According to The Pulse of Radio, Rob Zombie told the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday (November 24) that he wants his next film as a writer/director to be outside the horror genre. Zombie, who has made four horror movies since 2003, said, "If you go down that road too far, it's hard to break out of it. I don't want to get stuck with anything. I want the freedom to do what I want to do." Zombie's last film, "Halloween II", was released in late August to mostly horrible reviews and lukewarm box office.

Zombie recently said on a conference call with reporters that the movie he hopes to do next might surprise people. "The movies I've made up to this point have been pretty dark and pretty much in that world because those are the opportunities that were presented," he said. "But I'm also working on something now that is not in that world at all. You know, the people that put up the money for these things know that if I stick to that sort of thing, it's easily more profitable. So it's a much bigger challenge to break out of it. But if everything goes according to plan, and the next movie that I want to make is the next movie, people are gonna be shocked as to what it is."

Zombie has been planning to make an action film called "Tyrannosaurus Rex", and has also been named to write and direct a remake of "The Blob", but there's no indication yet of when or if either project will get off the ground.

He was approached to direct 2008's "Punisher: War Zone" but passed. His other films include "House Of 1000 Corpses", "The Devil's Rejects" and "Halloween".

Zombie releases a new solo album, "Hellbilly Deluxe 2", on February 2. He is currently on the road and stops on Wednesday night (November 25) in Columbus, Ohio.