Living Dead Girl

Infobox Single
Name = Living Dead Girl


Artist = Rob Zombie
from Album = Hellbilly Deluxe
Released = 1998
Format = CD single,
Vinyl
Recorded = 1998 at Chop Shop Hollywood, CA
Genre = Heavy metal, industrial metal
Length = 3:22
Label = Geffen
Producer = Rob Zombie
Scott Humphrey
Writer = Rob Zombie
Scott Humphrey
Last single = "Dragula"
(1998)
This single = "Living Dead Girl"
(1998)
Next single = "Superbeast" (1999)Extra tracklisting
Album = Hellbilly Deluxe
Type = studio
prev_track = "Dragula"
prev_no = Track 3
this_track = "Living Dead Girl"
track_no = Track 4
next_track = "Perversion 99"
next_no = Track 5|

"Living Dead Girl" is the second single off Rob Zombie's solo debut "Hellbilly Deluxe". It was named after Jean Rollin's 1982 film. 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". The music in the beginning of the song is taken from the trailer of the Wes Craven film, "The Last House on the Left". This song was also Shelly Martinez entrance themes in Ohio Valley Wrestling. 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". 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 "".

The song also appears on Rob Zombie's "Past, Present & Future", the greatest hits album ', and a remix is contained on "American Made Music to Strip By". The original mix was featured in both "Bride of Chucky" and Gus Van Sant's "Psycho" remake, appearing on the album of the latter, the "Naked Exorcism Mix" appeared on the ' in 2000. The song was covered by Sinus Giddy for The Electro-Industrial Tribute to Rob Zombie in 2002. Also a version of the song is played in a club in the TV show Angel, while the character Faith tears apart a dance club. The sleeve for the CD single features an image Rob Zombie's wife Sheri Moon.

A trance remix of the song also featured on the English trailer for the film Day Watch in late 2007.

Music video

The music video for "Living Dead Girl" derives its imagery from a 1920 silent film, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", with Zombie in the role of Caligari, and the eponymous girl in the place of Cesare the Somnambulist. The video imitates the appearance of aged, silent films, using intertitles and artificially grainy and jumping film. 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

* Tom Baker - Mastering
* Paul DeCarli - Additional Programming
* Frank Gyner - Additional Engineering
* Scott Humphrey - Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Programming
* Chris Lord-Alge - Additional Mixing
* Blasko - Bass
* Riggs - Guitar
* Tempesta - Drums
* Rob Zombie - Vocals, Lyrics, Artwork
* Sheri Moon Zombie- Living Dead Girl

Charts

Singles - Billboard (North America)