When Zombie takes time to let this narrative focus breathe, “3 From Hell” exudes such an interesting blend of character driven ideas that makes the eventual road trip film have insight into the composition of these outlandish characters, even if the outcome is that their chaos is bred by the chaos they are inflicting onto the world. Zombie combines more than a few themes throughout this film but the prevailing focus remains steadfast with the idea of family, both the severe dysfunction and deep-seated connections family members have with one another. It’s a haunting introduction that does a great job of moving the film from the late 1970’s into the early 1980’s. All members of the murderous clan are serving life sentences, Otis is planning escape, Baby is tormented by a vengeful prison guard (Dee Wallace), and Captain Spaulding spouts boastful soliloquies for news reporters explaining the many reasons the Firefly Family is necessary for the world. Zombie wisely uses vintage footage of television reports and newspaper clippings to resurrect his characters and update the viewer on the happenings after the capture. The film begins moments after the gun smoke lifts revealing the bullet riddled convertible carrying the Firefly Family members Otis (Bill Moseley), Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie), and Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig). Unfortunately, the film often loses perspective and balance amidst the mixture of ideas and themes proposed throughout. “3 From Hell” attempts to create a family dynamic with these characters by further delving into their demented intentions and motivations. The film is far more introspective than the other films in the trilogy where “House of 1000 Corpses” crafted a funhouse with horror maniacs and “The Devil’s Rejects” aimed to humanize the cartoonish killers into grungy 70’s outlaws. Rob Zombie, a director whose style has fluctuated from music video motifs to major Hollywood gleam, continues his savage saga of murder mayhem with the Firefly Family in “3 From Hell”. Haig’s final appearance will be in the upcoming horror film Abruptio.Starring: Bill Moseley, Sherri Moon Zombie, Richard Brake, and Sid HaigĪmidst a barrage of bullets and backed by the theme of “Free Bird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd, director Rob Zombie pulled a cinematic magic trick with his 2005 horror film “The Devil’s Rejects” by making the vile, disgusting, psychotic murdering road show threesome into characters that strangely, in those final minutes of the film, have the poise and demeanor of folk heroes rushing into their final battle. ![]() I kind of realized, yeah, he’s in rough shape.” Because Sid, he’s big and burly, and now he’s tiny as a skeleton. So, I went to see him, and he had changed drastically from the last time I saw him. I’m like, holy s**t, this is a serious business. “He had been in the hospital, and he had just had surgery, and he was now recovering in a rehabilitation facility. “But three weeks out from shooting, I got a call from Sid Haig,” Zombie said. While Haig was meant to star in Zombie’s latest, 3 From Hell, as it continued the story of Spaulding’s Firefly family, the director recently revealed that because of health issues, Haig needed to be replaced in the majority of the film by actor Richard Brake. George Lucas’ THX 1138 and Sean Connery’s penultimate James Bond outing Diamonds Are Forever are standouts among films like Blood Bath, Galaxy of Terror, and Beyond Atlantis.Īfter revitalizing his career thanks to House of 1000 Corpses, and teaming twice with Quentin Tarantino (in Jackie Brown and Kill Bill Volume 2), Haig did a run of horror films well-skewed for his newfound fandom, including Hatchet 3, Death House, and Night of the Living Dead 3D. His film career began similarly, with blaxploitation roles and supporting turns in Roger Corman and Jack Hill’s horror, noir, and sci-fi adding up to more than 50 film appearances. Haig, who made the clown-dressed Spaulding an iconic figure in the horror world, was also a longtime TV villain - genre shows like Batman, Get Smart, Mission: Impossible, Charlie's Angels, Jason of Star Command, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and more felt his day player wrath as a heavy. Oberg, Haig died over the weekend on Sept. Sid Haig, a character actor whose career was so long and prolific that his star-making turn in Rob Zombie’s horror trilogy began when he was 64 years old, has died at age 80. ![]() House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, and 3 From Hell’s Captain Spaulding is gone.
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