November 07, 2009

Sorry to drop another movie review on you guys, but I gotta. This time we're takin' a look at Rob Zombie's (yes, also again) The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. Directed by Rob Zombie, and co-written by himself, Joe Ekers and Tom Papa, Superbeasto is an animated adult comedy. ...And by adult I mean this shit would've NEVER gotten a theatrical release. Ever. It looks friendly and inviting cartoony on the outside, but hides a blood-sucking freakshow once you get inside. Also, there are lots of tits. Lots of them. Seriously, I've seen pornos with less tits and ass in them. So, if you like naked cartoon girls, you'll be in for a treat. (Don't feel bad about touching yourself either, the film says "the Japanese do it all the time.") ...That's a joke. Seriously, please don't masturbate to cartoons.

Anyway, the film follows washed-up superhero has-been "El Superbeasto" as he journeys to rescue his long lost love from the evil clutches of "Dr. Satan." ...Ok, so it's not so much long lost love as it is some really stacked stripper from the tittie bar. ...and he spent about 10 minutes deciding whether he should go save her or wait for his hot wings to arrive.

This movie is downright raunchy. Sex out the wazoo. If you don't like sex-humor, then you're going to hate this right off the bat. But if you don't, you'll find an insanely funny, wonderfully animated, journey into the moral gutter. The film features excellent voicework (Paul Giamatti as Dr. Satan, Rob Paulsen and Tom Kenny lending their talents to the film, just to name a few) and references all of Zombie's previous works (even Michael Myers makes an appearance) either subtley or in-your-face cameos.

The movie's story is a bit shallow, but I think that's intentional: El Superbeasto is an absolutely shallow man. All that matters to him is tits and pussy.

Bottom line: If you're looking for sophisticated comedy, you're in the wrong fucking place. If you're looking for pure mind-rotting insanity, this is it. It's a fantasticly rediculous film, and one of Zombie's original works (which instantly puts it up there with Devil's Rejects and not down there with the Halloween films). Two thumbs way, way up.

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