ROB ZOMBIE Says 'House Of 1000 Corpses' Sequel Will Be 'Very Different'

June 21, 2004

Rob Zombie has spoken to MTV.com about the making of his "House of a 1000 Corpses" sequel, "The Devil's Rejects".

"It's funny because our budget is moderate to say the least, but our casting has gotten out of control," Zombie said. "It's great. We have a fortune in casting ... and a lot of people that we pulled from the past."

"Everything from the script to the way it's cast, it's very different than the first film," Zombie said. "It's much more real, much more gritty. The first film was very ... I mean it's bloody and it's nasty, but there's sort of a surreal element to the first one. I hate the word 'campy,' because that's not what is, but there's almost like a bloody 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' [quality] to the first one, and this one is a very bleak, stark, very real film.

"The thing I hate about sequels is they just sort of do the same thing again and that's always a drag," he continued. "So this one is very different. It's the same characters continuing on in the story, but with a very different feel."

"If you look at any series of horror-movie sequels, say 'A Nightmare on Elm Street', Freddy Krueger is this terrifying character in the first, but as time goes on he becomes this fun-loving character that little kids want to dress up as for Halloween," Zombie said. "Same with Michael Myers [from 'Halloween']. And I didn't want that to happen, so I took the humor away so the characters kind of go in the exact opposite direction. They become meaner and more horrible, rather than familiar and fun-loving."

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