Living Dead Girl (song)

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"Living Dead Girl"
Rob Zombie Living Dead Girl.jpg
Single by Rob Zombie
from the album Hellbilly Deluxe
ReleasedJanuary 1999 (1999-01) [1]
Recorded1998
Studio Chop Shop, Hollywood, California
Genre Industrial metal
Length3:22
Label Geffen
Songwriter(s) Rob Zombie, Scott Humphrey
Producer(s) Rob Zombie, Scott Humphrey
Rob Zombie singles chronology
"Dragula"
(1998)		"Living Dead Girl"
(1999)		"Superbeast"
(1999)
Music video
"Living Dead Girl" on YouTube

The line, "Who is this irresistible creature who has an insatiable love for the dead?" in the beginning of the song is from the trailer of the film Lady Frankenstein .[ citation needed ] The music in the beginning of the song is taken from the trailer of the Wes Craven film, The Last House on the Left .[ citation needed ] The spoken words "What are you thinking about?/The same thing you are" at the beginning of the verses are taken from the 1971 film Daughters of Darkness (a dialogue between the characters played by Delphine Seyrig and Andrea Rau).[ citation needed ] In this song, Zombie sings, "Goldfoot's machine creates another fiend so beautiful they make you kill". This relates to the villain played by Vincent Price in the 1965 film Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine and the 1966 film Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs .[ citation needed ] Also, he sings "Operation Filth they love to love the wealth of an SS whore making scary sounds." This is possibly a reference to the notorious 1974 film Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS .[ citation needed ]

Music video

The music video for "Living Dead Girl" derives its imagery from Robert Wiene's 1920 silent film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , with Zombie in the role of The Doctor (played by Werner Krauss in the original film) and Sheri Moon in the place of The Living Dead Girl, whose appearance is inspired from the character White Zombie from White Zombie (in the original film a somnambulist named Cesare played by Conrad Veidt). The video imitates the appearance of aged, silent films, using intertitles and artificially grainy and herky-jerky images. Like Caligari, it also uses black and white film that has been tinted sepia, aqua and violet for Expressionistic effect. The video was directed by both Joseph Kahn and Rob Zombie.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [2] 22
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [3] 7

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [4] Gold15,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "Billboard". 30 January 1999.
  2. ↑ "Rob Zombie Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Rob Zombie Chart History (Mainstream Rock Airplay)". Billboard . Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Rob Zombie – Living Dead Girl". Radioscope. Retrieved May 30, 2025.Type Living Dead Girl in the "Search:" field.
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