The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Rob Zombie

Writers:

Joe Ekers (additional story)
Tom Papa (writer)

Genre:

Action | Animation | Comedy | Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Based upon the comic from Rob Zombie, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is Rob's new film in animation, following the adventures of El Super Beasto and his sexy sultry sidekick and sister, Suzi-X.

Plot Keywords:

Mexican | Good Versus Evil | Adult Animation | Wrestler | Character Name In Title

Cast

Joe Alaskey	...	Erik the Newscaster (voice)
Ken Foree	...	Luke St. Luke (voice)
Tom Papa	...	El Superbeasto (voice)
April Winchell	...	Dame Grace Appleton / Liza / Babs / Dolly / Joan / Gloria / Scripty / Helga Strudel (voice)
Dee Wallace	...	Trixie (voice)
Laraine Newman	...	Lefty / Kate / Courtney / Smelga Strudel / Betty Sue Lou (voice)
Cassandra Peterson	...	Amber (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Uncle Carl (voice)
Harland Williams	...	Gerard the Exterminator (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Michael / Commercial Voice / Bobby Hyde / Commandant Hess / Assistant Cameraman / El Gato / Grossburger / Creature Preacher (voice)
Debra Wilson	...	Cigarette Girl / Bride Fronkenstein / Female Patron / Stripper in Hall / Telephone Victim / Old Woman (voice)
Clint Howard	...	Joe Cthulu (voice)
Sheri Moon Zombie	...	Suzi X (voice)
Brian Posehn	...	Murray (voice)
Tom Kenny	...	Rover / Otto / Old Man / Herbie (voice)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong crude and sexual content throughout, nude graphics, language, violence and gore.

Runtime:

USA:77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | UK:18 | Canada:18A

Company:

Film Roman Productions

Quotes:

Nazi Zombie: Oh, what a big breath mint.

Movie Connections:

References Curse of the Queerwolf (1988)

A massive disappointment, a big waste of talent.

A big disappointment. There were so many things that this movie had going for it, but I can't help but feel that it was all wasted.

Starting with the voice talent, we have Paul Giamatti, Rosario Dawson, Danny Trejo and an assortment of very recognizable talent voicing the characters in this film. And then we have Sheri Moon Zombie. While all of the other voice actors did a fine job, her voice acting really ruined this movie for me. Her voice was so annoyingly high pitched, so unnecessarily awful. I likened it to a banshee hopped up on Ritalin, made even worse by the way she rushed through one-liner after the other; I wanted to turn off the TV on more than one occasion on account of her voice alone.

This brings up another big fault-- with the exception of Giamatti's Dr. Satan, all of the characters' dialog was just a series of trite one liners fired off in rapid succession. It was trying too hard to be crude, trying too hard to be funny, yet it barely registered a smirk on my Laugh-O-meter. I didn't feel appalled, I felt apathetic.

With a 10 million dollar budget, I expected so much more, yet the animation was sub par, the editing all over the place. It felt as if the editor just wanted to race to the finish as I did, 15 minutes into it. Rob Zombie has shown signs of creative genius, in his comics, music and some of his films, but to my dismay, it doesn't come out in his attempt at animation.

It reminded me all too much of the disappointment I felt with one of my other idols, John Kricfalusi, when he did the Ren & Stimpy Adult Cartoon Party, which abandoned everything that made his original series genius, in favor of completely mindless, low brow humor. At least with Kricfalusi, I can still appreciate his animation; I can't say the same for Zombie.

Mind numbingly pointless, hard to justify even paying for a rental.