House of 1000 Corpses
House of 1000 Corpses is a 2003 American exploitation horror film written, co-scored and directed by Rob Zombie in his directorial debut. The film stars Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon, and Karen Black as members of the Firefly family. Set on Halloween, the film sees the Firefly family torturing and mutilating a group of teenagers who are traveling across the country writing a book. The film explores a number of genres, and features elements of the supernatural. Zombie cited American horror films "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (1974) and "The Hills Have Eyes" (1977) as influences on "House of 1000 Corpses", as well as other films released during the 1970s.
Rod Masterson
Masterson made his screen debut in the NBC television film, "The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish", which aired on March 21, 1977. It is written and directed by Robert Lee Collins. Masterson was cast as Murphy Roden, one of several bodyguards of then U.S. Senator Huey Pierce Long, Jr. Roden fired at close range upon Carl Austin Weiss, the Baton Rouge physician and Long's presumed assassin, at the Louisiana State Capitol on the night of September 8, 1935. Ed Asner plays Long in the film; Diane Kagan, Rose McConnell Long; and Steven Ramay, the teenaged son, Russell B. Long.
In 1978, Masterson was cast as Oscar Weinberg in the episode "Rosendahl and Gilda Stern Are Dead" on James Garner's NBC detective television series, "The Rockford Files". That same year he had minor parts on CBS's "Lou Grant", starring Ed Asner in the title role, and "", a ten-episode crime drama on NBC starring David Cassidy. In 1979, Masterson played an unnamed police officer in the film "Walk Proud", starring Robby Benson as a confused Chicano gang member. The script of the film was written by Evan Hunter who had penned Glenn Ford's "The Blackboard Jungle" twenty-five years earlier.
Masterson was cast as Patrolman Gallo in the 1984 film, "Tightrope", starring Clint Eastwood and Jennifer Beck, the story of attacks on prostitutes in New Orleans. In 1987, he played the character Couch in "A Gathering of Old Men", the story of a group of elderly African-Americans who rally to the defense of a fellow black charged with the murder of a white tenant farmer.