Product Description

El Superbeasto aka “Beasto” is an unstoppable superhero masked wrestler, Producer/Director/Star of BeastoWorld Enterprises—and world-famous man of action! In his first full-length animated adventure based on the comic book created by Rob Zombie, Beasto and his super-sexy sister Suzi X must stop the unholy marriage of foul-mouthed stripper Velvet Von Black and diabolical Dr. Satan, or unleash all the sudsy powers of Hell! Welcome to a depraved domain of outrageous comedy, non-stop ultra-violence and bad-ass theme songs! Featuring a horde of Nazi zombie bikers, seven original songs by Hard ‘n Phirm and the voice talents of Tom Papa, Sheri Moon Zombie, Rosario Dawson, Brian Posehn and Paul Giamatti as Dr. Satan in THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5246 in DVD
• Brand: ABE
• Released on: 2009-09-22
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.20 pounds
• Running time: 80 minutes

Features

• HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO, THE (DVD MOVIE)

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Customer Reviews

Just plain awesome
Whether or not you are a fan of Rob Zombie's music or films is irrelevant, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is a pure blast. If you can, imagine Fritz the Cat minus the political commentary and double the nudity and violence, as Zombie adapts his own comic to tell the story of professional wrestling super celebrity Beasto (voiced by Tom Papa) who is on a never ending adventure of action and babes. He and his hot, Nazi-zombie hunting sister Suzi X (voiced by Sheri Moon Zombie) embark on a quest to rescue foul-mouthed stripper Velvet Von Black (voiced by Rosario Dawson) from marrying wanna-be world conquerer Dr. Satan (voiced by Paul Giamatti). In the middle of all this are plenty of "I can't believe what I just saw" moments, blink-and-you'll-miss-them visual gags, hilarious songs and music, and plenty of animated graphic ultraviolence; so much so that you can't help but enjoy what you find here. Yes, as you can probably tell by now, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto isn't for everyone, but if any of the aforementioned sounds appealing in the least, you are almost guaranteed to love this animated flick, regardless whether or not you're a Rob Zombie fan. Also featuring voice work from Zombie regulars Brian Posehn, Ken Foree, Geoffrey Lewis, and cameos from Sid Haig and Bill Moseley in their House of 1000 Corpses/Devil's Rejects roles.

Weird Cartoon that dosen't seem to know it's audience.
Rob Zombie is not much of a director. For anybody who grew up watching Grindhouse oddities and are well-versed in the Horror and Cult subgenres, it becomes painfully obvious that the director oft-times borrows more than create believable, loving homages. His films often feel like tired retreads rather than genuinely creative or quirky output. It's unfortunate that his first animated feature should meet the same fate.

"El Superbeasto" is based off of a ridiculous Comic Book series that Zombie had marketed some years ago and it follows the exploits of a "super-hero" who is clearly inspired by masked Spanish wrestlers of the 60s like Santo the Demon. He is supposedly a pretty cool cat who can just snap his fingers and get babes to appear in his privately made adult films. He also fights crime occasionaly, but often times leaves that to his Cousin, a babe with an eyepatch who is voiced by Rob Zombie's wife, who likes to undress many times throughout the cartoon and hang out with the robot from THE PHANTOM CREEPS(1939).
Superbeasto frequents a Monster strip club one night and his eyes falls upon gorgeous goth babe, Velvet Von Black. She's adorable looking, but is a real potty mouth, as voiced by Rossario Dawson. She attracts the attention of villain, Dr. Satan, who plans on marryinf her and taking over the world.

The cartoon is beautifully animated, resembling a classic Looney Tunes, more often than not. Except this cartoon is exceptionally violent and is loaded with profanity and nudity. At first, the adolescent sense of humor is actually rather infectious, as the soundtrack is complete with dirty little ditties that describe the onscreen action. After awhile, this schtick just tires itself out and becomes rather monotonous and repetitive.

Many homages are made throughout to classic film, but I have the feeling that'd they fall on deaf ears. For some reason the film begins with the same(except in animated form) beginning as FRANKENSTEIN(1931), though I doubt that fans of that film would appreciate the childish humor within. Why not make the whole film a classic Horror parody? This just seems wildly out of place and inappropiate, another example of Zombie's excesses as a filmmaker.

Undoubtably, teenage boys will love this film for it's racy context and bucketloads of cartoon boobage, but it just dosen't go anywhere. The problem may be that the film feels half-finished. Even in something as ridiculous as this, we need a reason to LIKE these characters and unfortunately we don't. Paul Giamatti steals the show as Doctor Satan, but even the veteran thespian can hardly overcome the sheer boredom and inepitude. All Zombie films feature many good character actors, whose sheer personality often carry the films. As a developer of character, he seems to always fall short.

The DVD presentation is decent, with LOTS of bonus footage and alternate scenes that will appeal to those interested. For fans of over-the-top cartoon gore and sexy cartoon babes cat-fighting, clearly this deserves a viewing. Everyone else should probally just put on an old White Zombie record and watch HEAVY METAL(1981) again.

Brain-damaging, but hilarious.
After a great many years in conception and production, horror director/artist/metal legend/all-around bad mofo Rob Zombie hath finally bequeathed unto us his animated masterwork "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto". Was it worth the wait? Well, it's a mixed bag to say the least, but if I told you I didn't have a great time I'd be lying to you. What we have here is a twisted tale of stupidity that bombards you with cartoon breasts and behinds, potty humor, racial caricatures, homages and cameos from every corner of the entertainment universe, a truly bizarre comedic soundtrack that sounds like a collaboration between Tenacious D and Flight of the Conchords, and general Rob Zombie madness like you've never ever EVER seen before. Sound good? Hop onboard.

What's the story? Who cares? It's dumb. This film is about chaotic, childish glee. It begins with a classic black-and-white Universal move by giving us a friendly warning that what we are about to see may horrify us. He's not wrong, but the movie is far from scary in the traditional sense. It takes on an animation style similar to Ren & Stimpy and utilizes devices and sound effects from all of the innocent classic cartoons we grew up watching. Then all the girls take off their clothes and use prehensile female anatomy in ways that make you embarrassed to be watching then you see your favorite horror characters and get all happy and then all the tailkicking starts and there's Nazi werewolves (Zombie really likes Nazis..and werewolves...and especially Nazi werewolves) and zombies and Nazi zombies and they have their own theme song and then there's more boobs and this transforming robot that's all horny for this awesome chick who steal Hitler's pickled head and Superbeasto is a luchador who shoves a cat down his pants so he has a bulge and there is Dr Satan who is really a nerd and has a talking gorilla with a screw in his head then all this stuff happens and it's crazy as fu.......[deep breath].....Yeah, so this flick gets a bit crazy at times.

So I think we've established that the humor in this one is decidedly lowbrow. Let's talk homages, references, and cameos. It's pretty much the biggest draw here unless you are one to pleasure yourself to cartoons (which is okay, as a song in the movie informs us, because Japanese people do it every day....nice). Plenty of horror icons ranging from Dr Phibes to the Bride of Frankenstein and The Fly as well as characters from Zombies' own films, but then there's references to everything from Benny Hill and Jerry Lewis to Charlie Chaplin (who Beasto mixes up with Hitler) and movies like Taxi Driver and Planet of the Apes. Other amusing cameos of note include Courtney Love, the Olsen Twins, and a featured role for Michael Myers.....as street pizza. This is an infinitesimal sampling. Honestly, aside from the sheer twisted insanity the massive unending pile of homages and cameos are what is going to keep your interest for the full hour and twenty. This has to be some kind of record. Eat it, Tarantino!

Voice cast. Awesome. Rosario Dawson lets fly some of the most staggeringly ignorant ebonics you've ever heard onscreen. Normally, I'm unimpressed by this cheap style of humor, but in this particular setting it did the trick for me. The Mexican caricatures, however, go down as a fail in spite of the marvelous man-god Danny Trejo lending his voice. Getting a real Mexican to play a caricature just doesn't sound funny, I guess. Tom Papa is pretty much The Man playing the title character. He has a really classic voice and delivers the lines with the perfect amount of sleaze and glee. Rob's wife Sheri Moon Zombie was born to be a voice actress. As cute as she is onscreen, when she's reduced to just a voice to an animated caricature her gigantic personality is just unbelievably charming. Again, big thumbs up for the cast.

Throw in some self-referential humor (including a song that plays during an homage scene stolen from a classic horror film that laments the cliche parody and asks if they got permission to do it) more cartoon boobs and ebonics slang, and even more cameos and references and that pretty much sums it up. The special features are a few minutes of extremely brief deleted scenes (one has Leatherface in it) and a very long set of unfinished alternate scenes. I'd have hoped for at least a commentary or making of after all the delays but whatever, Zombie. "The Haunted World of Superbeasto" is a great time if you're looking for a cartoon to keep as far away from your children/parents/grandparents/girlfriends as possible. You may not get away with all of your brain cells intact, but you'll probably leave with a smile. A stupid, stupid smile.

3 1/2 stars rounded up because I have a strong urge to watch this again. Soon.