DR. WOLFENSTEIN'S CREATURE FEATURE SHOW
(HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES)

GREGG GIBBS - "DR. WOLFENSTEIN"
ROB ZOMBIE - "LAB ASSISTANT"
? - "ANNOUNCER"

"Doctor Wolfenstein's Creature Feature Show" is a fictional horror hosted show in the 2003 movie "House of 1000 Corpses". The show's background story is that it is set on Halloween night as part of the "Halloween Eve Movie Marathon" for Channel 68 (somewhere near Ruggsville, USA) on 30 October 1977. From E-gor's Chamber of TV Horror Hosts: Though Rob Zombie allegedly wanted to play this character himself, he was finally portrayed by the production designer, Gregg Gibbs, whose credits include music videos for Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson and Danzig, and the films The Hillside Strangler and Black Dahlia. Gibbs also played a supporting role as "Officer Mike McHale" in The Hillside Strangler. Gregg Gibbs as Dr. Wolfenstein Rob Zombie as Lab Assistant Dr. Wolfenstein appears to be an enthusiastic young man made up as a half-mad older man, with sideburns, theatrical makeup and granny glasses, wearing old-fashioned formal attire like Lugosi's Dracula — frock coat, vest, cravat, medallion. He is also glimpsed in the opening wearing a Dickensian top hat and smoking a Calabash pipe. The set is a typical (but elaborate) spooky house / mad lab TV horror host environment. Dr. Wolfenstein's hairy lab assistant, lurking in the background, is unnamed in the film but listed in the credits - Rob Zombie! The movie opens with brief TV static and a few minutes of black and white television footage from a special Halloween marathon on Doctor Wolfenstein's Creature Feature Show. During the rest of the film a few more segments from this show are shown, including bumpers with Dr. Wolfenstein and short clips from classic Universal horror films (The Old Dark House, The Wolf Man and House of Frankenstein) which reflect features of Zombie's film in their own content - stranded travellers at the mercy of a family of crazed recluses, carnival sideshow scenes, etc. The opening of Dr. Wolfenstein's show, adapted from the English subtitles on the DVD of the movie: (Titles in a monstrous dripping font: TERROR! THRILLS! HORRORS! DOCTOR WOLFENSTEIN'S CREATURE FEATURE SHOW). ANNOUNCER: Attention, boils and ghouls, it's time for Dr. Wolfenstein's "Creature Feature Show." DR. WOLFENSTEIN: Ah-hhh. The Doctor is in. Don't scream. Don't move. (laughs) Stay tuned for Channel 68's Halloween Eve Movie Marathon. (laughs) I'm your host, your ghost host with the most, Dr. Wolfenstein. (extreme close up) I WILL BE WITH YOU UNTIL THE END! (insane laugh) GREGG GIBBS Gregg Gibbs is an artist, documentary filmmaker, production designer, and actor who lives and works in his hometown of Los Angeles. His artwork had been exhibited at numerous galleries and museums, including Laguna Museum of Art, Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, Robert Berman Gallery, Blum and Poe, La Luz de Jesus, and Merry Karnowsky, among others. In addition to creating paintings, sculptures, and installations, Gregg has worked in art direction for films, music videos and commercials. He was the production designer on Rob Zombie's "House of 1000 Corpses" and also plays "Dr. Wolfenstein" in the opening sequence; and was the host "Uncle Freaky" in a pilot show called "Uncle Freaky's Creep Show" (2004). Other production design credits include music videos for Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, and Mariah Carey. Gregg has directed multiple documentaries, including "The Treasures of Long Gone John", which premiered at SXSW and went on to screen at many festivals around the world including Melbourne International, Leeds International, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His film "Olompali: A Hippie Odyssey" premiered at DocLands Film Festival in Marin County. Other projects include the shorts "De Colores de Cheech," starring Cheech Marin, and "Special Deluxe" with Neil Young, both of which were produced for Juxtapoz Magazine. He currently is working on a horror documentary entitled "The Haunted Painting". The following are some clips from the show: Doctor Wolfenstein's Creature Feature Show (clips) from The Professor on Vimeo.

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E-gor's Chamber of TV Horror Hosts "Dr. Wolfenstein"	Gregg Gibbs "Gregg Gibbs"	Internet Movie Data Base "Gregg Gibbs"
Internet Movie Data Base "House of 1000 Corpses"		Internet Movie Data Base "Rob Zombie"

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