I can take or leave Rob Zombie. Some of his movies like "House of 1000 Corpses" and "Devils Rejects" were tons of fun. On the other hand his remake of "Halloween" just put the zombie spin on a classic that was better in its original form. So I had an open mind when I started to watch (I say this because I stopped watching half way through) El Superbesto. This is a boring cartoon with obvious gags and gratuitous sex and violence in cartoon form that starts to put you to sleep after the first 10 times that it's done in the movie. Basically, this is Cartoon Network with a "R" rating and it bored me to death (in fact I actually put on Cartoon Network afterward so I could watch some quality animation. Rob stick with the horror and leave the animation and comedy to the professionals.

From the perverse mind of shock director Rob Zombie comes this warped late night animated horror comedy about a self-absorbed ex-wrestler and rampant self-promoter(..and sometime crimefighter) El Superbeasto who must upend a scrawny nerd, Dr. Satan, who plans to marry his 23rd bride(..her selection depends solely on whether or not she has the 666 tattooed on her ass cheek!)and in doing so will be equipped with monumental power, enough to overthrow cities and kill anyone he so pleases, citizens, kitty cats, babies, even Santa Claus(..how dare he?!?!)! With the help of his babelicious sister Suzi X and her dependable robotic love machine, El Superbeasto will need to stop Satan's wedding to a bitchy stripper, Velvet Von Black, or else apocalyptic doom will be on the horizon. With voice work from such familiar faces as Clint Howard, Cassandra(Elvira)Peterson, Sheri Moon Zombie, Geoffrey Lewis, Rosario Dawson, Dee Wallace, Bill Moseley(..as, you guessed it, Otis Driftwood from Zombie's The Devil's Rejects), Sid Haig(..as, you guessed it, Captain Spalding), Ken Foree, and Paul Giammati. I think "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto" will appeal mostly to fans of Rob Zombie who enjoy his brand of filthy humor. Plenty of animated tits, monsters, homages to classic horror(..his tribute to the opening of Frankenstein involving Edward Van Sloan's introduction to an audience, the Bride of Frankenstein, Carrie, the absolutely perfect opening credits mimicking Universal Studios and poverty row cheapies, Planet of the Apes, King Kong, and a host of others), funny jabs towards feminist actresses like Barbara Streisand and Janeane Garofalo, blood and gore, profanity, sex jokes non-stop, and loving jabs at every cultural stereotype under the sun. I imagine this was Zombie's dream, to make an animated film entirely his own, be damned to those who hate him, understanding that those affectionate towards what he considers humorous would lap this up with a smile on their faces. It revels in bad taste, and I can't recall a film where so many big bouncing breasts split from underneath outfits. I could easily see El Superbeasto shown in a triple feature with "Heavy Metal" and "Fritz the Cat", it fits the mould of animated movies designed for a more adult audience(..or for teenage sci-fi/horror geeks as I once was)desiring their humor naughty and trashy. It doesn't surprise me that El Superbeasto failed with a number of critics and audiences, Zombie is an acquired taste, but I can not deny the fact that I was entertained by a lot of the (sight)gags and tributes to horror and sci-fi. Several musical interludes pop up from time to time, my favorite a expository sequence for Suzi X..if there ever was an animated character I'd like to take into my love nest(..besides Jessica Rabbit)it'd be Suzi X, yum, yum. Like a lot of comedies, El Superbeasto is hit and miss, depending on whether or not you laugh at what Zombie considers funny.

At one gag...The rest of the gags weren't that funny. Ren and Stimpy weren't funny, and neither was this, despite the addition of gratuitous sex, violence, gore and zombies. (Nazi Zombies, no less. I think this is the fifth or sixth movie I've seen with "Nazi Zombies" as a joke.) The cover for the DVD says "Not for kids", which is understandable. They should have marked it "Not for anybody". Just when I thought I couldn't find Rosario Dawson more annoying than I already do, she ups it as a smack-talking stripper.There were a lot of references to other movies, all of which were much better. THat implies that the writers actually have SEEN good horror movies, they just didn't understand them.

I'll just start by saying I'm a huge fan of Rob Zombie's films, his dream for House of 1,000 Corpses and Devil's Rejects turned out to create two films that hold more icon and fun than you could know what to do with. I really expected him to do the same with animated movie, I sorta expected a trashy cartoon with jokes every 5 seconds, funny or not, just crammed with stuff you'd see in a Zombie cartoon (Family Guy-ish material). Sadly, the jokes truly are far inbetween, and end up not being funny. There's so much room for jokes and genius work that you truly get bored halfway through the movie, although the first half really does make you smile.Beyond the fact it's missing a lot of jokes, this cartoon really isn't set up well (or extravegantly). The voice casting and character organization seems way off for the most part, there's really no originality to this cartoon...everything seems like such a rip off of so many cartoon get-ups. Turn Adult Swim on and you see everything this film has plus so much more. I'm a constant defender that Corpses was so unique and iconic despite it's Chainsaw Massacre similarities, but I just can't find the same iconic sense in this cartoon. I just don't feel like Zombie hit the spot at all, it felt very 'tried'.All in all, I feel like it would have been a muchhh better idea if he were to have pitched this idea to adult swim, the cartoon does have characters you want to watch somewhat, and a little time on television would have given the show where it could receive feedback and work out it's kinks. It seems very much like the first episode of some adult swim cartoon that hasn't gotten together its act. =/