31 – ABC Film Challenge – Horror – Z (Rob Zombie) – 31 – Movie Review
Director: Rob Zombie
Writer: Rob Zombie (Screenplay)
Cast
- Malcolm McDowell (Halloween)
- Richard Brake (Doom)
- Jeffrey Daniel Phillips (Satanic Panic)
- Sheri Moon Zombie (The Munsters)
- Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (LA Heat)
Plot: Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, hellish compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns.
Runtime: 1 Hour 42 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: 31 starts when Charly (Zombie), Roscoe (Phillips), Panda (Thomas), Venus (Foster) and Levon (Jackson) find themselves ambushed by a group led by Father Murder (McDowell). Father Murder puts the five carnival workers into a twisted game called 31 where they must survive 12 hours against violent clowns.
As the game is started, the five friends must band together to fight back against the psychopaths unleashed to kill them. Each one becomes more twisted and disturbing in how they want to hunt down the victims.
Verdict on 31
31 is a nasty violent horror movie following a group of carnival workers through into a violent survival game. They must battle against psychopaths hellbent on killing them for their pleasure.
This is the type of movie we have become familiar with seeing from Rob Zombie. He can bring violence to the big screen like no one else. Sometimes, well most of the time it can be seen as being too violent. This could easily be one of his weakest movies, with the complete lack of interest in the story. The psychopaths feel too generic, and the victims are not that interesting. Nothing about this movie stands out in any way, leaving things feeling dull throughout the movie.
Final Thoughts –31 is a vile, nasty movie with no redeeming qualities.