TIH 007: The Lords of Salem Review with Booked

In this podcast we review The Lords of Salem with our friends at Booked Podcast, Livius Nedin and Robb Olson.

Topics

[01:10] Introductions

[01:55] Past experiences with Rob Zombie

[05:50] The Lords of Salem synopsis

[08:48] Revisiting the past/the witch trials

[11:30] Expectations going into the film

[13:30] Rob Zombie and originality

[16:32] Music video style scene towards the end

[19:00] Sheri Moon Zombie performance

[21:00] John Costello gives a restrained opinion

[24:00] Are there any original ideas in horror cinema?

[27:25] Homage to horror

[28:22] Heidi spoiler

[31:30] Can Rob Zombie write and direct movies?

[34:55] Activating the women of Salem in the novel but not explicitly in the movie

[39:10] Where are the residents of Salem?

[42:05] Salem Witch Trials authors

[43:16] Visuals

[46:58] What if this had been historically accurate?

[52:00] Relationship between Whitey and Heidi

[53:00] Creepy weird chicken jerk-off (yes you read that correctly)

[53:55] Overall rating

[58:08] Great horror movies

[01:03:00] Horror television shows

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Resources

Booked podcast

The Lords of Salem review

Buy The Lords of Salem (UK)

Buy The Lords of Salem (US)

Interlude music credits

Lords of Salem – Rob Zombie
Never Gonna Stop Me – Rob Zombie