Interviews
If You’re Waiting for a ‘House of 1,000 Corpses’ Director’s Cut…Keep Waiting [Interview]
Rob Zombie was already a household name when he directed his debut feature, House of 1,000 Corpses, but despite his enormous clout within the music industry the production ran into gigantic problems. The original studio, Universal, balked at the film’s ultraviolence – which seemed destined to earn an NC-17 rating – so Zombie bought back to the rights and took the film to Lionsgate… who ended up cutting the film down to an R-rating anyway.
To date, none of that extreme footage has ever surfaced, but every once in a while we hear rumblings that maybe, just maybe, a director’s cut of House of 1,000 Corpses may be coming.
But according to Zombie, in a new interview with Bloody-Disgusting, the rumors aren’t true.
“There’s nothing,” Zombie confirmed. “I mean, I don’t know where anything is. I gotta be honest. Nothing’s ever been discovered.”
Well, that’s not entirely true, but don’t get your hopes up, horror fans!
“The only thing I discovered, which is not footage, is one time I found a bunch of VHS tapes that had interviews with the cast on set while we were shooting. They could be a special feature, maybe, but yeah… no,” Zombie explained.
“Because we bounced around so much and stuff. It’s amazing that they lose these things. But they do,” Zombie laughed. “So all that stuff’s lost.”
It may be true that the unrated House of 1,000 Corpses director’s cut, the one that ruffled all those studio feathers in the first place, is lost. Then again that’s exactly what they said about the missing footage from Clive Barker’s Nightbreed, another film that infamously got chopped up by the studio, with extensive scenes and sequences that were declared hopelessly lost for years. But then they found it anyway.
Never give up hope, horror fans. But also, don’t hold your breath!
Rob Zombie’s second House of 1,000 Corpses sequel, 3 From Hell, will play in theaters from September 16-18 via FathomEvents!
Interviews
‘Chucky’ – Brad Dourif, Fiona Dourif, and Alex Vincent Reunite to Talk the Past and Tease the Future [Video]
Who doesn’t love a good ol’ family reunion?
At Creep I.E. Con Aftermath, horror icons Brad Dourif, Fiona Dourif, and Alex Vincent sat down with Bloody Disgusting’s Shelby Novak (of Scare You to Sleep) and Michael Roffman (of Halloweenies) to discuss the past, present, and definitive future of the Chucky franchise.
Now, you can watch the full panel below.
The three share hilarious personal anecdotes about what it’s been like growing up together with Chucky in their lives. They also digress on the elasticity of the series and why they’re game for anything Don Mancini throws their way. Speaking of which, there is also a tease of what’s to come.
The video was directed and edited by Matt Sampere with Diandra Lazor.
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