In Defense of Rob Zombie

      Rocker turned film director Rob Zombie has faced his fair share of criticism over his time spent making films. His debut feature, House of 1,000 Corpses , took from many of the exploitation films Zombie grew up loving and he was able to shape those inspirations into his own gore-packed original tale of a murderously messed up family cult. While the film received more negative reviews and just barely made back it’s money at the box office, it’s since then solidified itself as a modern cult classic in the genre and was just the beginning of Zombie’s directorial career.     To date, Zombie has written and directed seven films, six all being horror films and one being a horror-comedy animated film. As mentioned before, his films have the common trend of dividing critics and fans heavily. The Rotten Tomatoes scores surrounding his films range anywhere from the lowest being a 19% and highest being a 57%. But the one thing that I’ve always respec...