Mr. November: Terrance Zdunich

Terrance Zdunich is the sexy baritone grave robber from the new Goth/rock opera Repo! The Genetic Opera, which comes out November 7th, 2008 in way too few theaters. Terrance's sexy charisma and manly warbling makes the industrially awesome song 'Zydrate' easily the best one in the entire show. But Terrance is more than just a pretty face singing in a way that makes even Dean Martin himself seem like a wimp. Terrance, along with co-writer Darren Smith, actually conceived of the entire rock opera itself from its humblest beginnings to the feature film(directed by SAW vet Darren Lynn Bousman)it is today. A modern Rocky Horror Picture Show for theangsty, horror-minded youth of "right-now", Repo! showcases Terrance's amazing creative talents (and sexiness!). Terrance's long brown hair and innocent blue eyes hide the fantastic powerhouse of dark creativity that he has inside and unleashes in Repo!. Also a talented storyboard artist, Terrance has worked in Hollyweird and has a lot of interesting stories to tell. But enough about who he is on the inside; take a look at how hot he is on the outside! Welcome our new Mr. November, Terrance Zdunich…

What's it like to go on a date with you, Terrance? What would we do and where would we go?

Well, I guess that sort of depends on who the date is with.But in general, I like to keep things simple.It's complicated enough to carry on a decent conversation while simultaneously trying to quell the voices – the 'don't be creepy' loop, the 'hey, lazy eye, where you goin'?' jeers, and the ever-present 'Mother, she's just a stranger. She's hungry, and it's raining out!'

Beinga drug-selling, corpse-digging, singing Grave Robber doesn't leave a lot of time for friendships.

As an art student at Otis School of Design, I am sure you learned the finer points of art history. Name at least one building that Peter Murphy designed in the Bauhaus style:

If you direct your attention out the left side of the tour hearse, little girl, you'll see the actual building where Bela Lugosi died…'undead, undead, undead…' There those voices go again—QUIET!Actually, I've had the great pleasure of working with both Daniel Ash and David J of Bauhaus.They both recorded parts for REPO!'s soundtrack.Early on in REPO!'s casting process there was even talk of trying to get Peter Murphy to do a cameo.Now that would have been cool.


Now, this is not what it looks like. It looks like Terrance is sexually molesting a corpse. He's actually just "checking her out", and last time I looked, that's not illegal.

Zydrate comes in a:

a) Little glass jar
b) Little plastic cup
c) Large Vera Wangvase
d) A little glass vial. A little glass vial? No - I said, 'Gimme my money, crack whore'.

e) 3 lb, grapefruit-sized organ.Though soft like oatmeal, this organ is surrounded by tough, leathery membranes and sealed within a jack-o'-lantern made of bone.To retrieve Zydrate from said organ, one must breach the sinus cavities of the host using a 9mm Zyringe (Zydrate syringe to the laymen).Once extracted, the Zydrate can be transported via options A through D.

Notice the hairy chest.
You did storyboard illustrations for 'Fire Dog', the movie about a dog who works at a firehouse! Were there particular scenes that were so cute you wanted to actually die while working on them?

Don't judge a book by its cover.Fire Dog was my Vietnam, my own private Idaho.Those so-called 'cute' illustrations were done on location in a Cambodian salt mine.Thankfully, that dreadful hole in the earth was home to the exact materials that I needed to defeat the Gorn.

Terrance sometimes does too much cocaine, thedrug ofof "whitey's" choice.

What is your biggest turn-on?

Jessica Rabbit.


"It's just a feel-good photo session, man!"

Biggest turn-off?

Bugs Bunny, impersonating Jessica Rabbit.Fool me once, shame on you…


Terrance selling the hard stuff on the streets to teenaged girls.

What is all thatcrap in your hair as the GraveRobber? And, while they were at it with all the crap, why didn't anyone put a small, tasteful dreamcatcher in your hair? Don't you think that would have added 'flair' to the GraveRobber? It may have also helped ward off bad dreams as well!

If you're asking if the curtains matched the drapes, then the answer is 'yes'.And if 'dreamcatcher' is a euphemism for 'Chlamydiacatcher', the answer is 'no'.


Ewan MacGregor in "The Terrance Zdunich Story: Marriage of Murder", which will air this spring on Lifetime.

Be honest: did you have sex with Paris Hilton on the set of REPO!? You're pretty cute, I am sure she would have.

Thanks.I typically like to stalk…er, I mean, learn what the women that I'm interested in are all about before making a move…you know, things like monitoring her phone conversations, making detailed notes about who she comes and goes with in the night, things like that…normal stuff…so when I found out from watching a certain sex tape that Ms. Hilton was into a little night vision whoopee, I thought for sure that I was a shoe in.So, I invited her over one night.But she took one look at the well in my basement, and the basket on the rope, and took off running.Well, we didn't like her anyway, did we, Precious?

Ewan did a really great job portraying Terrance in the "Terrance gets fired from the post-office" scene, I think.

What's the sexiest thing you've ever done for a woman? That a woman has ever done for you?

When I'm into a woman, she tends to muse her way into my artwork…usually in the form of naughty drawings or X-rated short stories.Once she's seen or read the work, she returns the 'sexy' by not slapping me.Unless of course she finds the work really sexy, then we slap each other.

Terrance gets to play a cop briefly in this scenefrom a season 7 episodeof "Monk". He doesn't have any lines, but someone does make a crack about how he needs to get a haircut.

What will you do NEXT??? Will you continue REPO! On stage, or move on to another project? Details, please!

I'm currently working on a graphic novel set in the early '90's about a dysfunctional American family.Although it's a very bleak story, there are some sexy elements in it, including a shape-shifting chola and a MILFy mentor.I've also been approached by REPO!'s director Darren Lynn Bousman about a possible role in an upcoming movie of his, where I would play a character so scary that he would make GraveRobber seem like a nice guy.You can find out more about what I'm up to at my newly launched website: www.TerranceZdunich.com.

Terrance likes to wear serial-killer and horror-themed T-shirts while drawing unicorns alone in his bedroom.

Bonus Question for Extra Credit:

Please describe the plot of REPO! in less than 5 sentences. You must use the words and/or phrases"Musical Buffy Episode", "mitochondria", and "glow-in-the-dark".

REPO!'s co-creator, Terrance Zdunich, must have been getting high off of glow-in-the-dark drugs, severely abusing his mitochondria whilst watching reruns of the musical BUFFY episode, to come up with the plot for his upcoming ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW meets BLADE RUNNER musical film: in the not-so-distant future, a worldwide epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet.Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: GENECO, a biotech company that offers organ transplants...for a price.Those who miss their payments are scheduled for repossession and hunted by THE REPO MAN.

Don't forget to check out www.terrancezdunich.com for more Terranceness, and also www.repo-opera.com to see clips of the film and watch Terrance do his thing. Go see the movie, it's worth it!