The Haunted World of El Superbeasto

Infobox Film
name = The Haunted World of El Superbeasto


caption =
director = Doug Lawrence
producer = Tom Klein
Rob Zombie
writer = Screenplay:
Mr. Lawrence
Tom Papa
Story:
Rob Zombie

starring = Paul Giamatti
Geoffrey Lewis
Sheri Moon
Tom Papa
Rob Paulsen
Brian Posehn
Daniel Roebuck
Danny Trejo
Harland Williams
Tom Kenny
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cinematography =
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distributor = Anchor Bay Entertainment (Starz Media)
released =
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country = United States
language = English
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website = http://www.elsuperbeasto.com/
amg_id = 1:352173
imdb_id = 0419724

"The Haunted World of El Superbeasto" is an animated comedy that also combines elements of a horror and thriller film. It is based upon the comic book series created by Rob Zombie that follows the character of El Superbeasto and his sexy sidekick and sister, Suzi-X, voiced by Sheri Moon. "It's a beautiful-looking movie," Zombie told the "Kevin & Bean" radio show in Los Angeles, "All these animators from studios like Disney came to work on it, and [they're thrilled because] they get to work on something filthy. It's probably rated XXX now, but we'll have to cut it back to an R."cite web| publisher= Horror About| url= http://horror.about.com/od/featurefilms/a/news_hwoes.htm | title=News: Rob Zombie Talks "Haunted World"| accessdate= October 29| accessyear= 2006]

Plot

The film follows the adventures of El Superbeasto ("Tom Papa"), a washed-up Mexican luchador, and his sultry sidekick and sister Suzi-X ("Sheri Moon Zombie") as they confront an evil villain by the name of Dr. Satan ("Paul Giamatti"). The adventure, set in the mythic world of Monsterland, also has a character named Murray the robot ("Brian Posehn").

Cast

Production

Work began on "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto" in 2006 and a release date was later scheduled for May 2007, but the film has yet to be completed. In an interview conducted on July 20, 2007 by [http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com shocktillyoudrop.com] , Zombie explained that, "Nothing really much [is happening] ." During that time, the film was still being animated, however, Zombie then began work on "Halloween". He informed the animators that he had "to walk away because I can't split my time between two things". Zombie noted that work on "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto" "started when I was on "Rejects" and it's now just sitting on a shelf waiting for me to finish "Halloween".cite web| publisher= Shocktillyoudrop| url= http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=825 | title=News: EXCL: Rob Zombie Interview | accessdate= July 20th| accessyear= 2007] As of August, 2007 a first cut of the film was viewed by Zombie in which he said it was "awesome". He also referred to it as "crazy shit".cite web| title= El Superbeasto Update| publisher= dreadcentral.com| url= http://dreadcentral.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2843 | accessdate= 2007-08-13] In a November 2007 interview with [http://www.bloody-disgusting.com bloody-disgusting.com] , Zombie announced that the film was "almost finished". He went on to say that, although he's currently on tour until February, "we will finally finish the music on Superbeasto and it'll be done" afterwards. However, a release date is yet to be set.cite web| publisher= Bloody-Disgusting| url= http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/feature/434 | title=Halloween DVD: Rob Zombie Clears the Air | accessdate= November 28th| accessyear= 2007]

One artist who did some work on the film said in February 2008 that "the final product is falling a bit short of what it was supposed to be", adding "I guess that's what happens when the studio shuts things down way too early and sends everything overseas before it's ready in order to concentrate on sure-fire winners like "Everybody's Hero" [sic] ..." [ [http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/new-art-from-the-haunted-world-of-el-superbeasto New Art from The Haunted World of El Superbeasto] , Cartoon Brew.]

References

External links

* [http://www.elsuperbeasto.com/ Official website]
*imdb title|0419724|The Haunted World of El Superbeasto