House of 1000 Corpses Movie Script Signed Rob Zombie, Sid Haig, Bill Mosley, Sheri Moon Zombie, Karen Black, Chris Hardwick and more hollywoodfinds. They were eventually sold to Lions Gate Entertainment, who released the film in April 2003. It looks good. Rob Zombie rose to fame as a member of the band White Zombie before beginning a solo career. He died following filming, and the finished product was dedicated to him. [12] Zombie later stated "I was in the office of the head of production or something and he asked me if I had any movie ideas and I pitched him Corpses, which was very rough at the time, because I wasn't ready and I made it up on the spot. Beyond the harkening back to the old days, there are instances where Zombie's signature style comes through. "[12] The original film featured more characters, including a skunk ape, and featured footage of the four teenagers on their road trip. [20] His relation to the Firefly family is not revealed in the film, though he is working with them to some extent; however, the sequel establishes that he is the father of Baby. 4.5 out of 5 stars (4,068) 4,068 reviews $ 21.95. Those familiar with Rob Zombie are likely to be the only ones who completely 'get' this clever little film - appreciating its depraved sense of humor and nihilism. Bonus DVD for the Past, Present and Future CD with 10 videos. However, when the unsuspecting group meets Baby's eccentric family after having a flat tyre, an endless night of terror, torture, and murder ensues. Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, hellish compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns. "House of 1000 Corpses" is at its core a story of family - a cast of twisted individuals who, with each slash of a throat or stab thru the chest, add bodies to their sick human menagerie. "[54] The success of the film led to two sequels, released in 2005 and 2019 respectively, and later a seasonal haunted house attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood. [31] Despite this, MGM later refused to release the film following a controversial remark from Zombie claiming that the company had no morals for releasing the film. But it's like when you saw Beetlejuice and you could tell all Tim Burton cared about was Beetlejuice. He liked it, I went home, wrote a 12-page treatment and met up with them. Otis and the family burn the bodies on a pyre. [15] Despite Zombie's claims, this version of the film is yet to be released. [58] Zombie spoke in 2003 of releasing a "super-duper deluxe" edition of the film on DVD, which he hoped would include the footage of the scrapped characters, as well as deleted footage from the film's death scenes; Zombie also claimed the "fishboy" scene was initially much gorier, and he hoped to include added footage for that scene. [19], The names of members of the Firefly family were taken from the names of Groucho Marx characters. I love seeing Sid Haig and the other actors get such great attention from it. [23] The character Bill Hudley was portrayed by Rainn Wilson. 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Two young couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of murder end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers. Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers. As they take off in search of the tree from which Dr. Satan was hanged, they pick up a young free-spirited hitchhiker named Baby, who claims to live only a few miles away. For example, at one point, one of the bad guys turns on a cassette player with low batteries so that the voice recorded on it sounds extra-satanic.If you have problems with blood and other bodily fluids, and utterly repulsive surgically induced variations on the human body, you might want to avoid this film. 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