Ses films sont visuellement épatants, la bande-son est à chaque fois enivrante et la mise en scène déroutante au possible. That's a big reason why I'm such a fan of The Lords of Salem. Basically the genre done correctly by a Master. Christopher Landon, avec It's a site about discovering good movies... one bad movie at a time. At that point, did you already have the idea for The Lords of Salem in your head?I had the idea for this years and years ago, but I'd filed it away and forgotten about it. I can start by saying, at least at times this movie was a visual treat. Everything then becomes bland. But I am one that never uses the cliché "Less is more". Like both "Rosemary’s Baby" and "Suspiria," two of the film's many influences, "The Lords of Salem" follows protagonists who don't understand what's happening to them, though they do know something is very wrong. But I loved every wrinkle of it, so I'm compelled to come to Zombie's defense. as the lead witch, Margaret Morgan. Ex. The cinematography is gone, and the look of everything becomes of little importance. It's the first film Zombie has made with total creative control, a tantalizing prospect after the Weinstein brothers drastically re-edited both of his ambitious entries in the "Halloween" slasher franchise against Zombie's wishes. NON ! One of the things I've always loved about your films is how strong and imaginative they are visually. Also, I will add, for a musician to be making this film, I expected a far greater soundtrack. But especially in the horror genre, once a movie like Paranormal Activity comes out and becomes popular—and that's a totally fine and valid movie—everyone starts copying it. The movie starts out with a slow build getting to know the lead character, Heidi. Oui je m'en suis rendu compte qu'après ! His takes on the Halloween series was well appreciated, but many still thought the films to be dark, dreary and drab. They had a very heavy tone. This sounds terrible, but when I came off the Halloween movies, they were very stressful movies to make. The performances range from naturalistic to gleefully quirky. COMPLEX participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COMPLEX gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. When I interviewed him last fall, Zombie said that he wanted his viewers to feel the way he felt while watching a Stanley Kubrick film: as if they were going through the same experiences as the characters, instead of just passively watching their lives unfold. : People didn't know what to make of it. I decided to pick up Lords of Salem this week. Watch Altered States, watch Whore, watch The Devils. Rob Zombie , c' est tout un univers , on aime ou on aime pas, personnellement j' aime bien son originalité ! Rob Zombie has really outdone himself with The Lords of Salem. Rob Zombie films have a way of polarizing fans. ...QUOI ?...NON ! Like Heidi, viewers have to struggle to get their bearings throughout "The Lords of Salem." These days, most horror movies seem to be rated PG-13 and they really want them to appeal to a wider audience, whereas all the films I grew up watching and loving, from The Holy Mountain to Eraserhead and something like Cannibal Holocaust, they didn't appeal to everybody. [Laughs.] I don't care to do that. A better question, would be, "how could you miss it"? And when Heidi does dream of devils and witches, those fiends don't torment her from a distance for long. ‍♀️, Cast : Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison, Jeff Daniel Phillips, “Spontaneous is a lot. Are you more interested in visuals over narrative? 138 abonnés Alors qu'elle passe un vinyle à l'antenne de la radio pour laquelle elle travaille, Heidi réveille un groupe de sorcières tuées au XVIIème siècle à Salem et ayant juré de revenir se venger... Là où certains verront des faiblesses, d'autres vont prendre leur pied face à cet hommage évident à tout un pan du cinéma bis et italien, recyclé ici avec brio. The Lords of Salem is Rob Zombie's "Black Swan," trading a ballerina's mad ambition for a disc jockey's helpless addiction. This move is to the Satanic 'arthouse' genre what '1,000 Corpses'and 'Devil's Rejects' was for grindhouse. RELATED: The 50 Most Disturbing Movies RELATED: The 25 Weirdest Movies Streaming on Netflix Right Now RELATED: The 15 Best Movies Complex Saw at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival. I remember leaving the theater after watching Black Swan with my friend Branden when he said, "It was surprisingly funny." Dune, James Bond 25, Cruella, Suivre son activité It is it perfect? "The Lords of Salem", Rob Zombie's fifth feature film, is perhaps the most aesthetically and thematically adventurous (which is saying a fair amount taking into account his first two films). Sometimes you just can't, but for the most part we were able to make everything happen in this film that we wanted to. Zombie believes in Freudian dream theory and the Jungian unconscious, and has said as much in his last couple of movies (he pointedly quotes Jung in "Halloween II"). Vince Vaughn, Kathryn Newton, Contact | When "Lords of Salem" ended you can almost hear a pin drop. She lives in Salem, Massachusetts, which is famous for its witch trials during the 1600s. I want them to say, "I think I just went through an actual nightmare, and I'm still trying to sort it out," as opposed to a movie where they can easily explain what happens to Heidi and it's all wrapped up nicely for them and they can walk out of the theater thinking, OK, everything got wrapped up perfectly for me. At that same SXSW screening, you introduced the movie by saying, "50% of you will think this is the greatest thing ever, and 50% will hate it." We want to celebrate our different opinions, and celebrate yours as well. Couvre-feu et Cinéma : quels films changent de date de sortie ? My wife and I watched it, and I was thoroughly enjoying the weirdness until the end. il est complet sur Youtube mais il est en anglais ! Was there a feeling of liberation? Where the fanboy anger toward Zombie comes from, however, is his one-two punch of divisive, narratively problematic, but visually and tonally forceful Halloween films. Rob, the film-school dropout, has seen an absurd amount of movies, and if we’re being honest, rounds out our Fight Club fan-base. Still, he's such a talented filmmaker that the specific source of his villains' evil doesn't ultimately matter.