House of 1000 Corpses - Cast

Cast

  • Sid Haig as Captain Spaulding
  • Bill Moseley as Otis Driftwood
  • Sheri Moon Zombie as Baby Firefly
  • Karen Black as Mother Firefly
  • Chris Hardwick as Jerry Goldsmith
  • Rainn Wilson as Bill Hudley
  • Erin Daniels as Denise Willis
  • Jennifer Jostyn as Mary Knowles
  • Tom Towles as Lieutenant George Wydell
  • Walton Goggins as Deputy Steve Naish
  • Matthew McGrory as Tiny Firefly
  • Robert Mukes as Rufus "RJ" Firefly Jr
  • Dennis Fimple as Grampa Hugo Firefly
  • Jake McKinnon as Rufus "Earl" Firefly Sr
  • Harrison Young as Don Willis
  • Irwin Keyes as Ravelli
  • Michael J. Pollard as Stucky
  • Chad Bannon as Killer Karl
  • Walter Phelan as S. Quentin Quale / Dr. Satan
  • William H. Basset as Sheriff Frank Huston
  • David Reynolds as Richard "Little Dick" Wick
  • Joe Dobbs III as Gerry "Goober" Ober
  • Gregg Gibbs as Dr. Wolfenstein
  • Rob Zombie as Dr. Wolfenstein's assistant (uncredited)

The names of the villains were taken from the names of Groucho Marx characters (Animal Crackers' "Captain Spaulding", A Night at the Opera's "Otis B. Driftwood", Duck Soup's "Rufus T. Firefly", and A Day at the Races' "Hugo Z. Hackenbush", among others). While this was left as a subtle allusion in the first movie, the sequel The Devil's Rejects brought it out into the open, with the names becoming integral to the plot. Dr. Satan was inspired by a 1950s billboard-sized poster advertising a "live spook show starring a magician called Dr. Satan" that Zombie has in his house.

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