The Lords of Salem [2 Discs] [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray/DVD]

Director: Rob Zombie Rob Zombie

Overview

A Salem, MA, radio DJ receives a mysterious record that unleashes a diabolical force of evil in this slow-burn shocker written and directed by Rob Zombie, and produced by Paranormal Activity's Oren Peli. Back in 1696, Reverend Jonathan Hawthorne (Andrew Prine) condemned a coven of witches led by Margaret Morgan (Meg Foster) to death, burning them without remorse in the woods surrounding Salem. Just over 300 years later, the small town has become a beacon for anyone interested in the supernatural. Heidi Hawthorne (Sheri Moon Zombie), Herman "Whitey" Salvador (Jeffrey Daniel Phillips) and Herman Jackson (Ken Foree) are the hosts of a popular Salem radio show with a playful occult slant. One day, after interviewing noted author Francis Matthias (Bruce Davison) on the air, Heidi receives a package containing a record from a band named the Lords. The following day, when Heidi plays the record on the airwaves, a strange spell falls over the locals. Later, as the Lords announce they will be performing a concert in town and the typically carefree Heidi grows increasingly withdrawn, Matthias senses that the sins of the past may be returning to haunt Salem. And he couldn't be more right -- something wicked has returned to this cursed town, and with each day that passes, Heidi slips ever deeper into its sinister grasp. Patricia Quinn, Dee Wallace, Michael Berryman, and Sid Haig co-star.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/03/2013
UPC:	0013132606309
Original Release:	2012
Rating:	R
Source:	LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:41:00
Sales rank:	16,422

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Sheri Moon Zombie	Heidi
Bruce Davison	Actor
Jeffrey Daniel Phillips	Actor
Judy Geeson	Lacy Doyle
Dee Wallace	Sonny
Ken Foree	Herman Jackson
Maria Conchita Alonso	Alice Matthias
Michael Berryman	Virgil Magnus
Meg Foster	Margaret Morgan
Patricia Quinn	Megan
Richard Fancy	A.J. Kennedy
Andrew Prine	Reverend Jonathan Hawthorne
Sid Haig	Dean Magnus
Bonita Friedericy	Abigail Hennessey
Nancy Linehan Charles	Clovis Hales
Flo Lawrence	Sarah Easter
Brynn Horrocks	Mary Webster
Suzanne Voss	Elizabeth Jacobs
Susan Gray	Martha Bishop
Torsten Voges	Count Gorgann
Niko Posey	Cerina Hooten
Julian Acosta	Priest
Lisa Marie	Priscilla
Brandon Cruz	Ted
Gabriel Pimentel	Amon
John S.	Halvard the Guardian
Piggy D.	Butcher Olaf
Roger Morrissey	Beelzebub
Barbara Crampton	Virginia Cable
Michael Shamus Wiles	Francis Matthias
Dustin Quick	Maisie Mather
James "Jammers" Messersmith	Judge Samuel Mather
Wayne Toth	Puppeteer #1
Brian Rae	Puppeteer #2
Ernest Thomas	Chip McDonald
Carlos DelValle	Interviewer
Clint Howard	Carlo
Camille Keaton	Wench Girl
Udo Kier	Witchhunter
Richard Lynch	Reverend Hawthorne
Daniel Roebuck	Frankenmonster
Bruce Dern	Actor
Bruce Davidson	Actor
Billy Drago	Actor
Christopher Knight	Actor
John 5	Composer
Griffin Boice	Composer

Technical Credits

Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Oren Peli	Producer
Jason Blum	Producer
Andy Gould	Producer
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones	Executive Producer
Steven Schneider	Executive Producer
Monika Mikkelsen	Casting
Wayne Toth	Makeup Special Effects
Bobby King	Stunts

Editorial Reviews

Musician and filmmaker Zombie, assisted by thinly pseudonymized literary horror author Brian Evenson (Immobility), opens his debut with a harrowing and graphic description of a satanic ritual in 1692 Salem, but that terror isn’t sustained effectively throughout the book. A pregnant woman’s child is ripped from her womb and sacrificed to the devil. The resulting reddish smoke tips off Justice Samuel Mather, who leads a group of his colleagues to root out the witches. After the bloody resolution to that encounter, the narrative flashes forward to the present and introduces recovering drug addict Heidi Hawthorne, a descendant of one of the witch hunters. Strange things begin happening to Heidi, but the reader isn’t given much time to wonder about her sanity, since two sinister nuns immediately appear to explain that the mysterious happenings are of supernatural origin. Ritual murders follow, as do other predictable developments that are unengaging and not particularly scary. Agent: David Vigliano, Vigliano Associates. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly