House of the Seven Corpses (1973)

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[left][font=Courier New][i]The House of Seven Corpses[/i] is one of those films that sounds better on the back of the box than it actually turns out to be when you watch it. I stumbled on this movie when I was looking through Halloween decorations last week, and it sounded like it could be good fun to watch. For the most part Paul Harrison?s horror flick is a decent watch, but a lot more could have been done with it to make a better film.

I liked that the movie centered around a cast and crew of a horror film filming inside a house that has a long history of violence. The whole ?movie within a movie? motif is one of my favorites, especially when it is used creatively. Kind of fun to see a movie where the crew of a horror film gets interrupted with an actually horror movie happening around them. Just wish it didn?t take so long before the horror started.

The fact that this movie contains a zombie is a plus for me. [i]The House of Seven Corpses[/i] isn?t the usual flesh eating zombie, but rather a murderous ghoul who is slaughtering the cast and crew one by one. The movie has some predictable moments, but the ending of the film was unsuspected by myself. Not original I will admit, but still effective. Plus the end credits were creepy to watch.

The movie has a slower pace than most viewers are probably use to. Sometimes the movie hit a snag and I was beginning to lose interest. But the scenes where the cast were filming their movie were a blast to watch. Maybe it is just the film lover inside me, but I always get a kick out of seeing people making movies.

[i]The House of Seven Corpses[/i] isn?t a great film, but it works in my mind. It is nowhere near being one of the best zombie movies I have ever seen, but it certainly is one of the best discoveries I?ve had in awhile. And thankfully it is the first fresh [b]Exploit From the $1 Bin[/b] in almost a year.[/font]
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