SUBMITTED BY Fred Hill

May 8, 2003 —

Lions Gate Films has given Rob Zombie the green light to the sequel of House of 100 Corpses, which he will write and direct as well. Below is the official press release.

Rob Zombie Set to Write and Direct Follow Up to his Feature Film Debut

MARINA DEL REY, CA and VANCOUVER, BC, May 8, 2003 - Rob Zombie is set to write and direct a sequel to his highly successful horror film HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, for Lions Gate Films, the motion picture production and distribution arm of Lions Gate Entertainment (AMEX and TSX: LGF), it was announced today by Mike Paseornek, Lions Gate President of Production. The original film has grossed over $11 million at the domestic box office in its first month of release and has proven to be an extremely profitable acquisition for Lions Gate.

The Firm's Beau Flynn will produce the sequel, along with Zombie's long time manager Andy Gould, also of The Firm. Production will be overseen by Mike Paseornek on behalf of the studio. The deal was negotiated by Peter Block, Jason Constantine and Tom Ortenberg on behalf of Lions Gate, and by Jeffrey Light on behalf of Zombie and Gould. The film is aiming for a Fall start and an April 2004 release, to coincide with the one year anniversary of the original.

"With 'HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES,' Rob Zombie has established himself as a filmmaker with a passionate artistic vision as well as an eye towards the pop culture zeitgeist, judging from the cult status the film is quickly achieving," said Paseornek.

Tom Ortenberg, President of Lions Gate Film Releasing added, "We felt Zombie had captured something distinctive with this picture, and we are thrilled that audiences have responded similarly. We are aiming to release the next chapter in the series next Spring and, with its built-in audience base, it will be well positioned to outperform the original and become a potential franchise for the company."

"I knew Lions Gate was the perfect home for 'HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES' based on their successful track record with controversial films, and the success that they have had with CORPSES definitely proves that fact," said Zombie. "Their unrivaled marketing and distribution expertise has helped make my film debut a hit and I am dying to get back behind the camera to deliver a sequel which will blow away the original."

HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES follows two young couples who take a misguided tour onto the back roads of America in search of a local legend known as Dr. Satan. Lost and stranded, they are set upon by a bizarre family of psychotics. Murder, cannibalism and satanic rituals are just a few of the 1000+ horrors that await. Written and directed by Zombie, making his feature film debut, the film stars cult favorites Sid Haig, Bill Mosley and Karen Black, along with newcomers Sheri Moon and Chris Hardwick.

An influential multi-platinum musician and Grammy nominated artist, Zombie is also an MTV video award winner for his self-directed "More Human Than Human" video. His first feature film experience came when he was recruited by Mike Judge to animate the classic hallucinatory sequence of the feature Beavis & Butt-Head Do America. He has composed songs for dozens of feature films, including most recently Matrix Reloaded , DareDevil and Mission: Impossible II.