Line #19 Film/TheLordsOfSalem


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Lords-of-salem-teaser_2275.jpg]]A horror film by director Music/RobZombie, who described it as "if Creator/KenRussell directed ''Film/TheShining''", and starring Creator/SherriMoonZombie, Creator/BruceDavison, Creator/MegFoster, Creator/DeeWallace, Creator/MariaConchitaAlonso, Creator/KenForee, Creator/PatriciaQuinn, and Creator/JudyGeeson.
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3	Heidi, a DJ at a local radio station, receives a mysterious package containing a record from a band calling themselves "The Lords of Salem." When played on the air it seems to have a strange drug-like effect on Heidi and some of the town's female inhabitants. Pretty soon Heidi starts having visions and nightmares involving the [[{{Satan}} Devil]] and strange figures from the Salem Witch Trials. Over time the record's popularity rises, but Heidi's visions get worse and become too much to bear...
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5	!!The Tropes of Salem:
6	* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Heidi's witch neighbors.]]
7	* AllThereInTheManual: The novelization by Rob Zombie explains much of the backstory and includes more information on Creator/MichaelBerryman and Creator/SidHaig's characters.
8	* BrownNote: The record.
9	* BurnTheWitch: The fate of Margaret Morgan and her coven.
10	* TheCameo: Creator/MichaelBerryman and Zombie regular Creator/SidHaig (''Film/HouseOf1000Corpses'', ''Film/TheDevilsRejects'') appear as witch hunters in a flashback. They apparently had more to do but were cut from the film.
11	%%* {{Cult}}
12	* DemonicPossession: At the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Heidi appears to be possessed by demonic forces.]]
13	* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The child of Satan that Heidi gives birth to in the end looks like a mass of flesh with tendrils hanging off of it.]]
14	* EvilOldFolks: Heidi's 'friendly' neighbors.
15	* FanDisservice: Nude, elderly witches. Though Margaret Morgan, the leader of the witches, may be a FanService for hardcore fans of Creator/MegFoster.
16	* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: [[TheBadGuyWins The Bad Guys Win]]. Maybe.]]
17	%% * HollywoodSatanism: Count Gorgann
18	* MassHypnosis: The record does this to the women born in Salem.
19	* MadonnaArchetype: Heidi was chosen to mother TheAntichrist.
20	* OneSteveLimit: Averted. There are two Hermans, known by their last names, Whitey and [[Series/TheMunsters Munster]].
21	* PopStarComposer: Rob Zombie's long time guitarist John 5 and Hollywood Undead-producer Griffin Boice composed the music.
22	* PrecisionFStrike: Unlike most Rob Zombie films, f-words are kept to a minimum and only used at very specific moments.
23	* RockMeAsmodeus: It's the Devil's music. Literally.
24	* SalemIsWitchCountry: The titular Lords are a coven of infernal witches who date back to the Witch Trials and have been longing to get their revenge on Salem.
25	* ShoutOut: The line "Cunting Daughters" of Salem is a reference to ''Film/TheExorcist'', and possibly also a reference to the Music/{{Slayer}} song ''South of Heaven''.
26	* SinsOfOurFathers: The witches curse the descendants of Hawthorne and the rest of Salem.
27	* SwarmOfRats
28	%%* SurrealHorror
29	* WickedWitch: [[spoiler: The title characters.]]
30	* WitchHunt: Subverted as Reverend Hawthorne actually identified real, satan worshipping witches.

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