A horror movie insider provided me with an amusing quote today, but it has already made the rounds of all the blogs – so I might as well join in. The quote comes from an interview with rocker-turned-horror director Rob Zombie and appears in issue three (2002) of a magazine called Are You Going? Zombie is asked: How do you feel about big budget remakes of Dawn of the Dead and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre? Zombie’s reply is:

“I feel it’s the worst thing any filmmaker can do. I actually got a call from my agent and they asked me if I wanted to be involved with the remake of Chain Saw. I said no fucking way! Those movies are perfect- you’re only going to make yourself look like an asshole by remaking them. Go remake something that’s a piece of shit and make it good. Like with my movie (House of 1000 Corpses) I have elements of Chain Saw in it because I love that movie so much, but I wouldn’t dare want to “remake” it. It’s like a band trying to be another band. You can sound like The Beatles, but you can’t be The Beatles.”

Zombie is, of course, currently the director of the 2007 remake of John Carpenter’s Halloween. Stacie Ponder conducted an in-depth interview with Zombie about Halloween over at her excellent website, The Final Girl.

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