Rob Zombie has worked on numerous unmade projects. According to the musician and director, most of them remain a mystery to the public, which means the actual number of unmade Rob Zombie projects is likely much larger that what has been confirmed. Fans of Zombie's work often wonder what these projects might have looked like, and are compelled to ask questions about why they didn’t happen.

In a 2016 interview with Shudder, Rob Zombie explained that for every film he actually produced, there was at least one other before it that didn’t happen. On the Joe Rogan podcast in 2019, Zombie said that for every film he made, there were probably five that didn’t work out. Based on the latter estimate, there could possibly be sixty unmade Rob Zombie projects, given that he has written, directed, or produced approximately twelve projects for either film or television.

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While every unmade Rob Zombie project has a specific reason it didn’t happen, the ultimate reason is the delicate interdependency of production elements. In addition to creative concerns, producers face challenges regarding logistics, politics, financing, and timing. If any piece of the puzzle is out of place or missing, it could put an end to a project before it even gets started.

The Crow: 2037

Brandon Lee in The Crow.

According to a report by Variety in 1997, Rob Zombie wrote a script for a third installment of the The Crow film series, entitled The Crow: 2037, which featured a new cast of characters. The film would have been his debut as a director. Although he has never explained why the film didn’t happen, he said in the Shudder interview that it was better that it didn’t get made because he wasn’t ready do what it required at the time.

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Marvel Starbrand Dinosaur T-Rex Comic

He worked for a long time on a project called Tyrannosaurus Rex, which would have been an adaption of his 2004 comic book, The Nail. Although the film was announced in 2008 and slated for release in 2009, production never actually took place. According to a 2014 Bloody Disgusting article, the film didn’t get made because the Weinstein Company thought it was too expensive.

The Broad Street Bullies

Although Rob Zombie is now known as a horror icon, he has worked outside the genre, where he directed an episode of CSI: Miami, and had a voice cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy. For years, he worked on The Broad Street Bullies, a film that would have been about the 1974 Philadelphia Flyers hockey team. He said that the movie never happened because there had been trouble securing the appropriate rights.

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The Blob Remake

The Blob 1988 - The Blob Attacks

A second remake of the The Blob (1958) was in the works after the success of his Halloween films. According to a 2009 report by Variety, he said that he wanted to develop a new creature for the film, because he thought the original might come across as too humorous to today’s audiences. Although he did some script development for the project, he was ultimately not interested in it enough to continue.

Raised Eyebrows

Harpo Marx with His Brothers

In the Joe Rogan interview, he said that he once bought the film rights to Steve Stoliar’s Raised Eyebrows, a book about the last few years of Groucho Marx’s life. The film didn’t happen because he couldn’t get it going and had a falling out with the producers. According to a 2015 article in Deadline, he was attached to direct the film, which would have been his first book adaptation.

Manson Family TV Series

According to a 2014 report by Variety, he was attached to a television series about the Manson Family. American Psycho author, Brett Easton Ellis, was on board to write the script, and the series was to be a dramatized version of actual events. A 2016 Dread Central article claimed the project fell apart when rival producer NBC approved production of Aquarius, a series also loosely based on the Manson Family.

C.H.U.D. And The Legend of 13 Graves

CHUD the movie

The list of unmade Rob Zombie projects doesn’t include rumored projects like his remake of the 1984 sci-fi horror film C.H.U.D., which he said was a joke in a 2007 interview with Rolling Stone. It also doesn’t include The Legend of 13 Graves, which, based on a report by MTV in 1999, is likely to have become House of 1000 Corpses.

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