While I’ve never stop championing Sheri Moon Zombie, she’s terrible in 31. Also, Zombie favorite Malcolm McDowell is gleefully eating scenery, and watching is a delight. From the narration, to his personification of terror, Break is killing it here. Guys, when I say brilliant, I’m talking breathtakingly brilliant. Firstly, Richard Brake is brilliant as Doom-Head, a role I’m wishing I’d seen more of. Moreover, 31’s acting is like the candy gotten on Halloween a bit of a mixed bag. Chucky episode 6 recap: Chucky claims the lives of TWO major characters.Chucky episode 7 preview and release date: When does Chucky episode 7 come out?.Gory monster movie Death Valley to scare us all this December on Shudder.Lair movie review: A lack of narrative focus ruins what could have been compelling.26 most-anticipated horror movies coming out in 2022.Acting as a great segue into other scenes, these techniques are a true sign of a filmmaker harboring vision. Also, frames often are coming from the top of the screen and pressing down the existing frame. Much like Rejects, the film finds Zombie frame freezing on the most intimately deranged moments. Bested only by the shock rocker’s masterpiece, 2005’s The Devil’s Rejects, 31 is a welcoming return for the director’s filmmaking prowess. But enough of that nonsense, let’s get down and dirty about the film.įor starters, 31 is the seconded best directed Rob Zombie film to date. While the ticket was a whopping $15 bones, I was also shown a rocking music video and a documentary (which I’ll be mining for content soon for you guys). Lucky for me, I found myself seeing the flick in theaters courtesy of Fandom Events. Rob Zombie returns to the horror scene with his blood bath feature, 31. Rob Zombie’s ’31’ One-Sheet- Courtesy of Bow and Arrow Entertainment THE REVIEW: So let’s all start a rock and roll band, grab your carnival tickets, and start playing a dangerous game of life and death ourselves as I review Rob Zombie’s crazy carnival thrill-ride, 2016’s 31. Therefore, when discovering Zombie was setting to unleash a film about gruesome games of torturous tricks, I knew i’d be seeing it My findings are equally gleeful and grotesque in quality. While I’ve never stopped loving Zombie the rocker legend, his films are always hit and miss. Whereas The Devil’s Rejects is a masterpiece, his Halloween remakes are complete crap – getting me started about the Lord’s of Salem ending won’t end well. Rob Zombie, the filmmaker, has always been a sore subject with myself. With every passing minute, do they get closer to death or life? And if they stop relaying on each other, the night won’t be a game but their collective funeral. The game is simple: surviving the night means keeping your life. But when a band of murdering misfits captures the carny crew, forcing them to play the life and death game 31, their bond will be truly tested. Her carnival clan are more than co-workers and friends, they’re her dysfunctional family.
But is the film worth it, or is Zombie playing his own game of 31 with our time and money? THE PLOT:Ĭharly, a beautiful traveling carny, is seemingly on top of the sideshow world. After taking a three-year break from filmmaking, shock-rocker Rob Zombie returns to horror with the twisted tale, ’31’.