Horror-rocker Rob Zombie's supposed last dip into the horror genre, The Lords of Salem, has garnered mixed reviews: established dividing lines on the subject of RZ's cinematic outings will probably not be crossed by the respective parties, but his latest offering is a breath of fresh air after the controversy of his Halloween remake (2007) and it's unruly sequel Halloween 2 (2009). Zombie is back to an original script of his own for this low budget devil worshipper, and it illustrates the continued cinematic maturation of the Writer/Director.
“I spit upon the book of lies!” - What if
witches were real? This is the main conceit of RZ's film – a stripped-back,
majestic-yet-gritty, mood piece that seeks to chill rather than scare. Kicking
off in 1696, the Reverend Jonathan Hawthorne sets the stage as he prepares to
end the blasphemous activities of head witch Margaret Morgan (Meg Foster) and
her coven of six – all of them in the woods, stripped-nude and invoking the
return of Satan.
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