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Finally, Lions Gate picked up House of 1000 Corpses and released it in 2003. After fan speculation that 31 would be a continuation of House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects "Firefly Family" saga, Zombie returned to deliver just what the people wanted. Likely Zombie's smallest film budget, this one tells the tale of a woman reckoning with her witch ancestry, as it pertains to a band called the Lords of Salem who in their vengeful return to the historical east coast town leave a trail of bodies. Expect a more subdued outing with this one, as at times the pacing can drag. Dedicated Z-heads, especially those who like to watch Sheri Moon-Zombie perform both menial and creepy tasks, will certainly get that itch scratched.
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Otis, Baby, and Spaulding escape in Charlie's 1972 Cadillac Eldorado and leave behind Tiny, who walks back into the burning house. As Otis drives down the road with Baby and Spaulding asleep in the back seat, he notices a police barricade ahead of them. Realizing that they will not make it out alive, he wakes Baby and Spaulding and hands them each a gun. They speed toward the barricade, guns blazing as the police return fire, fading to black. At the motel, Otis and Baby take a musical group called Banjo and Sullivan hostage in their room, and Otis shoots the roadie when he returns.
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At the time of release and in the years since, the film has garnered a cult following. It was the final film to feature Matthew McGrory before his death the same year, although he did have a posthumous cameo in 2017's The Evil Within, which had been filmed in 2002, and the film's DVD release was dedicated to his "loving memory." On October 30, 1977, amateur criminals Killer Karl and Richard Wick attempt an armed robbery at a gas station/horror museum, but are killed by the owner, Captain Spaulding, and his assistant, Ravelli. Later that night, Jerry Goldsmith, Bill Hudley, Mary Knowles, and Denise Willis are on the road in hopes of writing a book on offbeat roadside attractions. When the four meet Spaulding, who is also the owner of "The Museum of Monsters & Madmen", they learn of the local legend of Dr. Satan.
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Harper follows their commands and sneaks Baby out of prison by disguising her as a guard. However, once Baby is freed, Otis and Foxy decide to eliminate the loose ends and kill all the hostages, as well as Harper. Now united, the three are undecided as to what to do next but eventually decide to flee to Mexico, a decision that is made more pressing due to Baby's growing instability. On May 18, 1978,[a] Texas Sheriff John Quincey Wydell and a large posse of state troopers issue a search and destroy mission on the Firefly family, who are responsible for over 75 homicides and disappearances over the past several years. Rufus is killed and Mother Firefly is taken into custody while Otis and Baby escape.
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It is the third and final installment in the Firefly trilogy, which began with House of 1000 Corpses (2003), and stars Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, Richard Brake and Sid Haig. The plot follows an incarcerated Otis Driftwood and Baby Firefly being freed by Otis's half-brother, after barely surviving a police shootout a decade ago. The Devil's Rejects was released on July 22, 2005, to minor commercial success, and mixed reviews, although it was generally considered an improvement over its predecessor.
After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. Teaming up with Otis’ half-brother Winslow, the demented Firefly clan escape to unleash a whole new wave of murder, madness and mayhem. Given the fact the filmmaker had allegedly wanted to reboot this property for his entire career, and how any living fans of The Munsters probably aren't aware of who in the hell Rob Zombie is, the result is simply a guy who loves something, making something he loves. Even though this isn't an Addams Family level affair, it's hard to ignore the geekdom and affection the normally brutal Zombie has for this property.
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Meanwhile, Baby's father, Captain Spaulding, decides to rendezvous with Baby and Otis. His truck runs out of gas on the way, and he frightens a boy and assaults the boy's mother before stealing her car. Back at the motel, Otis rapes Roy's wife Gloria and demands Adam and Roy come with him on an errand. At the time that I saw House of 1000 Corpses, I don’t think I fully appreciated it.
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The success of this movie spawned a sequel, The Devil’s Rejects, and a third entry in the series, 3 From Hell, was just released on digital and physical video this month. Let’s take a look back at these films about the infamous Firefly family, including my thoughts and Rob Zombie’s insights on each of these twisted tales. When it comes to names that are synonymous with Halloween, horror movie director Rob Zombie certainly deserves his gritty, blood-soaked legacy. As a platinum-selling rocker with White Zombie who started as a production assistant on Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Zombie's transformation to film director has yielded some of horror's biggest cult hits. And with House of 1000 Corpses set to return to theaters this October nearly 20 years after its release, it's easy to see how the killer creative has made his mark.
Zombie said that an executive told him, “I can’t, in good conscience, put out this movie.” Naturally, he wasn’t pleased with this development. However, rather than let it bring him down, Rob reached out to other studios. MGM expressed interest and financed the final edits of the film, yet it backed out of the project as well.
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“What inspired the 3 From Hell script was, over the years, those characters just existed as characters in the real world, with action figures and t-shirts and posters and things. That was the inspiration for the movie where I go, ‘Okay, 15 years later, these criminals, with the fame they would have achieved. It was based on the reality of what was happening with the actual characters in real life,” said Rob Zombie. Just like House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects is as compelling now as it was when it was released. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for the final film in the trilogy, 3 From Hell, which came out this year. Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
Ranch lot will be redeveloped to meet growing demand for soundstages as legacy studios and streaming newcomers compete for space to make movies and TV shows. Then, he starred in director Jack Hill’s blaxploitation films during the late 1960s and 70s and were later regarded as feminist works. Titles include “Spider Baby,” “Coffy” and “Foxy Brown.” He starred opposite Pam Greer in many of Hill’s films. Haig, born in Fresno, California under the name Sidney Eddy Mosesian, played music in the 1950s, drumming his way to a number four hit single “Full House” with the T-Birds. The terrifying trilogy that follows the blood-soaked saga of the depraved Firefly family, including 3 From Hell, House of 1000 Corpses, and The Devil’s Rejects.
Wydell sets the house on fire and leaves Otis and Spaulding to burn, but he lets Baby loose outside so he can hunt her for sport. Baby gets shot in the calf of her left leg, brutally horse-whipped, and then strangled by Wydell. Tiny suddenly arrives and intervenes, breaking Wydell's neck and saving the Firefly family.
After the cult success of Corpses, Zombie decided to further the story of the Firefly family, this time flipping the trio of Otis and Captain Spaulding into the role of protagonists on the run from the law, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. It's a bloodier, more queasy affair with less over-the-top horror and more humans being all serial-killery. The Devil's Rejects has been called Zombie's own The Wild Bunch or Badlands, and this ragtag crew of gorehounds will have you locking your doors for sure. In January 2018, it was rumoured that a sequel, 3 from Hell, was in production.[24] Rob Zombie confirmed this via Instagram in March 2018, sharing a photo from the director's seat.[25][26] A teaser trailer for 3 from Hell was released in June 2019, and the film opened on September 16, 2019. Later that night, the three remaining teenagers are dressed as rabbits and taken out to an abandoned well. Mary attempts to run away, but is tracked down and stabbed to death by Baby moments later.
At a certain point you have to respect the fact Rob Zombie is basically hanging out with his friends and loved ones, making things for his dedicated fanbase who dig the filmmaker's funhouse blend of camp, horror, and grindhouse vibes. 31 follows a group of carnival workers who are kidnapped by some sadistic clowns and fed tea and crackers and given warm huggies… NOT! They are brutally hunted for sport in a series of violent carnival games, as it were.
When Denise doesn't come home, her father Don calls the police to report her missing. Don, a former policeman, is called to the scene to help the deputies search. They arrive at the Firefly house and Wydell questions Mother Firefly about the missing teens. Mother Firefly shoots Wydell in the head and kills him; Don and Steve are then killed by Otis when they find more bodies of missing cheerleaders in the barn, along with a barely conscious Mary. House of 1000 Corpses is a 2003 American black comedy horror film[4][5] written, co-scored, and directed by Rob Zombie in his directorial debut, and the first film in the Firefly film series. It stars Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon, Karen Black, Rainn Wilson, Chris Hardwick, Tom Towles, Erin Daniels, Jennifer Jostyn, Walton Goggins, and Dennis Fimple in his final role.
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