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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