3 from Hell (2019)
This sorta concludes the trilogy in a rather unexpected way. Which I will explain my exact thoughts on that later. The story takes place a decade following The Devil's Rejects. It does explain how the Firefly family survived getting brutally gunned down. Captain Spaulding gets executed early into the movie. A major reason I didn't want to see the movie was because his actor passed away.
In fact, director Rob Zombie confirmed every meeting he had with Haig regarding the movie. His role within the film kept getting shorter due to his decaying health. I'm even amazed he reprised the character at all. Otis gets rescued by their half brother Wolf. A character added into the movie to help save it following Haig's reduced screen time.
I actually felt he was a great adaptation to the movie. The brothers came up with a crazy plan to rescue their sister. They get an idea to go to Mexico. Unfortunately trouble was waiting down there for em as well. It turns out Otis killed the father of a crime lord. This guy was willing to slaughter anyone getting in his way.
Some parts may be a little similar to The Devil's Rejects. At the same time, it's differs enough to stand on it's own. The huge time gap I'm amazed these actors still got it. Baby was portrayed by Zombie's wife. She's in majority of his movies to begin with. This is one crazy story filled that easily could be seen as nightmare fuel to some.
This family you don't wanna mess with is the huge message this movie sending. Every encounter they faced somehow they come out on top. Personally The Devil's Rejects still my favorite in the trilogy. I still like several things more in House of 1000 Corpses. Honestly it isn't that bad of a movie. Just don't go in with huge expectations.
The actual ending is they leave Mexico the same road they drove to get in. It heavily implies from this point they simply get away with everything. The last major obstacle removed from their path. Originally I expected all of them to die. In a way it kinda works for what the director going for. It's a movie that doesn't feel like it's over staying it's welcome.
Just when you think Zombie ran out of ideas. This movie had some life left in it. Some truly mess up moments happens. Like this clown gets forced to entertain a room filled with hostages. You knew Baby had to chase someone down at some point. Even an Warden isn't safe in this. I do like prison played a bigger role than the last entry.
The simple fact this family causing Hell the way they do. You know it's a group of monsters no one going to survive. You would be lucky they kept you alive a little longer. They were inspired to a degree by Leatherface's family from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. We won't get into the confusing timeline of that.
3 from Hell is quite true to it's name. You got three family members being the very worst of people imaginable. Even staying at an hotel something goes south quickly. Then again that also happened in The Devil's Rejects. They partied in Mexico similar to doing the same with their uncle. Except the guy in charge set them up to a monster.
It doesn't even think like the regular third entry notably not as great as the first two movies either. I would actually say this was a better movie than I expected. So what it's my least favorite among em. I still ended up having a good time watching it. I also liked each entry has a particular style to help differ em from each other.
From an retrospective that's a clever yet ambitious idea. The first one felt more like an grindhouse film. The second was more of a modern killer story. This entry felt like those movies, shows and specials based on serial killers to a degree. Somehow all of this comes together in the end. 3 from Hell I could recommend to a lot of people.
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