Our buddies over at Dread Central have posted a great interview with Rob Zombie in which he discusses many things, not least of which is the supposed stale box office performance of some genre tentpoles lately. I’ll let the man speak:
I think [the box office buzz] is sort’ve bullshit in a way, and I felt that coming when George Romero’s ‘Land of the Dead’ came out and it did $10 million and everyone said, ‘Oh, it stiffed!'” Zombie says. “I just think everyone’s living under this delusion, what do they think [THE DEVIL’S REJECTS] is gonna do? Seventy-million dollars? ‘Rejects’ is a really nasty, hard R-rated movie with no big stars. And it made back its entire budget in the first three days. I think people get very bizarre expectations. Did people think that ‘Hellraiser’ opened to $45 million? These films…they grow over time. People don’t keep things in perspective, the world at large is too into the box office.
Amen, brother! You can read the rest of the interview here.
And speaking of LOTD, word has come down from on high that two versions will be released to DVD on October 18th – a rated and an unrated version. Only the unrated version will be available in widescreen, however. I fail to understand how any self-respecting film fan can watch full screen anymore, but maybe that’s just me.
One thing’s for sure, whether it’s full or wide screen, watching Asia Argento do her thing is always a good time!