Rob Zombie Movies:
We’ve seen many types of human beings in the history of mankind and today we are going to talk about a human of a different kind, Rob Zombie. He who is such a misfit for this world and other humans, his appearance was exactly the same as of others as he also has one heart inside his body, but the difference comes from the choices he made, dreams he followed, the path he chose, and the way he lived his life and is living to this day.
Who would’ve thought that one day a little kid from the streets of Haverhill, Massachusetts will go on to become one of the most successful hard rock performers of all-time and also a great director? Rob was born on January 12, 1965, in Haverhill. It was his heavy metal band ‘White Zombie’ in the 1990s which gave him fame because of his contentious lyrics and theatrical performances on stage.
“My advice: Don’t quit. When I got to New York, I lived so far below the poverty line, because I didn’t give in and get a job at 7-Eleven. I think you can thrive in misery and one of the funniest things is that, I’m so used to not carry what anyone says, good or bad, that unfortunately even when people say good things… I wish it made me feel good, but it doesn’t.” –ROB ZOMBIE
The man was a home of many talents as he put his faith in his childhood interest in horror movies and zombies and turned into a director. The man gave audiences some cracking and tremendous movies. Everyone is aware of his glorious success in the industry of music and that’s the reason why we are focusing on his other successful career. So, here are 10 Rob Zombie movies as a director:
1. House Of 1000 Corpses
‘House of 1000 Corpses’ is an American ill-treatment horror film which was written and directed by Rob Zombie, which was his directorial debut. The movie was set on Halloween, the film sees the Firefly family torturing and mutilating a group of teenagers who are traveling across the country writing a book. A tank which was vacant and a flat tire which lead two couples down a terror-filled path to the house of 1000 Corpses.
A cast of twisted individuals who, with each slash of a throat or stub thru the chest, add bodies to their sick human menagerie. The film showed a number of genres and also features some elements of the paranormal. The film was released on April 11, 2003, almost three years after the completion of filming. The film earned over $3 million in its opening weekend, and would later go on to gross over $16 million worldwide.
Despite, collecting some negative remarks in its initial stages, the movie went on to gather a cult following. One of the famous people from the side of The Hollywood Reporter, Frank Scheck wrote about the film,
“It lives up to the spirit but not the quality of its inspirations” and is ultimately ‘cheesy and ultragory exploitation horror flick”.
2. The Devil’S Rejects
‘The Devil’s Rejects’ is a 2005 American horror film written and directed by Rob Zombie and is the sequel to his 2003 film ‘House of 1000 Corpses’. In a budget of $7 million, the film had a gross worldwide collection of $19.4 million. One of the members of the Firefly family got attacked by some men of Sheriff Wydell. The killers are commonly known as ‘The Devil’s Reject’. But, the ones who got left have now kidnapped some more people in a motel. Horror Author Stephen King voted The Devil’s Reject as the 9th Best film of 2005 and also wrote,
“No redeeming social merit, perfect 70s C-grade picture cheesy glow; this must be what Quentin Tarantino meant when he did those silly Kill Bill pictures.”
3. Halloween
‘Halloween’ is an American film which came in 2007 and was written and directed by Rob Zombie. The film was a remake of 1978 horror film by the same name as this one; it’s the first in the series of rebooted Halloween films and was the ninth successful installment of the famous franchise of Halloween.
The film consists of many brilliant stars, such as Tyler Mane who portrayed the character of a young adult Michael Myers. Rob Zombie reimagined the things and it follows the premise of John Carpenter’s original, also it was Michael Myers who was stalking Laurie Strode and her friends also on the night of Halloween.
Zombie’s film goes deeper into the character’s psychic, trying to answer the question of what drove him to kill people, whereas in Carpenter’s original film Michael did not have an explicit reason for killing. The movie was released on August 31, 2007, despite mostly negative reviews, the film, which costs $15 million to make, went on to gross $80.2 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film in the Halloween series, in unadjusted U.S. dollars.
4. Grindhouse
‘Grindhouse’ is an American horror film which got released in 2007 and was co-written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino. In this movie ‘Werewolf Woman of the SS’ was the one which was contributed by Rob Zombie. The movie starred Nicolas Cage as Fu Manchu; Franz Hess as Udo Kier, who was the commandant of Death Camp 13; and Sheri who played the role of Zombie’s Wife with Sybil Danning as SS officers.
The film was released on April 6, 2007, ticket sales performed significantly below expectation despite a great reception by critics. The feature later found more success in DVD and Blu-ray. The budget of the film was around $53 million and the movie earned drastically $25.4 million. Two features combined under one title. The one has a stuntman named Mike, who was killing women by using his car; the other one has a group of people fighting for their lives against the zombies who eat human meat.
5. The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto
The movie is a 2009 American adult animated exploitation musical black comedy horror film directed by Rob Zombie. The film was written by Rob Zombie and Tom Papa from Zombie’s Comic Book series of the same name. The film follows the adventures of El Superbeasto (Tom Papa), a suave, yet violent exploitation film/director and former masked wrestler, and his sultry ‘sidekick’ and sister, the super-agent Suzi-X, as they prevent the evil Dr. Satan from taking over the world by marrying the foul-mouthed stripper with the mark of the devil on her backside, Velvet Won Black. The adventures, set in the mythic world of monster land, also feature Murray the robot. The film was released on September 22, 2009. It’s a really good pick for everyone to watch on a Saturday night.
6. Halloween II
‘Halloween II’ is a 2009 American slasher film written, directed, and produced by Rob Zombie. This film is a sequel to Zombie’s 2007 remake (1978’s Halloween), and it was the tenth film of the franchise. This movie Pick the pieces from where the 2007 film was ended and then straight jumps two years ahead, this movie follows Laurie Strode as she locks horns with the aftermath of the events which happened in the previous film. Halloween II was released on August 28, 2009, in North America, and was met with a negative reception from critics.
The original opening of the film grossed less than the 2007 remake, with approximately $7 million. The movie would go on to collect a sum of $33.4 million in North America only, and significantly $5.9 million in foreign countries, which in the end made a movie to earn a worldwide estimated total of $39.3 million. Laurie Strode finds herself rushed to the hospital after her brother attacks her. Whilst law enforcement continues their hunt for the killer, Myers heads to the hospital where Laurie is treated.
7. The Lords Of Salem
‘The Lords of Salem’ is a 2012 American supernatural horror film written, produced, and directed by Rob Zombie, and starring Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison, Judy Geeson, and Meg Foster. The plot is centered around a female disc jockey who is so much trouble and is in Salem, Massachusetts, the life of this female jockey get entangled with a coven of ancient women who later turned out to be the worshippers of Satan.
The movie is based on Rob Zombie’s novelization of The Lords of Salem’ was released on March 12, 2013, and the film was given a limited release on April 19, 2013. The film received mixed reviews from the critics. The radio DJ Sheri Moon Zombie in Salem, Mass., is plagued by nightmarish visions of vengeful witches after she plays a record by a mysterious group known only as “The Lords”.
Simon Abrams gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, praising Rob Zombie who ‘tested his considerable skills and tried something different’ in his first film with full control on the creative department of the film and also described the performance of Sheri Moon’s Zombie performance as the best of her career.
8. The Zombie Horror Picture Show
It was the first concert film ever by Rob Zombie as it was released in May 19, 2014, on DVD and Blu-ray. The Zombie Horror Picture Show is a very famous feature-length film on a concert which was recorded live over the period of two amazing nights in beautiful Texas. It captured Zombie’s elaborated description. Mind-blowing production of multi-media SFX, robots, pyrotechnics, oversized LED screens & a state-of-the-art light show mixed with his band featuring John 5, Piggy D and Ginger Fish.
9. 31
‘31’ is an American horror film which was written and directed by Rob Zombie. The movie features a talented cast with the likes of Sheri Moon Zombie, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Richard Brake, Meg Foster, Malcolm McDowell, Judy Geeson, and talented Jane Carr. A period piece set in 1976, the film is about five carnies who kidnapped by a gang of clowns called ‘The Heads’ and forced to play a survival game called ‘31’, where they are chased by the clowns through a maze of rooms over 12 hours, the penalty for capture being torture and murder, while bets are placed among their progress.
The film was crowd-funded online twice at Fanbacked.com. At a test screening, Zombie compared 31 to his 2005 movie The Devil’s Rejects. The budget of the movie was of $1.5 million and the amount they earned was $850,419. The story is all about five carnival workers are kidnapped the night before Halloween and held hostage in a large compound. At the mercy of their captors, they are forced to play a twisted game of life and death called ‘31’. For the next 12 hours, they must fight for their lives against an endless parade of a homicidal maniac.
10. 3 From Hell
‘3 from Hell’ is an American horror film written & directed by Rob Zombie, as the movie is a follow-up to his 2003 film ‘House of 1000 Corps’ and its 2005 sequel ‘The Devil’s Reject’. The plot of the film is currently unknown, but it is confirmed that it will be centered on the three main antagonists of the previous films.
The movie will have stars like Sheri Moon Zombie, Sid Haig, and famous Bill Moseley in the cast’s list. The movie is going to be released in 2019 and no official date has been given so far.
So, these are the movies which have been directed by a man who is very much fantasized with ‘Horror genre’. On asking that whether he will ever be able to change his genre from ‘horror’ to something else, Rob Zombie said,
“Sure. The first one I did [House Of 1000 Corpses] was a horror movie, but I didn’t want to make another horror movie when the sequel came along, so I went out of my way to make it look and feel different. I wanted to make it feel like a postmodern Western, and ever since then there have been other projects that I’ve wanted to get off the ground. But the problem is, once you have success in one area, you get branded with that. Someday I’ll make some other types of films. I just love making movies, although getting the money to make them is so fucking hard that saying no to someone who is offering you money to make one seems psychotic.”
