It was the “who are they now” a decade later, after surviving a police shootout, being convicted, separated and locked away that was interesting for Zombie to explore. That was the genesis of the idea and what really got me going.”Īs Zombie sat down to write the script for “3 From Hell” he said he didn’t want to retread the same beats and just have the same characters with the same catch phrases. In the other movies they were just these redneck nobodies out there killing and now they’ve become these Charles Manson-like cultural figures that kids sort of get behind in a weird way, even though they shouldn’t. As that happened year after year, that played into the story line that kept popping into my head, which is why at the beginning of the movie they’ve become these weird iconic figures. “The characters became more popular and I’d see more T-shirts, action figures and tattoos, so it made it hard to forget about them. “I wouldn’t have thought when that movie (‘The Devil’s Rejects’) came out - because all of these movies were fairly moderate releases, none of them were tent pole movies released to 4,000 screens for a studio - that 14 years later, people would even remember the movie, but every year it just kept getting more and more popular,” Zombie said. Zombie is coming off back-to-back tours alongside Marilyn Manson and he’s currently doing press for the third film with these characters, and the sequel to “The Devil’s Rejects,” dubbed “3 From Hell,” which will be screened as a three-night event via Fathom Events in theaters Sept. “I ended it like I thought it was the end, for sure,” Zombie said during a recent phone interview. Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird” plays as Otis hits the gas on their convertible, speeding toward a roadblock filled with police officers who respond by filling the convicts with bullet holes. Welcome to the murder ride.It has been 16 years since horror fans were first introduced to Otis Driftwood, Vera-Ellen “Baby” Firefly and Captain Spaulding in rocker Rob Zombie’s directorial debut, “House of 1000 Corpses.” The fierce trio appeared again and were much more developed in Zombie’s next film, 2005’s “The Devil’s Rejects.”Īt the end of “The Devil’s Rejects” the trio of psycho killers seemingly go down in a blaze of glory. Instead, Rob revels in taking viewers through the biggest, scariest Halloween party they’ve ever known, and leaves them both terrified by and enamored of the creatures they meet there. Satan without getting too overly concerned with motive, physics, or competing with the film world at large. That’s what makes the movie so special, and earns it the number one spot on this list - the singular vision behind it, giving us characters like Captain Spaulding and Dr. House Of 1,000 Corpses, centering around the gruesome fates of four teenagers who fall into the grasp of the psychotic Firefly Family on Halloween Eve, is a colorful, unhinged whirlwind, full of iconic performances, quotable lines, and inspired cinematography that feels like a view directly into the spookshow of Rob’s psyche. “The boogeyman’s real.and you’ve found him.” For a generation of metal and horror fans, Rob Zombie’s directorial debut changed everything. A triumphant conclusion to one bad, bad trip. While the Firefly's cult of personality storyline is sadly abandoned and the lack of Captain Spaulding is certainly felt throughout - the good Captain is executed within the first fifteen minutes of the film - the mature and nuanced ways Bill Moseley and Sheri Moon Zombie take on their old roles of Otis and Baby make the viewer feel as though they're in the company of familiar friends (and don't worry, Zombie still manages to work a clown in there). Packed with delicious Easter eggs and surprisingly potent comedy, 3 From Hell sees the Fireflys escaping from prison in the '80s and fleeing to Mexico alongside a new old acquaintance (Richard Brake, returning as a more lovable character than 31's Doom Head). For the third and - perhaps? - final chapter of the Firefly Family's story, Zombie brings together hefty helpings of both the psychedelic spookiness of his first film and the dire survivalism of his second, merging them into a hilarious and awesome thrillride.
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