The Lords of Salem Movie Information

Movie Information

Overall Rank: 24226

Average Rating: 1.9/4

# of Ratings: 28

Theatrical Release Date: 04/19/2013

Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 09/03/2013

Language: English

Genre: Horror, Thriller

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Rob Zombie

Actors: Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Bruce Davison, Meg Foster, Ken Foree, Judy Geeson

Plot: When Heidi, a rock DJ, receives a mysterious wooden box from "the Lords" at her radio station - it starts her down a hallucinatory journey that weaves the violent past of her home town of Salem, Massachusetts with her own past traumas. -- Chris Kavan

Quick Movie Reviews

Rating of
2/4

Chris Kavan - wrote on 10/01/2021

A film that tries to play things straight in the beginning, but finds itself going way too over-the-top by the end and going way too bizarre and surreal. I was reminded of Suspiria, but applied with a sledgehammer rather than an artist's brush. But it was nice to seem some legends of horror (Meg Foster, Ken Foree, Judy Geeson and Patricia Quinn) having some fun. It has a decent setup but no payoff.

Rating of
0.5/4

dukeakasmudge - wrote on 08/04/2014

What was up with this movie?! As usual with (Mostly) all of Rob Zombie's movies, I didn't get it.Out of all the Rob Zombie movies I've seen this has to be the worst.While I was watching or suppose to be watching it, I left the room a couple times & forgot I even had it on.The part that I really didn't get was the ending.Was Rob Zombie trying to create some visually stunning masterpiece or something? Maybe somebody would be nice enough to explain to me what was going on.The movie had me trying to figure out what I was watching & the ending had me thinking WT*!?

Rating of
1.5/4

Matthew Brady - wrote on 04/07/2014

to messed up for me

Full Movie Reviews

ikkegoemikke
ikkegoemikke
Movie God

Rating of
1/4

This movie belongs in the WTF-league ...

ikkegoemikke - wrote on 09/05/2017

"Bleed us a king!"

I must admit that I've actually never heard of Rob Zombie. Not as a musician and certainly not as a film producer. To my surprise, he has an impressive list of things he achieved musically for movies and in directing movies. Even "Haloween" and "Haloween II" were on that list. The list of musical contributions is even more impressive. But remembering names was never my strong point. But "The Lords of Salem" is not exactly a good reference for our dear friend Rob.

However I think this movie had all the right ingredients to become a great movie. Especially the first hour is really enjoyable with the gloomy and sometimes creepy atmosphere. The intro was a little bit of a disappointment, with the old witches dancing naked around a fire and chanting spellbinding …

Unknown
Unknown
Movie God

Rating of
2.5/4

Zombie: The Lord of Unpleasantly Evil Things

Unknown - wrote on 09/07/2013

Zombie's directing has never been better than it is here. This is an unpleasantly dark film, filled with strange (often graphic) images, and terrific music that sets the mood oh so perfectly. All of these elements helped draw me into this slow burn and added a gradual feeling of unease. I found it reminiscent in style to 'Rosemary's Baby'. I loved seeing all of the veteran actors doing their best, as well. Things seemed borderline great, until the bridge between Act II and III. Up to that point, the balance between the plot and the scenes of 'evil-doings' was even and made complete sense. It felt like we were building up to an extremely dark payoff. But, sadly, the film lacks a true third act. It descends into a series of utterly strange nonsense. The dark and uneasy feeling I …

Jacob Zembower
Jacob Zembower
Producer

Rating of
2.5/4

A deeply flawed, but admirable effort.

Jacob Zembower - wrote on 04/25/2013

If I could give a star rating somewhere between 2.5 and 3 out of 4, that's exactly what I'd give Zombie's Lords of Salem. Flawed, but ambitious. Creepy, but not particularly scary. Visually dazzling, if emotionally hollow. Still, Zombie deserves credit for going in a different direction and showing off his eye for wonderful shot compositions, instead of relentless gore and cheap jump scares. Not up there with his best (House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, and Halloween II) but also not as terrible as Halloween. I hope he doesn't drop the horror genre as rumors have been going around, because if he continues in the direction he is going with Lords he could go on to make some horror masterpiece in the vein of Polanski or Argento. Keep on keepin on Rob!

Related Movie Lists

Recent Movie Talk Posts

MikePA
MikePA
Producer

MikePA - wrote on 2012-10-04 22:55

As you might have read in The Devil's Rejects forum (many of you probably haven't), I really like Rob Zombie as a director. I actually think his Halloween remake is just as good as the original (I might even like it more). The first trailer to The Lords of Salem came out, and I gotta say I'm soo on board. You don't get plot or characters in this trailer, but you get mood and atmosphere, and I love that Zombie decided to move into that teritory instead of making a full-on slasher flick. …

Are you sure you want to delete this comment?
  
Are you sure you want to delete this post?