It was a fun ride while it lasted, but writer/director Rob Zombie shouldn't make a sequel to 3 From Hell, and instead let the Fireflies retire. The road from House of 1000 Corpses to 3 From Hell was a long one. Zombie's 2003 directorial debut, House of 1000 Corpses almost didn't get released, until Lionsgate swooped in to save the day. When Zombie returned to the Firefly well for 2005's The Devil's Rejects, he crafted what was less of a sequel to House of 1000 Corpses and more a 1970s grindhouse exploitation movie that happened to star Otis, Baby, and Captain Spaulding. Show That's not to say the changes Zombie made were bad, as many still regard The Devil's Rejects as his best film to date. Zombie accomplished the difficult feat of making the Firefly Family somewhat sympathetic, despite the fact that they commit some absolutely heinous acts over the course of the story. Otis, Baby, and Captain Spaulding ended The Devil's Rejects apparently getting shot to death by police, but 14 years later, Zombie decided to bring them back. While 3 From Hell's method of retconning the death of the Fireflies wasn't exactly great - all the explanation we get is that they were in critical condition, but survived - the film still ultimately proved satisfying for most fans of Rob Zombie's particular brand of filmmaking. 3 From Hell's ending left the door open for further Firefly adventures, but that's really not something Zombie needs to do, and here's why. A 3 From Hell Sequel Wouldn't Be the Same Without Captain Spaulding Shortly after 3 From Hell's brief theatrical release back in September, Captain Spaulding actor and horror icon Sid Haig passed away at the age of 80. Of course, anyone who saw 3 From Hell probably wasn't that surprised, as Haig looks in bad shape during Spaulding's short appearance in the film. Still, for as little as he's onscreen, and as ill as he clearly was, Haig did his damnedest to muster up some of that old Spaulding bravado and menace, leading to a final performance worth remembering. Zombie was cognizant of how important it was for Spaulding to not be completely absent from 3 From Hell, and made a point to include him, despite Haig's failing health. A Firefly film without him just wouldn't seem right, even if Richard Brake's Foxy ended up being a fairly decent substitute. The Firefly Family Story Really Doesn't Have Anywhere Else to Go House of 1000 Corpses presented the Fireflies in their natural environment, that being surrounded by death and mayhem. The Devil's Rejects saw the Fireflies get caught, and flee from law enforcement, going on what seemed like one last killing spree and mounting one last stand against the sadistic sheriff on their tail. 3 From Hell already seemed like a bit of an epilogue, reversing Otis, Baby, and Spaulding's seeming death, definitively killing off the latter, and sending the former two on a quest to escape the law. They seemingly did that - at least for the time being - by fleeing to Mexico, but there doesn't really appear to be any real story left to tell. The Fireflies got a semi-heroic ending, literally walking off into the sunset after defeating a Mexican druglord. There's only two real ways their story realistically ends: either they cross the wrong people again and die or get captured by the cops and return to prison. They couldn't possibly get a cooler death than the end of The Devil's Rejects, and nobody wants the Fireflies back in cages. Thus, Rob Zombie should know when to fold 'em, and not make a 3 From Hell sequel. More: Rob Zombie's Halloween Movies Aren't Bad - They're Misunderstood Writer-director Rob Zombie‘s new movie 3 From Hell (out Sept. 16) is a sequel to the filmmaker’s 2005’s The Devil’s Rejects. That film starred Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, and Sheri Moon Zombie as Captain Spaulding, Otis Driftwood, and Baby, a trio of unrepentant killers originally introduced in Zombie’s 2003 directorial debut, House of 1,000 Corpses. This time around, however, the trio in the title does not refer to the original line-up of psychopaths. While Haig’s Captain Spaulding does appear in the film, he is effectively replaced in the gang by a new character called Foxy, played by Mandy actor Richard Brake. “The movie that I prepped to make, and was getting ready to start shooting, it was Captain Spaulding, Otis, and Baby, the three originals,” says Zombie. “But three weeks out from shooting, I got a call from Sid Haig. He had been in the hospital, and he had just had surgery, and he was now recovering in a rehabilitation facility. I’m like, holy sh—, this is a serious business. So, I went to see him, and he had changed drastically from the last time I saw him. Because Sid, he’s big and burly, and now he’s tiny as a skeleton. So, I was like, oh man. I kind of realized, yeah, he’s in rough shape. So, at that point I was kind of f—ed. I created this charter Foxy for Richard Brake. I had just worked with Richard on a movie called 31 and I knew he would fit the vibe. He was on another movie in Spain shooting. He flew right from that movie to L.A. and started working instantly. A lot of the scenes with Foxy were supposed to be Spaulding and I twisted things around so I didn’t have to rewrite every single thing. It was the funniest situation and the sh—tiest situation. Because, I went from one moment thinking, ‘This is the most prepared I have ever f—ing been to start a movie — everything is locked down tight’ — and within one phone call, the entire production went into complete chaos for three weeks. But at the end of the day, it all worked out great.” Zombie was still determined that genre favorite Haig appear in the film. “I knew it was so important he be part of the movie,” says Zombie. “Lionsgate was fine with me sort of sneaking him in one day to shoot as much as I could. It was on me to make sure that nothing went wrong. So I got him in, I shot everything I could shoot.” [Note: On Sept. 7, Haig’s wife, Suzy, wrote on Instagram that the actor had been involved in an accident and was in the ICU. On Friday, she offered an update, saying the actor was “winning the fight” after taking a “nasty spill.”] The cast of 3 from Hell also includes Danny Trejo, Clint Howard, and E.T. actress Dee Wallace, who plays a less-than-pleasant prison guard. “Dee Wallace, I love — this is like the fourth time we’ve worked together,” says Zombie. “I knew she would be great playing against type as the evil, wicked prison guard. When I first sent her the script she was like, ‘I don’t know if I can do this.’ Then she called me back the next day and she was like, ‘I’m in.’ She’s always nice in movies and I wanted her to be super sh—ty in this movie. And she was great.” According to Zombie, fans should savor 3 From Hell, which he believes could well be the last in the series. “It’s probably the end,” he says. “End of the road.” 3 from Hell is screening in cinemas Sept. 16, 17, 18. Tickets are available at the Fathom Events website. Exclusively watch a NSFW, expletive-filled clip from 3 From Hell, above. 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