Robert Bartleh Cummings, better known by his stage name, Rob Zombie, is an American musician, film director, screenwriter, film producer and writer.He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie, and as a solo musician sold a further 15 million albums. Five of his albums have been certified platinum and another two have been certified gold, making him the artist with the most gold and platinum discs on the Geffen Records label.Zombie has also established a successful career as a film director, creating the movies House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, as well as the 2007 remake of Halloween.
His brother, Spider One , is lead singer of the metal band Powerman 5000.
He had originally written the script for The Crow: Salvation , and was also supposed to direct and supervise the music for the movie. Continual clashes with the producers led to his being fired from the film. The script he had written is now the script for Legend of the 13 Graves.
Owns the "Zombie-A-Go-Go" record label.
Directs all his own music videos.
Once managed his brothers band, Powerman 5000.
Has many tattoos and designed most of them.
His wife, Sheri Moon Zombie , is on the cover of his American Made Music to Strip By album.
Designed a maze for Universal Studios "Halloween Horror Nights" in 1999 and 2000.
Drew the hallucination scene in Beavis and Butt-Head Do America .
Draws most of the illustrations on White Zombie s and his solo CD booklets.
Universal dropped his film debut House of 1000 Corpses , fearing it would get an NC-17 rating.
One of his favorite horror movies is Black Christmas . He considers the film to be underrated as he first watched it around the holiday season and remembers being terrified of it.
His film House of 1000 Corpses was inspired mainly by The Texas Chain Saw Massacre .
He has a pair of boots that hes been wearing for over 20 years.
He is a big fan of horror movies. Zombies are one of his favorite sub-genres of horror.
Is friends with metal legend Ozzy Osbourne.
Has a fascination with Charles Manson.
Collector of classic movie posters including horror films and The Marx Brothers comedies, after whom he named several of the characters in House of 1000 Corpses ( A Night at the Opera (1935) s Otis Driftwood, Duck Soup s Rufus Firefly, Animal Crackers (1930) s Captain Spaulding, etc.).
Is close friends with his hero, Alice Cooper.
Named his first heavy metal band White Zombie , after the Bela Lugosi film White Zombie (1932) .
Wants to open up his own night club for unsigned acts.
Member of the unofficial "Splat Pack," a term coined by film historian Alan Jones in Total Film magazine for the modern wave of directors making brutally violent horror movies. The other "Splat Pack" members are Alexandre Aja , Darren Lynn Bousman , Neil Marshall , Greg McLean , Eli Roth , James Wan , and Leigh Whannell.
Is an avid fan of "The Munsters" .
Moved to New York at the age of 18.
Although his own movies tend to be very violent, he is a bigger fan of the horror films of the 1930s and 1940s than the later, more violent ones.
Is a vegan and an animal rights activist.
Has a 12-foot stuffed bear in his living-room along with a sarcophagus, an enormous Boris Karloff poster, a green, scaly Creature from the Black Lagoon statue, and real baby bats which have been mounted and framed.
His parents were carnival workers.
In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated his earnings for the year at $20 million.
Avoids casting himself or even giving himself cameos in any of his movies. He has said that, as a director, he doesnt feel comfortable in front of the camera and generally feels that directors should focus on directing rather than being in the film. He did, however, have a non-speaking, uncredited cameo at the very beginning of his debut movie, House of 1000 Corpses .
Turned down the opportunity to direct Freddy vs. Jason to work on House of 1000 Corpses .
Is close friends with Horror Hostess Icon Cassandra Peterson (Elvira).
Was rumored to be the director of Evil Dead .
Originally stated he would never do a sequel to Halloween , until the studio decided to make Halloween II . Then he signed on to write and direct, because he didnt want someone to ruin his vision. He did not sign on to direct the second sequel Halloween .
Lives in Los Angeles, California, and Woodbury, Connecticut.
He and his wife, Sheri Moon Zombie , own a black pug named Dracula along with four cats.
(October 2003) Released a "best of" record entitled Past, Present & Future.
(October 2008) Hosted AMCs "Fear Fest 08" during the Halloween season.
(November 2001) Released his second solo CD, The Sinister Urge.
(March 2006) Released a new CD entitled Educated Horses and is currently touring North America in support of that CD.
Stated that dishon is the most creepy and unsettling horror movie hes ever seen.
Although some of his most well-known projects are his Halloween remakes ( Halloween and Halloween II ), he has publicly stated before that he is not a fan of horror movie remakes.
Is a fan of "Bobs Burgers" .
Is friends with James Gunn and has provided voice work for three of Gunns movies, Slither , Super , and Guardians of the Galaxy .
Has been a huge Groucho Marx fan since his childhood.
In 2015, he gave his ten favorite horror movies to HitFix. They are, in order: Dracula , Frankenstein , Night of the Living Dead , The Shining , The Exorcist , Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens , Freaks (1932) , The Rocky Horror Picture Show , The Texas Chain Saw Massacre , and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde .
[on being asked if Halloween II (2009) is a remake of,Halloween II (1981) ] The answer is no. This movie has nothing to,do with the movie that came out back in 1981. The only thing slightly,the same is my film has a brief hospital scene at the top of the film,and even that is 100% different. These are all new characters and all,new situations. This is not a remake of a sequel, this is the,continuing story of the Halloween (2007) I started. So hopefully,that clears up that confusion.
I remember, especially like when I was in high school, going to see like,Dawn of the Dead (1978) and it was like mayhem in the theater,and you could barely even watch the movie. It was so fun.
I like movies where you can come back and re-watch them and admire the,cinematography 25 years later.
I always thought I played Michael Myers more like he was Frankenstein.
[on the horror movies 2016 had to offer] I really enjoyed,The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015) , I thought that was,really good. I like movies like that, that was cool.
But I think bands that rolled in with a big attitude, like they were some big deal, I just found that very strange.
I like movies where you can come back and re-watch them and admire the cinematography 25 years later. .
