Horror History: Rob Zombie’s HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES Is Now 18 Years Old
Before the 21st Century, Rob Zombie was a shock-rocker exclusively. The frontman of White Zombie and a solo artist since 1998. On this day in 2003, however, Zombie subjected the word to his first film, House of 1000 Corpses. Today, Zombie is at least as well-known as a filmmaker as he is for being a musician.
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House of 1000 Corpses introduced viewers to the Firefly Clan. Primarily composed of patriarch Captain Spaulding (played to iconic perfection by the late Sid Haig). And “siblings” Baby Firefly and Otis Driftwood, played by Sheri Moon Zombie and Bill Moseley respectively. The film is the first installment of Zombie’s Firefly trilogy. The Devil’s Rejects followed in 2005. 3 From Hell (which added Foxy played by Richard Brake to the Firefly Family) completed the series in 2019.
If it’s been a while, or if you’re never familiarized yourself with Zombie’s exceptionally offbeat and brutal brand of filmmaking, check out the trailer and synopsis for House of 1000 Corpses below.
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House of 1000 Corpses Synopsis:
Two young couples are traveling across the backwoods of Texas. They’re searching for urban legends of murder. But they end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
House of 1000 Corpses Trivia:
There is more than one instance where you see a poster for two missing young boys. Those boys were actually pictures of Rob Zombie and also his brother Spider One (the lead singer of Powerman 5000) as children. (Source)
Rob Zombie filmed most of the cutaway scenes (Otis torturing cheerleaders, Baby masturbating with the skeleton, etc.) in his basement after filming wrapped. He would invite cast members over to his house on the weekends and shoot the footage himself with a 16mm hand-held camera. With the exception of the shot of a setting sun, he also created the opening credits the same way. (Source)
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Rob Zombie said how amongst the footage that was in his infamous lost rough cut of the film and which he had to cut for R rating there were a lot more violent and disturbing scenes with Baby Firefly, like ones that showed more of her necrophilia tendencies. The scene where she kisses a skeleton and touches her breasts with its hand was one such scene. And was much more graphic and longer, even ending with her climaxing. But since MPAA also had issues with moments like these, Zombie cut them. (Source)
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