phone is the funniest shit I've ever seen.
The hardest thing I have with this movie was the build up to it. Like as someone who is a bit older than you, I was there when like it was first announced, and then when the studio changed its mind, and then when another studio picked it up, and it was happening again! And then it wasn't! And it was like literally 3-4 years of this build up. Oh the studio said it was too much, too violent, too much gore, it's going to be the worst thing you've ever seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen. And then it was finally released, there was just no way it could have ever lived up to the hype. How do you live up to anticipation like that? It ruined whatever it could have been for me unfortunately.
God I can't even imagine being this correct and smart and based and epic pilled all the time, May how do you do it!!! I realize that sounds facetious but I'm being dead serious, I just wish this vid was like, 8 hours long, I'll have to go relisten to the excrement ep to sate my needs. Also dear god I'll give ANYTHING for a Repo or Society video pls pls pls pls pls
Yoooo my library got a copy of your book! (Ebook) I can’t believe it (There were protests about gay books at our city library for crying out loud) but im surprised they got their hands on something truly daring. Idk I just thought it was exciting. Your videos may be about horror and strange things but you’ve been a very comforting guide on these journeys.
I'll give Lords of Salem some credit, but this movie really was 'Zombie juice' on display. That creative mind who used to paint the set of Headbanger's Ball and lead one of the more innovative metal acts of the 90s. That juice. Also my big complaint with his filmmaking is he's so fucking eager to be vulgar but a total coward when it comes to gore. He's made like 6 or 7 horror movies and the ONLY gory scene in any of them is when Jeff Daniel Phillips is killed in Halloween 2. Other than that the violence tends to be surprisingly PG 13. I think he just never really knew what he wanted to be as a filmmaker. Which side of his talents he wanted to tap into.
This gotta be the best review ive seen about house of 1000 corpses. This review made me love this movie even more than i already did (if thats even possible). think im going to rewatch it for the 100th time today.
I'd like to point out that the year this released, I had already seen Gummo, Ichi The Killer, and Oldboy. These movies weren't ever once considered "ahead" of anything, or even "out there" enough to top Troma.
I should really rewatch this movie. I kind of wish I'd seen it under other circumstances but my ex-boyfriend convinced me to watch it due to his massive crush on Captain Spaulding. I've heard things about Spaulding that I can't unhear. That aside, good movie! I'd like to see how I feel about it now that ex-boyfriend has blocked me.
When I was 17 (such a devious punk) I worked at the Cupertino Blockbuster and was quitting to work elsewhere..... But before I left... A promo for rent 2, get the 3rd free came along. On my last day, I decided to scan the promo barcode to MY account. It was suddenly +$2.12 credit... So I scanned the promo um.. over 100 times 😬 My "exit bonus" (good only for rentals) was over $220 that day, and lasted 6 months...
