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He drew the hallucination scene in Beavis and Butt-Head Do America 1996.
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Zombie has stated that Audition 1999 is the most creepy and unsettling horror movie he has ever seen.
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His parents worked as carnival workers.
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Although his own movies tend to be very violent, he is a bigger fan of horror films from the 1930s and 1940s than the later, more violent ones.
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He is a vegan and an animal rights activist.
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He named his first heavy metal band White Zombie after the Bela Lugosi film White Zombie 1932.
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He is a huge fan of the animated sitcom Bob’s Burgers 2011.
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His living room includes a 12-foot stuffed bear, a sarcophagus, an enormous Boris Karloff poster, a green, scaly Creature from the Black Lagoon 1954 statue, and real baby bats that have been mounted and framed.
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He does not drink alcohol or do drugs.
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He avoids casting himself or giving himself cameos in his movies, but had a non-speaking, uncredited cameo at the beginning of House of 1000 Corpses 2003.
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He originally wrote the screenplay for The Crow: Salvation 2000 and was set to direct and supervise the music, but clashes with producers led to his firing. That screenplay became Legend of the 13 Graves.
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His film House of 1000 Corpses 2003 was inspired mainly by The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974.
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He is close friends with his hero Alice Cooper.
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He has a pair of boots that he has been wearing for over 20 years.
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He is friends with James Gunn and has provided voice work for four of Gunn’s movies: Slither 2006, Super 2010, Guardians of the Galaxy 2014, and Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 2017.
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In 2015, he gave his ten favorite horror movies to HitFix: Dracula 1931, Frankenstein 1931, Night of the Living Dead 1968, The Shining 1980, The Exorcist 1973, Nosferatu 1922, Freaks 1932, The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931.
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He turned down the opportunity to direct Freddy vs. Jason 2003 to work on House of 1000 Corpses 2003.
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He designed a maze for Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights in 1999 and 2000.
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He is close friends with horror hostess icon Cassandra Peterson Elvira.
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One of his favorite horror movies is Black Christmas 1974, which he considers underrated.
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He is an avid fan of the horror sitcom The Munsters 1964.
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He is a huge fan of horror movies; zombies are one of his favorite sub-genres.
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He owns the Zombie-A-Go-Go record label.
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He and his wife Sheri Moon Zombie own a black pug named Dracula and four cats.
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He wants to open his own night club for unsigned acts.
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His wife Sheri Moon Zombie is on the cover of his album American Made Music to Strip By 1999.
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He was rumored to be the director of Evil Dead 2013.
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He collects classic movie posters, including horror films and The Marx Brothers comedies; he named several characters in House of 1000 Corpses after Marx Brothers characters.
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He moved to New York at age 18.
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He is a member of the unofficial Splat Pack, a group of directors making brutally violent horror movies.
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He draws most of the illustrations on White Zombie’s and his solo CD booklets.
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His brother Spider One is lead singer of the metal band Powerman 5000.
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He has been a huge fan of Groucho Marx since childhood.
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He is friends with heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne.
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He once managed his brother’s band Powerman 5000.
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He never attends auditions when casting, preferring to judge actors solely on taped performances.
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Universal Pictures dropped his film debut House of 1000 Corpses 2003, fearing it would get an NC-17 rating.
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He initially said he would never do a sequel to his Halloween 2007, but signed on to direct Halloween II 2009 to prevent others from ruining his vision.
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He has a fascination with Charles Manson.
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His vocal range is a baritone with a 2.4-octave range.
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Forbes magazine estimated his earnings for the year at $20 million in 2007.
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Although some of his most well-known projects are his Halloween remakes, he has publicly stated that he is not a huge fan of horror movie remakes.
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He currently resides in Los Angeles, California, and Woodbury, Connecticut.
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Each feature film he has directed has included a role for his wife, Sheri Moon Zombie.
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He has been labeled a mallcore artist.
