Zombie (both an accomplished filmmaker and musician) told Rogan there was more to the story.

"I made the movie with Universal Studios and once we had the test screening — which I thought went great, but what do I know — the head of Universal at the time came up to me and said, 'We have to talk tomorrow'" Zombie explained. "And I was like, 'Oh, man. That wasn't a good tone.' That wasn't a 'You're so great we want to give you a five-picture deal' voice."

Zombie continued, "So, the next day, they dumped the movie and basically booted us out."

Rogan wanted to know about that day-two conversation, to which Zombie expanded, "Basically, 'This is unreleasable.' I don't remember word for word, but that was the conversation in a nutshell."

Zombie laid out where the studio was coming from, telling Rogan Universal had a more family friendly vibe at the time and "horror movies were not even a commercial thing at that point, in a way."

Still, Zombie had to laugh at the situation nearly 20 years later since House of 1000 Corpses inspired a maze for the annual Halloween Horror Nights just opened at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Studios Orlando.

"I was there [Hollywood] for the grand opening and was like, 'That's funny,'" he said. "It's like, I get fired from here and 20 years later, it's a theme park attraction from the place I got fired from, which is so weird."