House of 1000 Corpses (2003) – WTF Happened to This Horror Movie?

Musician Rob Zombie got his film directing career started with House of 1000 Corpses (watch it HERE), a movie that quickly earned a devoted fan base… but it didn’t have an easy time getting to the screen. It was delayed years and passed through the hands of more than one studio before it found one that was willing to actually release it. If you want to know all about the trouble House of 1000 Corpses went through between the end of production and its final release date, check out the new episode of our video series WTF Happened to This Horror Movie? in the embed above!

Written and directed by Zombie, House of 1000 Corpses has the following synopsis:

Two young couples take a misguided tour onto the back roads of America in search of a local legend known as Dr. Satan. Lost and stranded, they are set upon by a bizarre family of psychotics. Murder, cannibalism and satanic rituals are just a few of the 1000+ horrors that await.

The film stars Sid Haig, Karen Black, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, Rainn Wilson, Erin Daniels, Dennis Fimple, Walton Goggins, Chris Hardwick, Jennifer Jostyn, Irwin Keyes, Matthew McGrory, Robert Mukes, Walter Phelan, Michael J. Pollard, Tom Towles, Harrison Young, and Jake McKinnon.

This is what the WTF Happened to This Horror Movie series is all about:

Hollywood has had its fair share of historically troubled productions. Whether it was casting changes, actor deaths, fired directors, in-production rewrites, constant delays, budget cuts or studio edits, these films had every intention to be a blockbuster, but were beset with unforeseen disasters. Sometimes huge hits, sometimes box office bombs. Either way, we have to ask: WTF Happened To This Horror Movie?

The House of 1000 Corpses episode of WTF Happened to This Horror Movie was Written by Emilie Black, Edited by Lance Vlcek, Narrated by Jason Hewlett, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

A couple of the previous episodes of the show can be seen below. To see more, head over to our JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel – and subscribe while you’re there!