The carnies have twelve hours to survive the game, and, as you can imagine, not all of them do.
Though it has its flaws, 31 is a nonstop free-for-all of blood, sex, cruelty, and madness.įor those of you who don’t know, the basic premise of the movie is that a group of five carnies, among whose ranks are Charly (Sheri Moon Zombie), Roscoe (Jeff Daniel Phillips, who played the main Caveman in those Geico commercials), and Virgo (Meg Foster of They Live and Masters of the Universe fame), are kidnapped on Halloween and forced to play a survival game in which they’re hunted through an industrial complex by a series of psychotic clowns called the Heads, including Nazi little person Sick-Head, chainsaw-wielding brothers Psycho-Head and Schizo-Head, life-size broken doll Sex-Head, and eventually the menacing Doom-Head. And the answer is, they will, quite a fucking bit. The real question, then, is whether or not fans of Zombie’s past movies, and extreme horror in general, will enjoy 31. Sound like your bag? Try the Guinness, it tastes like Guinness. So to a certain extent, you probably have a solid idea whether or not you’re interested in 31, Zombie’s partially-crowdfunded new feature film that pits carnies against psychotic clowns on Halloween. It’s not just about liking horror or gore, it’s about liking zany disgustorama horror with a weed buzz on it. Watching a Rob Zombie movie is like going to an Irish pub: you know what you’re here for, and if you went out tonight looking to wax poetic while broadening your palate, you’re in the wrong place. Emperor Rhombus: 31 is Tons of Gory, Pervy, Psychotic Fun So we decided to run both of their reviews - Rhombus’ positive, Axl’s negative.Ĭheck out the conflicting critiques below! 31 is available now on all the usual digital platforms. Case in point: our resident horror fans, Emperor Rhombus and Axl Rosenberg, did not see eye to eye with regards to the quality of Rob Zombie’s latest directorial outing, 31. Here at MetalSucks, we often disagree with one another as much as we disagree with you, the readers.