LeonLouisRicci Up to this Point, None of Rob Zombie's Movies have been as "Fun" as His Music. Mostly because He Insists on Ugly, Redneck Imagery with the Camera Lingering on Nasty, Sweaty, Disgusting People and Their Trashy Trailer-Park Habitat and Habits.His Music doesn't Evoke those Kind of Pictures in the Mind. It Projects Retro Matinees or Nights in Front of the Movie Screen or TV Lapping Up Old Movies, sometimes Really Old Movies like "A Trip to the Moon" (1903) or Serials like "Radar Men from the Moon" (1952).In this Movie Zombie gets around to some of that Feeling and comes close to that Rock Persona. There are some Scenes that Work Great and Play Off of the Director's Strength of Disturbing Silliness.But, Once Again, there's the Ugly, Disgusting, Dripping Nude Bodies of Very Old Men and Women Wrinkled Up and Proudly Displayed by Zombie as an In-Your-Face, One-Finger-Salute to all the Prudes in the Audience.Not Necessary, and it Detracts from the Scariness, and the Silliness, and the Nostalgic Nuances that is Rob Zombie's Forte when He doesn't "Stretch". This is His Best and Most Accessible Movie to Date. The Imagery is occasionally Cool and Creepy, and there's a Lot to Take In and the Cast is Remarkable and In-Tune with the Low-Budget Vibe.Rob Zombie has yet to Hit His Movie Making Groove, but This Thing takes the Filmmaker back to what made His Music so Unique, Enjoyable, and Interesting.

SnoopyStyle Heidi LaRoc (Sheri Moon Zombie), Herman Salvador and Herman Jackson are an alternative DJ crew at local Salem radio station WIQZ. A mysterious wooden box containing a vinyl record by the Lords arrives at the station for Heidi. Heidi interviews Francis Matthias (Bruce Davison) who wrote a book about the Salem witch trials. She decides to play the record on the air. It starts a series of disturbing visions. Matthias is concerned about the record and starts investigating.Rob Zombie has mastered the art of disturbing imagery. He has style to spare. His storytelling continues to be incoherent. This story is relatively simple which allows the audience to follow easier. I would love to see him direct somebody else's script and stick close to it. Without structure, he has a tendency to go off on a tangent.

Brandon Stephens This generation is so used to lack of story & full on blood/guts, over the top violence & CGI, so sadly they were let down. I think it was probably Zombie's most intelligent script yet. Kids from my generation who have seen it, I hope they can respect the humble homages & "hat tips" as seen in this recent ZOMBIE incarnation of sinema debauchery.THE LORDS OF SALEM is a wonderful reminder that horror ISN'T dead. Rob Zombie recreated a world that alone would make Ti West, Roman Polanski, Ken Russell & Dennis Wheatley proud. In this movie, we rely on old school scares,subliminal masking, & tasteful nudity of which hasn't seen the likes of since the 70's. THE LORDS takes the viewer back to a world where witchcraft was evil, devil worship is forbidden to speak of, & vinyl is king.If you have a love of classic 70's horror sinema, & enjoy a good hallucinogenic trip down the annuals of horror, then take a chance & visit or revisit THE LORDS OF SALEM .

Aaron1375 I had wanted to view this film for some time as I had heard from a fair amount of people that it was good. I have also heard from a good many that this film was bad. Some said the only thing good about it was the ending and others who said it was good up until the ending. When a person who had seen it at the theaters told me how bad it was I asked her, "So I should probably wait to rent it out of Red Box?" To which she replied, "It would be a waste of a dollar." Well, it came on and I was able to watch it and the only thing it cost me was time, and quite frankly, I would like that time back! This was not a very enjoyable movie experience at all. Just random scenes flashing here and there to make it seem more artsy than it really was. Do not get me wrong, the premise was intriguing and I was sort of enjoying it for a bit at the beginning, but the intrigue dissipated rapidly and I was left wondering when it would get to the end as many people touted the ending as the only good part. Then it came and I was treated to more random shots and an absurd ending and then a cheesy voice over as the credits begin to flash across the screen. Suffice to say, anyone who thought that ending was good must have been high on something. Perhaps one was expected to be high when watching this thing and then it would have been a moving experience.The story starts out showing us witches in the woods performing a ceremony and then they get naked. This is by far the most disturbing scene in the film as these are some nasty looking witches. Then we are introduced to these three DJs who put on the most popular radio show in Salem and considering their show there must not be much competition. It is fun seeing Ken Foree of the original Dawn of the Dead though. This is another good aspect of the film, seeing all the people who have appeared in horror films packed into this one. Well the female member of the group gets a record from a group calling themselves, The Lords. She and her boyfriend or maybe he isn't, but yes he most likely is plays it and the sounds that emanate from it are reminiscent of Mayberry's band. It seems to have an effect on the female DJ, Heidi and other females as well when they play it on the air. Never to fear though, as the Bruce Davison character tries to put a stop to the horror! Not really, he is kind of pointless as he really is not trying to stop anything, but tell that to the three elderly women who take it upon themselves to watch over Heidi.Too many problems to really mention them all, but one of the main things I had a problem with is Sheri Moon as Heidi. She looks horrible and nasty, before she is possessed by the record! She and a fair number of the cast look as if they could use a shower! Think Rosemary's Baby had none of the cast washed or bathed a month before shooting. The film is also too long as there are a number of scenes in this one that are completely irrelevant. Heidi being a recovering crack addict being the main one as it added nothing to the plot which is full of holes like when the other two DJs are simply left outside during The Lords concert. So, they didn't question being locked out? The ending when they were showing just random stuff too looked bad as at one point it is animated and looked like something right out of a Monty Python sketch. Just not a whole lot worked, I could cite more problems, but then I would go over the maximum word count! So, no, this movie was not for me. It played out a lot like one of those devil movies from the 70's which I also usually dislike, so if that was Rob Zombie's intent…well done. Though he did add his own flair and added copious amounts of yucky female nudity (unless of course, you are in to really nasty looking old women naked), lots of dirty nasty looking people, and random scenes of things happening while the only hero of the piece was less effective than the cook in Stanley Kubrick's version of The Shining. I thought Rob Zombie did a pretty good job with the Halloween sequels, but here he was trying to be too out there, trying too hard to make this film seem more intelligent than it was and he also had to put his wife in it making me think that is the only reason he made this one. Unfortunately, the only thing she brought to the table was the fact every time she was on the screen I was disturbed at how nasty her hair looked. Not a movie I can recommend at all and not a horror film I ever wish to peer at again.