First things first, don't even bother reading this unless you first click on THIS VIDEO and listen to "Thunder Kiss 65."
And, yes Rob Zombie's first band White Zombie takes its name from the 1932 film. Also, as you can clearly see in the video, the 90's were a weird time for Rob.
In addition to gaining cred from mid-90's, dreadlock-sporting, metal bands, White Zombie has a lot of other stuff going for it. For one, it's widely considered to be the first zombie movie. Some people have made the argument that Frankenstein is the original zombie movie, but those people are wrong, and they probably failed twelve grade English.
Maybe read a book for once in your life before you start bragging about your advanced knowledge of "zombie lore." P.S. While you're doing all this reading you might learn that "knowledge of zombie lore" is about as good a bragging topic as "most Redtube visits."
And, while we're on the topic of zombie lore, it seems like everyone thinks George Romero invented zombies or something, but actually he's only responsible for westernizing the already existing zombie myths. You could say he did for zombies what Stephanie Meyers did for Vampires.
Except, you know . . . Romero knew how to make a decent movie and he didn't wear magic Mormon underwear or put only white people in his movies.
But I still stand by what I said about Romero westernizing the zombie myth. You see zombies, like all terrible diseases, originally started in Africa. That's right. Every episode of The Walking Dead is brought to you in part by some African witch doctor who lived hundred if not thousands of years ago. The zombie myth originated in Africa and was perpetuated by the witch doctors and shamans. When Africans were brought to North, South, and Central America during the slave trade they brought their myths with them, and through them voodoo and zombies came to the Caribbean and later to Hollywood.
We want writer's credit for all seasons of The Walking Dead or a vial of Rick Grimes' tears.
The original zombies were always servants of a witch doctor or zombie lord. They were more like automatons than brain eaters, and they served their masters unquestioningly. Often they were fresh corpses reanimated to servitude through the use of "zombie powder." It wasn't until the 1960's that Romero made Night of the Living Dead and changed zombies into the modern flesh eating monsters that we recognize today.
I know what you're probably thinking. You're thinking "Man, I could use an army of mindless automatons to carry out my every command. How do I become one of these 'zombie lord' people?" Well I wish I could tell you, alas I am but a humble blogger . . . for now. But, I will tell you who would know how to become a zombie lord.
Bela Lugosi!
"I vant you to tell me if this lipstick is too much."
That's the other big thing that White Zombie has going for it; Bela Lugosi. Most famous for his portrayal of Dracula, the man remains a horror movie icon to this day. In fact, The Count from freaking Sesame Street was modeled after Lugosi's Dracula (Although The Count's lust for blood is much more understated.)
Lugosi plays the zombie lord in White Zombie, and he does it well. If anyone could tell you how to become a zombie lord it would be him. Honestly, I've got nothing but respect for the man; it takes a lot of guts to pursue an acting career with a uni-brow like that, but Bela Lugosi isn't the type of guy to let having a girl's name and seriously F'ed up facial hair stop him from chasing his dreams.
"What do you mean "Bela is a girl's name?" I ought to slap that damn face off your head."
The take away from all this is that if you're a fan of classic horror films White Zombie ain't too bad. And, if you aren't a fan of classic horror films, why are you even reading this? Get a life, loser and maybe go out and get a job too!
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