Dec 2, 2017
Ronnie Kessner // SICKhead
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Ronnie Kessner // SICKhead
Sickhead. Brooklyn, NY. 2017
Rob Zombie's "31" (2016)
With Halloween fast approaching, it's only natural that I'm on a horror movie kick. So, I sat down and watched Rob Zombie's latest film "31" again.
The film follows five travelling carnival workers who are taken hostage and put into a sadistic game of survival and murder in an abandoned power plant against a group of psychotic clowns.
The film itself is Rob Zombie returning to his roots as a filmmaker. His first three films (House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, and the Halloween remake) were heavy on brutality, sadism, and gore. That is the reason they were effective. His following two films (Halloween 2 and The Lords of Salem) showed an experimental side, with a heavy focus on symbolism. I enjoyed those two as well, but can definitely see why people did not like them. Rob Zombie's movies are already polarizing so a change in form didn't really help. So, when I saw the trailer for 31 and saw what it was going to be, naturally I was excited.
Upon my first viewing of it, it was the same experience I had with the first three movies he did. One thing is for sure, Rob Zombie can't write dialogue worth a shit. It's pretty simple. Whenever a character says something, it's most likely going to have the word fuck in it or some other "dirty" word. The only movie that had any decent dialogue in it was Devil's Rejects and the best lines were someone else's quotes ("I am the devil, and I am here to do the devil's work.) So, don't worry about the dialogue. Just focus on what's happening.
What's happening is death. Plenty of death. Since there are only five abductees, and one of them is Sherri Moon Zombie, it's easy to pick out who will be a corpse by the end of the film and frankly, there's not enough real character development for you to give a shit. So, you don't get emotional invested in the "heroes" which makes it a tad more satisfying when they bite the big one. This may sound like a bad thing, but it's a horror movie. Can you tell me any of the original camp counselors' names in Friday The 13th off the top of your head or even a single character trait about them? I didn't think so.
So, now we move on to the villains. Each antagonist is a clown with a name ending in "head" (Sick-Head, Death-Head, Sex-Head, etc.) They are hired to do the killing by three high society aristocrats. Fair enough.
They all have their different looks. One is a dwarf that is dressed like Hitler, another is a big German in a tutu, etc. They are all extremely intimidating and play an effective game of cat and mouse with whoever they are pursuing. The real stand out is the final clown, also the main antagonist, Doom-Head (played by Richard Brake). Clearly, it's not just about the money for him. He's legitimately fucking nuts and it works perfectly. He's the first character we see in a brutal opening scene and we are just counting the minutes until we see him again.
Moving on, let's talk the violence. It's the standard Rob Zombie brutality. However, thanks to the pricks at the MPAA, it's a bit tamer than it should be. The film was slapped with an NC-17 a few times, before finally being cut to an R. Rob Zombie has said that an unrated cut would be released, but we are still waiting. Fuck the MPAA. Seriously.
In conclusion, while it's not Zombie's best feature, it's definitely not his worst. With a solid kill count, some cool villains, and a great soundtrack, you could certainly do a lot worse. Although I was bummed out at the lack of Sid Haig and Bill Moseley, Richard Brake kills it as Doom-Head. There's some good stuff here. I recommend you check it out.
3.5/5
every time I rmr I oughta stop dicking around my body's like no but u fr can't be doing anything else other than that rn, sicko
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