Review of The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009) by Jesus M — 23 Jan 2010

This movie really wasn't what I was expecting. I'm a huge Rob Zombie fan and saw his first three movies (and really enjoyed them) but this cartoon was much different. I thought it would be similar to a Creepshow comic or some sort of pulp fiction/Ed Wood inspired story with a Rob Zombie touch. Instead, it bore animation similar to a Nickelodeon cartoon...if those cartoons had naked women onscreen constantly. It was shocking but funny to see the weird and sexual situations in the film but it got old after a while.

With Nazi zombie bikers and classic horror film characters, I thought it would be more of a cool movie with action and grindhouse/B-movie humor. Instead, Superbeasto is a typical wannabe playboy celebrity with Dr. Satan as a wimpy nerd who wants to be a villain...not really as original as Zombie should have done. Finally, its musical score was by Hard n Phirm, the cliched comedy group that plays an acoustic guitar and tries to humoroursly sing and describe the film's plot. I really wish Rob would have put in a score from a drive-in or classic horror movie. Even his own music which he has never used in his films before would have fit in better than the corny acoustic songs.

In the end, it was a different animated film for Rob Zombie fans, people who enjoy sexually charged humor, horror fans, people like me who are so tired of computer animated films, and weirdos who like naked cartoon women.

Maybe I'm biased, but I'll take this over any shitty Pixar movie any day...