Rob Zombie Articles
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2012’s THE LORDS OF SALEM served as a modest return to glory for director Rob Zombie after the disappointment of HALLOWEEN II (2009). However, he knew he couldn’t afford to rest on his laurels. In 2013, he dove back into his music career with the release of a new album, and with new music comes…
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Notable Festivals: Toronto (Midnight Madness), SXSW The disappointing reception of 2009’s HALLOWEEN II was a real setback for director Rob Zombie’s career. While he was working (harder than usual) to get his next film off the ground, Zombie diversified into several other formats, like episodic television and stand up comedy specials. All the while, his…
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By 2011, director Rob Zombie was gearing up for his return to feature films. In the meantime, he turned his attention towards a potential side-career in the commercial sector—a reliable, lucrative scenario for the right person. Commercials are a relatively anonymous medium, where the director has to forsake his or her aesthetic in order to…
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Generic police procedurals like CSI and LAW & ORDER are the bane of my entertainment existence. Their popularity, quite simply, baffles me. I’ve stayed away from CSI MIAMI in particular, mainly because there’s no physical way I can take actor David Caruso seriously. He just seems so self-important and pretentious in return for a minuscule…
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While Rob Zombie was working on his film career, he also turned his creative attentions towards a character named El Superbeasto, whom he had previously given life to in comic book form. In 2006, he decided to adapt El Superbeasto’s exploits into an animated feature in the vein of adult-oriented cartoons like REN & STIMPY…
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A sequel to Rob Zombie’s re-imagining of HALLOWEEN (2007) was inevitable. The HALLOWEEN series had already seen earlier entries, and Zombie’s efforts were always intended to reboot the franchise for the 21st century. Zombie himself was not interested in doing a sequel, stating that he had said all he had wanted to say with the…
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The original HALLOWEEN (1978), directed by John Carpenter, not only redefined the horror genre, but independent film as well. It set the course for the ensuing two decades, giving birth to the slasher subgenre and a veritable rogue’s gallery of boogeymen in Jason, Freddy, Chucky, and Pinhead. But one name stood above them all: Michael…
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By the mid-2000’s, director Rob Zombie had established himself as a formidable voice within the horror genre. I’ve compared Zombie before to Quentin Tarantino—both filmographies share witty, foul-mouthed characters and eclectic musical choices—so it makes perfect sense to me that the two (along with Robert Rodriguez) would collaborate on a project. In 2007, Tarantino and Rodriguez…
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Between the release of THE DEVIL’S REJECTS (2005) and the making of his re-imagining of John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN in 2007, director Rob Zombie focused on the music side of his career and released a new album called “Educated Horses”. “Educated Horses” featured the single “Foxy, Foxy”, which was selected to become a promotional music video. Zombie…
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When director Rob Zombie made HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES (2003), he put everything he had into it. There was no guarantee he’d ever get to make another movie. But that didn’t stop him from dreaming about what would happen to his characters after the credits rolled. He began entertaining a wider world for these eccentric…
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Judging by its trailers and negative reviews, it was easy to shrug off director Rob Zombie’s film debut, HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, when it was released in 2003. Lionsgate, the film’s distributor, had a long history of releasing disposable horror fare, so why would a film directed by a largely irrelevant shock rocker from the…
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Years Active: 1995-present Alma Mater: Parsons School of Design Associated Movements: Splat Pack Influences: John Carpenter, Quentin Tarantino One of my pet peeves when it comes to art is when someone from a particular artistic discipline decides they want to try their hand at film directing. In practice, it’s a hit or miss proposition: for…