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Rob Zombie Teases ‘House of 1000 Corpses’ Book With Rare Photos, Original Script and More!
Rob Zombie’s debut horror feature House of 1000 Corpses just celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, and Zombie has taken to Instagram this week to announce that a brand new making-of book will be joining last year’s Blu-ray re-release as part of the celebration.
Zombie writes this afternoon, “To celebrate the 21st anniversary of House of 1000 Corpses being released, I thought I would give you a sneak peek at the House of 1000 Corpses book that I have been working on. This thing is packed with rare photos, blueprints, storyboards, makeup tests and my original script with all my handwritten notes and sketches.”
“Coming your way soon,” Zombie notes in the Instagram post, which includes a series of rare behind the scenes photographs that will be appearing in the upcoming making-of book.
The photos from Zombie’s personal collection feature stars Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, and Sheri Moon Zombie, taking us behind the scenes of the film’s production. You’ll also find a hand-drawn early sketch of the character who became known as The Professor, along with a couple shots that show Walter Phelan getting into costume as the iconic Dr. Satan.
We expect the upcoming book will feature a whole lot more of these relics from Zombie’s archives, and we’ll be sure to keep you posted as we learn more about its release. Stay tuned.
When House of 1000 Corpses slashed its way into theaters 21 years ago, 1970s-style horror – and camp – returned with bone-snapping, scream-inducing vengeance. Zombie’s directorial debut, this first film of a trilogy introduced the Firefly family, backwoods sadists who plunge two young couples into a nightmare world of torture, satanic ritual, and cannibalism.
House of 1000 Corpses was of course followed by the more grounded-in-reality sequel The Devil’s Rejects, with 3 from Hell more recently bringing the characters back to life in 2019.
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Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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