{"id":4877,"date":"2025-11-28T18:16:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T17:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/2025\/11\/28\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T11:52:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T10:52:04","slug":"rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Zombie &#8211; Circus of Horrors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<em>Rob Zombie: The Circus of Horrors<\/em> is the first essay produced in collaboration with artist Rob Zombie, featuring fifty previously unpublished backstage photos from the films and an exclusive interview with the director by Lorenzo Ricciardi. A foreword by Jeff Daniel Phillips, an actor known for his performances in Zombie&#8217;s films, enriches the work by introducing the journey through the career and cinematic evolution of a controversial and eclectic character who has desecrated the parameters of horror cinema, desecrating the concept of fear and giving it a new face, that of a society that generates and feeds its monsters. Rob Zombie and his circus make a stop in Italy to give us a show not to be missed.<\/p>\n<p>The book is written by Lorenzo Ricciardi, Giada Cecchinelli, Giuseppe Carradori and Luigi Boccia.<\/p>\n<p>Cover by Giorgio Finamore.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BOOK CHAPTERS:<\/p>\n<p><em>The outsider<\/em><br \/>\n(by JEFFREY DANIEL PHILLIPS)<\/p>\n<p><em>3 From Zombie &#8211; From final girl to bad girl: female empowerment by Baby Firefly<\/em><br \/>\n(by GIADA CECCHINELLI)<\/p>\n<p><em>Never Say Myers: the two Halloween<\/em><br \/>\n(by LORENZO RICCIARDI)<\/p>\n<p><em>Lords of Salem: a synopsis of the 1970s<\/em><br \/>\n(by GIUSEPPE CARRADORI)<\/p>\n<p><em>31: Welcome to the Circus of Horrors<\/em><br \/>\n(by LORENZO RICCIARDI)<\/p>\n<p><em>A &#8220;genre&#8221; love. The unbearable lightness of exploitation<\/em><br \/>\n(by GIUSEPPE CARRADORI)<\/p>\n<p><em>Rob Zombie tells himself<\/em><br \/>\n(by LORENZO RICCIARDI)<\/p>\n<p><em>American &#8220;Freak&#8221; Videomaker<\/em><br \/>\n(by LUIGI BOCCIA)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Title: Rob Zombie &#8211; The Circus of Horrors<br \/>\nAuthor: AA.VV.<br \/>\nPublisher: Weird Book<br \/>\nSeries: <em>Revolution<\/em><br \/>\nPages: 162<br \/>\nPrice: 24 \u20ac<br \/>\nFormat: 15 x 22 cm<br \/>\nFeatures: Paperback<br \/>\nISBN: 978-88-31373-28-9<br \/>\nRelease Date: November 2020<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can purchase your copy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weirdbook.it\/shop\/saggistica\/rob-zombie-il-circo-degli-orrori\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Rob Zombie: The Circus of Horrors is the first essay produced in collaboration with artist Rob Zombie, featuring fifty previously unpublished backstage photos from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[344],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publications"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rob Zombie - Circus of Horrors - Horror Talks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Circus of Horrors is the first essay dedicated to Rob Zombie, produced in collaboration with the artist, with a lengthy exclusive interview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rob Zombie - Circus of Horrors - Horror Talks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Circus of Horrors is the first essay dedicated to Rob Zombie, produced in collaboration with the artist, with a lengthy exclusive interview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Horror Talks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horrortalks1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-28T17:16:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-25T10:52:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rob-zombie.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"955\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lorenzo Ricciardi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lorenzo Ricciardi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/en\\\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/en\\\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lorenzo Ricciardi\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ae414788ac18d7c6e18d7f8e31c6a49\"},\"headline\":\"Rob Zombie &#8211; Circus of Horrors\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-28T17:16:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-25T10:52:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/en\\\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":284,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/en\\\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/rob-zombie.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Publications\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/en\\\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/en\\\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/en\\\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rob Zombie - Circus of Horrors - Horror Talks\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/en\\\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/en\\\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/rob-zombie.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-28T17:16:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-25T10:52:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Circus of Horrors is the first essay dedicated to Rob Zombie, produced in collaboration with the artist, with a lengthy exclusive interview\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/en\\\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/en\\\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/en\\\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/rob-zombie.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/rob-zombie.jpg\",\"width\":630,\"height\":955,\"caption\":\"Rob Zombie - Circus of Horrors\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/en\\\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rob Zombie &#8211; Circus of Horrors\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Horror Talks\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Horror Talks\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/Horror-Talks_logo-light.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/Horror-Talks_logo-light.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Horror Talks\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/horrortalks1\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/horror_talks1\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8ae414788ac18d7c6e18d7f8e31c6a49\",\"name\":\"Lorenzo Ricciardi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/38b72d3638ef195ba2e1950e6c95a015820e87d10ea6c14c87db7c79ba5c72fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/38b72d3638ef195ba2e1950e6c95a015820e87d10ea6c14c87db7c79ba5c72fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/38b72d3638ef195ba2e1950e6c95a015820e87d10ea6c14c87db7c79ba5c72fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lorenzo Ricciardi\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horrortalks.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/lorenzo\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rob Zombie - Circus of Horrors - Horror Talks","description":"The Circus of Horrors is the first essay dedicated to Rob Zombie, produced in collaboration with the artist, with a lengthy exclusive interview","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rob Zombie - Circus of Horrors - Horror Talks","og_description":"The Circus of Horrors is the first essay dedicated to Rob Zombie, produced in collaboration with the artist, with a lengthy exclusive interview","og_url":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/","og_site_name":"Horror Talks","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horrortalks1","article_published_time":"2025-11-28T17:16:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-25T10:52:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":630,"height":955,"url":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rob-zombie.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lorenzo Ricciardi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lorenzo Ricciardi","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/"},"author":{"name":"Lorenzo Ricciardi","@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8ae414788ac18d7c6e18d7f8e31c6a49"},"headline":"Rob Zombie &#8211; Circus of Horrors","datePublished":"2025-11-28T17:16:30+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-25T10:52:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/"},"wordCount":284,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rob-zombie.jpg","articleSection":["Publications"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/","url":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/","name":"Rob Zombie - Circus of Horrors - Horror Talks","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rob-zombie.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-28T17:16:30+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-25T10:52:04+00:00","description":"The Circus of Horrors is the first essay dedicated to Rob Zombie, produced in collaboration with the artist, with a lengthy exclusive interview","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rob-zombie.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rob-zombie.jpg","width":630,"height":955,"caption":"Rob Zombie - Circus of Horrors"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/rob-zombie-circus-of-horrors\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rob Zombie &#8211; Circus of Horrors"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/","name":"Horror Talks","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/#organization","name":"Horror Talks","url":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Horror-Talks_logo-light.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Horror-Talks_logo-light.png","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Horror Talks"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horrortalks1","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/horror_talks1"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/#\/schema\/person\/8ae414788ac18d7c6e18d7f8e31c6a49","name":"Lorenzo Ricciardi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38b72d3638ef195ba2e1950e6c95a015820e87d10ea6c14c87db7c79ba5c72fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38b72d3638ef195ba2e1950e6c95a015820e87d10ea6c14c87db7c79ba5c72fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38b72d3638ef195ba2e1950e6c95a015820e87d10ea6c14c87db7c79ba5c72fb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lorenzo Ricciardi"},"url":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/author\/lorenzo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4877"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5206,"href":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4877\/revisions\/5206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horrortalks.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}