House of 1000 Corpses – Album Artwork 2020

Robert Sammelin made this album art for ‘House of 1000 Corpses’ using digital painting techniques to create something that feels both retro and completely contemporary. It's got that graphic novel, comic book vibe, with bold outlines and flat planes of color. I imagine Sammelin was thinking about old horror movie posters, B-movie aesthetics. It’s all so stylized, right? The ghostly green face, the sharp, toothy grin – it's like he’s playing with the tropes of the genre but giving it this slick, modern twist. Look at the colors: the sickly blues and reds, and how they pop against the creamy background. It's intense! For me, the fun part of painting is when you mess around with the surface and try out new styles. Like those old pulp covers, the color choices amp up the theatrics. You can see how it fits with the over-the-top horror schlock of Rob Zombie's film. It’s a conversation across media, across art forms, where one creative mind inspires another.