Jan. 12, 2025

This Day in Halloween: Musician, voice actor, filmmaker and TCM Underground host Rob Zombie is born in Haverhill, MA in 1965. / Illustration by Rana Barua

Musician, voice actor, filmmaker Rob Zombie is born Robert Bartleh Cummings in Haverhill, Mass. in 1965. The son of carnival workers, his music includes leading the band White Zombie as well as solo albums Hillbilly Deluxe and The Sinister Urge. As a writer/director, his films include House of 1000 Corpses, a remake of Halloween, The Devil’s Rejects and the animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. He also briefly hosted Turner Classics Movie’s TCM Underground

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