Skurkis Screaming Moon – Sheri Moon Zombie aka Sheri Lyn Skurkis
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Skurkis_Screaming_Moon_(Cenote)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheri_Moon_Zombie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_queen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Dead_Girl_(song)
https://youtu.be/BvsMPOfblfg
Skurkis Screaming Moon is a Necromancer who has allied herself with the Shadow Queen. She occupies the Pyramid of White Fire and attempts to stop your wizard from re-assembling the Calendar Stone. On Xibalba, she is the second of Morganthe’s minions that you face.
“Who is this irresistible creature who has an insatiable love for the dead, you ask? I am Skurkis Screaming Moon!”
Skurkis Screaming Moon
“Wizard, you face the ultimate Scream Queen! I’m going to throw down with you and make it look good!” – Skurkis Screaming Moon
Skurkis Screaming Moon quotes the opening line of Rob Zombie’s “Living Dead Girl”. She also states she is the Ultimate Scream Queen, a “Scream Queen”. According to Wikipedia, a scream queen (a wordplay on screen queen) is an actress who is prominent and influential in horror films, either through a notable appearance or recurring roles.
Sheri Moon Zombie (born Sheri Lyn Skurkis; September 26, 1970) is an American actress, model, dancer and fashion designer.
Moon has appeared in eleven of Zombie’s solo music videos and an additional four previous to that when he fronted White Zombie. She most famously starred in the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari-themed music video “Living Dead Girl”. Moon appeared on the cover of the single for “Living Dead Girl” (1998), Zombie’s remix album American Made Music to Strip By (1999), and the cover of the single for “Demon Speeding” (2002). Aside from Zombie’s work, she also appeared in Black Label Society’s video for “Stillborn” and Prong’s video for “Rude Awakening”. In 2003, Moon co-starred in her husband’s first feature film, House of 1000 Corpses, as Vera-Ellen “Baby” Firefly, but previous to that, she claims that she had never had aspirations of becoming an actress. As Moon explains her character in that film, “Baby is the angelic-looking bait to get the victims.” Moon starred alongside genre actors Sid Haig, Bill Moseley and Karen Black. In 2004, she had a brief appearance in the Tobe Hooper film Toolbox Murders starring Angela Bettis, the only film she has been in not directed by Zombie.
On October 31, 2002, she married heavy metal musician and film director Rob Zombie at the Graceland Wedding Chapel, after almost nine years of dating, and subsequently changed her name to Sheri Moon Zombie. As of 2019, she resided with Zombie between a home in Los Angeles and a farm in Connecticut.
“Living Dead Girl” is the second single from Rob Zombie’s solo debut album Hellbilly Deluxe. The original mix was featured in both Bride of Chucky and Gus Van Sant’s 1998 Psycho remake, appearing on the album of the latter, the “Naked Exorcism Remix” appeared on The Crow: Salvation Soundtrack in 2000. Also a version of the song is played in a club in the TV show Angel, while the character Faith tears apart a dance club. The sleeve for the CD single features an image of Rob Zombie’s wife, Sheri Moon.The song was featured in the trailer for the 2007 film Catacombs.
Thank you to Jasen C. for this one.
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Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages.
Skurkis Screaming Moon image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.
Rob Zombie and Sheri Moon Zombie is borrowed from the People Magazine website and is (c) Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic
Living Dead Girl album sleeve art is borrowed from Amazon.com and is (c) Geffen Records
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