Bill Hinzman

An email interview with Bill Hinzman ( a long time coming, but here at last)
By Aine

Night of the Living Dead, the play

1.) How’s the weight loss going? (By the way, we here at Horror and Hilarity think you look totally hot just the way you are).

I’m always working to try and keep that zombie weight.

2.) What’s life like on the Hinzman farm?

Work work work between those film jobs and etc.

3.) What were you doing prior to making Night of the Living dead…besides pimpin’ around PA spreadin’ the sweet Hinzman love?

I met George Romero in 1961 we made NOLD in '68. In between '61 and '68 we were making tv commercials, industrial films, and starving between those jobs.

4.) On average, how many spiders does a person eat per year?

I dont know about other people, but i think one a month is plenty, even for a zombie.

5.) How many people have you choked in your lifetime? (If you know the actual answer to this I will give you a cookie….as well as worry about you).

9 people killed on camera. Shit, I thought I had a better score then that. I will have to do better on Flesheater 2.

6.) When exactly did you discover your own hotness and/or talent?

Still looking for both of those things.

7.) What do you love most about playing a zombie?

I get to chase naked girls.

8.) Do you have some sort of obsession with the film, The Pink Panther?

Only when I need a wwrrroom.

9.) So what’s this about Night of the Living Dead, The Play? How did it come about and where and when is it?

I thought we should have done it years ago. A young lady in Erie, PA did it and invited me to see it. I made some changes and produced it my self in Beaver about 50 miles from Pittsburgh.

10.) Did you ever find your actors, particularly someone to play Tom?

I put the casting word out and waited for the actors to show up, of course I cast my daughter Heidi as Barbara.

11.) Why a play? Why not….Night of the Living Dead, The Musical? It could be great!

Funny you should ask. I've got people working on that. Been trying to reach Rob Zombie about it.

12.) Did you know that male seahorses get pregnant and have babies? A seahorse doesn’t look like a very comfortable thing to give birth to in the first place. Don’t you find that disturbing?

I don't know any sea horses but I hear they go both ways, if you know what I mean?

13.) So you finally got a website of your own, and it’s about time! Here’s your chance to shamelessly plug it, go on, spill your guts and tell us all about it?

Still getting to get it up to snuff.

14.) About how many rolls of toilet paper would you say you go through per month, on average?

I use way to much of the stuff trying to get squeakie clean; I'm starting to get concerned about our forest.

15.) Tell us about the upcoming DVD releases of your films The Majorettes and Flesheater. (Since I couldn’t write down what you said before fast enough). You’re doing some commentaries with some special people, right?

Thanks for asking. Flesheater and Majorettes have both been put on the market by Media Blaster. I'm hoping they pick up NOLD (Night of the Living Dead) the play.

16.) Do you know when these DVDs are going to be released?

Released Dec. '03 and Jan. '04

17.) What is the most hilarious on set mishap you can recall? (It wasn’t your fault was it? You little prankster you). Are there any that WERE your fault?

I've got so many great stories, I think I'll write a book.

18.) Is there anything in particular you’d like to tell us?

I love ice cream.

19.) If you were abandoned in the forest naked, with only a pair of leopard print bikini underwear, and a pair of bikini underwear with hearts on them, which would you choose to wear on your walk back to civilization, and why?

I have big feet and I really hate bikinis, so I would head back in my birthday suit. I'm not shy.

20.) I thank you very much for your time and your sexiness Mr. Hinzman. Here’s to hoping we meet behind a building one of these days.

Please call me Bill, I want to be on a first name basis when we meet behind that building.