Robert Cummings, professionally known as Rob Zombie, is an American singer, songwriter, filmmaker, and voice actor. Born on 12 January 1965 in Massachusetts, the singer is currently fifty-seven years old. Rob is one of the founding members of the metal band called White Zombie.
Besides having a successful musical career, Rob has also made and directed several movies. Rob Zombie movies generally fall under the horror genre. His films are psychologically unsettling, with no room for subtlety. Horror fans would love his works for the same reason. This list comprises 20 best Rob Zombie movies ranked from worst to best.
20. The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009)
- Director- Rob Zombie
- Writer- Tom Papa, Rob Zombie
- Cast- Tom Papa, Sheri Moon Zombie, Paul Giamatti, Ken Foree, Rosaria Dawson, Tom Kenny
- IMDb- 5.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score- 40%
This film is about the adventures of El Superbeasto, a former masked wrestler, and his sister, who is a super-agent (Sheri Moon Zombie). They try to stop the evil doctor Satan who wants to take over the world of el Superbeasto by wedding Velvet Von Black, a stripper. The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is based on Rob Zombie’s comic of the same name.
19. 31 (2016)
- Director- Rob Zombie
- Writer- Rob Zombie
- Cast- Sheri Moon Zombie, Richard Brake, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Malcolm McDowell, Meg Foster, Richard Brake
- IMDb- 5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score- 47%
In this Rob Zombie horror picture, five carnival workers are made to play a game of death and life against killer clowns. The movie is set during Halloween when the carnival workers are kidnapped by some gang and forced to play a game with the aim of surviving twelve hours with some sadistic clowns.
With the other clowns, a clown named Doom Head haunts the players in this film. Although, like Doom Head, they claim that they are no clowns. The movie may have disappointed Zombie fans, but the scenes, including Doom Head, were extremely horrific and creepy.
18. 3 From Hell (2019)
- Director- Rob Zombie
- Writer- Rob Zombie
- Cast- Richard Brake, Dee Wallace, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Clint Howard, Emilio Rivera, Sylvia Jefferies
- IMDb- 5.4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score- 58%
This Rob Zombie film is a continuation of the journey of the Firefly family. The third movie of the Firefly trilogy follows the story of Otis, who, after finally escaping from prison, makes a plan to get his sister out with the help of his friend Winslow.
A rampage of blood and chaos follows when they become the target of a killer group. 3 From Hell Lionsgate was released as the last film of the Murderous Firefly family. Rob Zombie puts elements of a slasher film in the Firefly family trilogy, which is greatly enjoyed by horror fans.
17. Zombie Horror Picture Show (2014)
- Director- Rob Zombie
- Writer- Rob Zombie
- Cast- Rob Zombie, John 5, Piggy D., Ginger Fish
- IMDb- 6/10
Zombie Horror Picture Show is a concert film, one of the firsts directed by Zombie. Also, Zombie brings his musical tour memories together in this one film. It depicts the Mayhem Festival Tour and features seventeen songs from Zombie’s solo albums and the records from White Zombie.
16. Halloween II (2009)
- Director- Rob Zombie
- Writer- Rob Zombie
- Cast- Sheri Moon Zombie, Tyler Mane, Danielle Harris, Malcolm McDowell
- IMDb- 4.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score- 28%
A Halloween remake, Halloween II is a continuation of Michael Myers and his quest to kill his sister, Deborah Myers. While the police and law enforcement are after him, Michael Myers shows up at the hospital where she is being treated.
Halloween II was not much of a success compared to its previous film. The soundtrack of Halloween II includes White Horse, a song by Tyler Bates. Dimension Films distributed the movie.
15. Halloween (2007)
- Director- Rob Zombie
- Writer- Rob Zombie
- Cast- Sheri Moon Zombie, Tyler Mane, Scout Taylor Compton, Brad Dourif, Danielle Harris
- IMDb- 6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score- 28%
Halloween, set in Illinois, is a film about Michael Myers, who is a psychopath. He stalks his sister Laurie and eventually kills her, her boyfriend, and her mother’s boyfriend.
After the incident, Myers is sent to a Smith’s Grove Sanitarium, but he somehow escapes it after a few years. Searching for his sister, he marches on into his hometown, where his doctor follows him.
14. House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
- Director- Rob Zombie
- Writer- Rob Zombie
- Cast- Sheri Moon Zombie, Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Rainn Wilson, Karen Black
- IMDb- 6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score- 20%
House of 1000 Corpses is the first film featuring the Firefly family. Like most of Rob Zombie’s movies, this also belongs to the horror genre, but it is special because this film marked Rob Zombie’s directorial debut. Paying Homage to the classics, Rob said that Captain Spaulding the Fireflies family is inspired by Hooper’s ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre.’
The murderous Firefly family and Captain Spaulding are introduced in the first edition of this series of horror films. The plot of House of 1000 Corpses follows a hitchhiker named Baby who asks for a lift from a group of travelers who fall into the trap of Captain Spaulding, a murderous clown.
13. The Devil’s Rejects (2005)
- Director- Rob Zombie
- Writer- Rob Zombie
- Cast- Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Matthew McGrory, Ken Foree, Priscilla Barnes
- IMDb- 6.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score- 55%
After the success of the last film, the Firefly family returns in The Devil’s Reject, and they hit the road to escape a sheriff who is a relative of a past victim.
The family, known as “the devil’s rejects,” loses one of the members to the sheriff while the remaining three continue their murder spree and kidnap more people in the motel. Like every Rob Zombie movie, The Devil’s Rejects, too, comes under the horror genre. Lions Gate Films distributed it for theatrical release.
12. The Lords Of Salem (2012)
- Director- Rob Zombie
- Writer- Rob Zombie
- Cast- Sheri Moon Zombie, Bruce Davison, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Meg Foster, Sid Haig, Dee Wallace
- IMDb- 5.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score- 70%
The Lords of Salem is a horror movie about a radio DJ from Salem whose life becomes chaotic when a coven of ancient Satan-worshipping women interferes.
A spooky wooden box brings the mystery element in The Lords of Salem, and it all makes sense in the ending. Salem Anchor Bay Films distributed the movie in the United States. The Lords of Salem is often acclaimed to be Rob Zombie’s best movie among a few other horror films.
11. Grindhouse: Werewolf Women of the S.S. (2007)
- Director- Robert Rodriguez, Rob Zombie, Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth, Edgar Wright
- Writer- Robert Rodriguez
- Cast- Udo Kier, Sheri Moon Zombie, Rose McGowan, Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
- IMDb- 7.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score- 84%
Grindhouse has two feature films, namely Planet Terror and Death Proof. It is a tribute to the exploitation films of the 1970s. The first film is a zombie horror picture, a story of survival against bloodthirsty zombies. The second film is about a psychopath with a death-proof car who goes on a killing spree. One of the fake exploitation trailers was made by a Zombie called Werewolf Women of the S.S.
10. Slither (2006)
- Director- James Gunn
- Writer- James Gunn
- Cast- Rob Zombie, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker, Jenna Fischer, Tania Saulnier
- IMDb- 6.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score- 87%
Set in South Carolina, the movie follows the invasion of a town by a malicious alien parasite that turns all its citizens into zombies. Rob Zombie appears as Dr. Karl in this film. It is a black comedy parody of horror and a homage to the science fiction genre.
9. Super (2010)
- Director- James Gunn
- Writer- James Gunn
- Cast- Rob Zombie, Rainn Wilson, Elliot Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, Michael Rooker
- IMDb- 6.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score- 49%
Super follows the story of Frank Darbo, who is tired of living a normal life. Frank is heartbroken as he watches his wife slip away from him into the hands of a drug dealer. After seeing an inspiring vision in his dream, he disguises himself as Crimson Bolt, a superhero, and gets ready to fight crimes. Rob Zombie plays the brief role of God in this film.
8. Airheads (1994)
- Director- Michael Lehmann
- Writer- Rick Wikes
- Cast- Rob Zombie, Brendan Fraser, Adam Sandler, Amy Locane, Chris Farley, Judd Nelson
- IMDb- 6.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score- 29%
The story is about a rock band’s own story called The Lone Rangers, established in Los Angeles. The band comprises three musicians aspiring to become famous, but the producers seem unwilling to give them a chance.
Desperate to make their tape heard, they sneak into a radio station to play their tape on the air. The manager protests, so they take out their real-looking water pistols because of which, they get reported to the police. Rob Zombie makes the cast in this film.
7. Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey
- Director- Sam Dunn, Jessica Joy Wise
- Cast- Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Tom Araya, Sam Dunn
- IMDb- 8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score- 90%
This movie involves a set of interviews that takes the fans into the history and culture of metal. As a fan of metal, since he was a child, Sam Dunn sets out to uncover the fascinating and punk world of metal music. Rob Zombie also provides useful insights about heavy metal in his interview.
6. Tom Papa: Live in New York City (2011)
- Director- Rob Zombie
- Writer- Tom Papa
- Cast- Tom Papa, Max Macguire, Rick Crom, Skippy D, Aye The Lady, Mike Kramer
- IMDb- 7.2/10
Tom Papa, the comedian, talks about Facebook, struggles of married life, domestic pets, being a father in the twenty-first century, boundaries for technology, and a lot more topics in this hilarious stand-up comedy in New York City.
Moreover, Tom is provided direction by Rob Zombie for this forty-minute stand-up sequence. Unlike every Rob Zombie movie, this falls under the comedy genre.
5. Mayor of The Sunset Trip (2003)
- Director- George Hickenlooper
- Writer- George Hickenlooper
- Cast- David Bowie, Rob Zombie, Cher, Rodney Bingenheimer, Debbie Harry, Tori Amos
- IMDb- 7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes- 87%
Rodney Bingenheimer takes the fans on a trip to the world of rock and roll and its fame. This documentary revolves around the rise of Rodney from an unlucky child to a successful disc jockey. Famous stars like Bowie, Rob Zombie feature in the film as he takes their interviews. It was distributed by First Look Studios in 2003.
4. Halloween: The Inside Story (2010)
- Director- Phil Nobile Jr
- Writer- Phil Nobile Jr
- Cast- Rob Zombie, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kyle Richards, Brian Andrews, Nancy Stephens
- IMDb – 8/10
Halloween: The Inside Story gives the fans a sneak peek into John Carpenter’s The Halloween and why it is widely acclaimed to be the most frightening Halloween story of all time. The movie is said to have changed the horror genre with little budget.
3. Guardians of The Galaxy (2014)
- Director- James Gunn
- Writer- Nicole Perlman, James Gunn
- Cast- Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Karen Gillan, Josh Brolin
- IMDb- 8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes- 92%
Guardians of The Galaxy is the tenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and it follows the story of Peter Quill, who aliens abduct after his mother’s death.
After spending years on planet Morag, when Peter finds a valuable orb which makes him the target of Ronan the Accuser, who wants to exploit the powers of the orb. Eventually, he meets people who have the same motive; they form a group of people unwilling to be superheroes. Rob Zombie stars as Ravager Navigator in this film.
2. Trek Nation (2010)
- Director- Scott Colthorp
- Writer- Jessica Brunetto
- Cast- Rob Zombie, Will Wheaton, George Lucas, J.J. Abrams, Gene Roddenberry
- IMDb- 7.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes- 66%
Trek Nation is a documentary by Colthorp that looks into the wide world of Star Trek and its stars. Roddenberry’s son uncovers the making and filming of Star Trek films which his father did. He discovers how the film impacted its viewers and the fandom.
1. Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
- Director- James Gunn
- Writer- James Gunn
- Cast- Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Karen Gillan, Rob Zombie
- IMDb- 7.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes- 85%
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 takes Peter Quill’s story further when he finds out that he may have a father. Ego, the man who claims to be his father, meets the Guardians.
Peter, desperate to have any connection with his blood family, believes him and goes with him to his planet along with Gamora, Groot, Drax, and Rocket. However, things take a turn when they learn the truth about Ego.
