Is Bill Zebub The World’s Most Offensive Filmmaker?

Are you trying to offend people with your work? And do you kind of enjoy that kind of audience reaction?

It might be hard for people to understand, but I make content for people who enjoy material that could be deemed offensive. But I don’t want to anger or shock anyone. It’s a loser gimmick. I love to entertain certain types of people, and I wish that I could make my movies invisible to those who do not resonate with the material. My main distro allows me to make my own cover design, so rather than fool people with a professionally-designed package, I make it clear that it is garbage.

You know, even if I didn’t have questionable content, I would still not wish to deceive consumers by hiring graphic designers. I know that I would have made much more money over the years, but I don’t want ill-gained fortune.

Have there ever been any consequences for some of the outrageous films you’ve made?

Over the years there have been bad occasions that I will describe in detail in my upcoming memoir.  But the axe began to cut deeply starting three or so years ago. Vimeo deleted my entire channel. This was sad because my overseas fans could watch my movies cheaply. I never charged more than $4 a download. Shortly thereafter, YouTube demonetized my channel. Amazon erased all of my digital content. Almost every digital merchant removed my movies. My friends in the porn industry told me that there were two laws that were bastardized into being anti-nudity rules. I don’t know the laws, but I was told that they were meant to protect against trafficking, and also to make sites liable if crimes were committed that had anything to do with their content. 

I am going to try to edit some of my movies and re-introduce them to digital merchants, but I fear that even if I get accepted, I will soon be deleted again.  There is an anti-intellectual movement that is gaining power even though it is ridiculous. As such, even if I had no nudity, my movies ask questions and require a person to actively think about the content. Anti-intellectualism encourages knee-jerk non-comprehension, which I cannot defend against. But the physical discs will always be my own voice, unhindered.

“Think about it. Successful people are not necessarily smarter than you are. They are just people who acted instead of merely dreamed.”

How do you respond to your fans? The ones that like your work and the ones that hate it?

I give more than a simple thank you. I like to engage and to make myself accessible, even to enemies, unless it is pointless to do so. I remember when I did a phone interview with a radio station duo from California. I didn’t realize that they only had me on so that they could yell at me for making Antfarm Dickhole. They couldn’t tolerate the puns and they behaved as if I had done something to them physically. I still answered all of their questions, but there are some occasions when I simply ignore.  

Assmonster is the film that is probably your most personal work as it is about making a low budget horror film. I really want to know what went into that film and how autobiographical it was.

I am actually re-editing that one right now and will upconvert it for a Bluray, and it will also contain a re-edit of Antfarm Dickhole.

When I made Assmonster, it was after I discovered that some of my experiences were common to other movie makers. I wrote the script parodying what I personally knew. Little did I know that there was so much relatable truth that it played at many huge film festivals without me ever submitting it. This is yet another thing that rankles my peers. They tried to get into Fantasia Film Festival for years, with movies that had budgets over $200,000, and I made one for $900 and it gets played everywhere without me lifting a finger. It was also the first movie that was reviewed on Film Threat — I met the reviewer at Fantasia, by the way.

I made another movie on the same subject, called Indie Director because I had purchased my first HD camera and wanted to revisit the subject. I recently shot Exploitation in 4K, which is my favorite and most personal making-of movie.  These are labors of love. They are done without expectation of success.  I made these movies as a way to turn negative experiences into hilarious and inspirational entertainment.  

Perhaps the honesty of Assmonster is what most appealed to you, Lord Chris.