"Living Dead Girl" is the second single from

Rob Zombie Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and voice actor. His music and lyrics are notable for their horror and sci-fi themes, and his live shows have be ...

's solo debut album ''

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''. The line, "Who is this irresistible creature who has an insatiable love for the dead?" in the beginning of the song is from the trailer of the film ''

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''. The music in the beginning of the song is taken from the trailer of the

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film, ''

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''. The spoken words "What are you thinking about?/The same thing you are" at the beginning of the verses are taken from the 1971 film ''

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'' (a dialogue between the characters played by

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and

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). In this song, Zombie sings, "Goldfoot's machine creates another fiend so beautiful they make you kill". This relates to the villain played by Vincent Price in the 1965 film ''

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'' and the 1966 film ''

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''. Also, he sings "Operation Filth they love to love the wealth of an SS making scary sounds." This is possibly a reference to the notorious 1974 film '' Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS''. The song also appears on Rob Zombie's '' Past, Present & Future'', the

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''The Best of Rob Zombie'', and remixes are contained on ''

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'' in 2001 and another one on

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produced by

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in 2012. The original mix was featured in both ''

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'' and

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's 1998 '' Psycho'' remake, appearing on the album of the latter, the "Naked Exorcism Remix" appeared on '' The Crow: Salvation Soundtrack'' in 2000. The song was covered by Sinus Giddy for ''

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'' in 2002. Also a version of the song is played in a club in the TV show ''Angel'', while the character

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tears apart a dance club. The sleeve for the CD single features an image of Rob Zombie's wife,

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.The song was featured in the trailer for the 2007 film ''

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''. A trance remix of the song also featured on the English trailer for the film ''Day Watch'' in late 2007.

Music video

The music video for "Living Dead Girl" derives its imagery from

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's 1920 silent film, '' The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'', with Zombie in the role of The Doctor (played by

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in the original film) and Sheri Moon in the place of The Living Dead Girl, whose appearance is inspired from the character White Zombie from '' White Zombie'' (in the original film a

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named Cesare played by

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). The video imitates the appearance of aged, silent films, using

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s and artificially grainy and herky-jerky images. Like ''Caligari'', it also uses black and white film that has been tinted sepia, aqua and violet for

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effect. The video was directed by both

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and Rob Zombie.

Personnel

* Tom Baker - Mastering * Paul DeCarli - Additional Programming * Frank Gyner - Additional Engineering *

Scott Humphrey Scott Humphrey is a Canadian record producer and mix engineer. He began his music career as a keyboard player and programmer. He is best known for his work with multiplatinum recording artist Rob Zombie and has co-written, co-produced and mixed ...

- Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Programming *

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- Additional Mixing *

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- Bass * Riggs - Guitar * Tempesta - Drums *

- Vocals, Lyrics, Artwork *

Sheri Moon Zombie Sheri Moon Zombie (born Sheri Lyn Skurkis; September 26, 1970) is an American actress, model, dancer and fashion designer. Early life Moon was born on September 26, 1970, in San Jose, California, the daughter of William "Bill" Skurkis (1947–201 ...

- Living Dead Girl

Charts

References

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