The Lords of Salem

Even in Rob Zombie's growth as a filmmaker, it seems he cannot bring himself to stop parading Sheri Moon Zombie—his wife and LORDS OF SALEM's star—around like a trophy. The film follows a recovering addict working as a disc jockey in Salem, Massachusetts, who becomes haunted by a coven of witches from the Salem Witch Trials. The supporting cast is comprised of many excellent actors such as Bruce Davison, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Ken Foree, Dee Wallace, María Conchita Alonso, Richard Fancy, and especially Meg Foster. Admirable for lack of convention, with Zombie taking influence from Ken Russell and THE SHINING and turning it into a movie that he wanted to make rather than a movie people would care to see; but the overall effect is a fail, never becoming as scary, violent, intense or worthwhile as it intends to be. Title taken from a song appearing on Zombie's 2006 album EDUCATED HORSES.