3 from Hell

Even before the film begins, you are immediately told by the director himself Rob Zombie that there was no intention to create a third film in the series. His masterpiece had come and gone 15 years ago and yet the too often need to relish in past greatness came back to haunt him. The film is nothing like its predecessor's. Its pacing is slow and even annoying at times. Worse the film becomes derivative as it goes on taking useless over amassed tropes to new heights. He could have done so much better and I know that in my heart. But two hours later, like me you'll know why this was only a "3 Day Event".

I attended the 3rd and final night of the film's theatrical presentation. The 3rd night happened to be a double feature featuring The Devil's Rejects leading right into it's sequel. I think this was unfortunately a fatal decision since it truly shows how inferior of a film this is to its predecessor. From incredible first act problems to 75% of plot points being rehashed from the previous film, 3 From Hell falls flat. Imagine a car continuously stalling, it gets so close to taking off, but perpetually stalls. This film lacked that dirty, nasty, gross taste we expect with a Rob Zombie film and instead replaces it with silly silly humor and Hollywood production. The film gradually feels more Hollywood and standard as we approach the third act which presents itself like one big reshot 3rd act almost completely separate from themes and character arcs presented in the first half of the film. While it was a joy to see the Firefly family once again, I feel this film ultimately tarnishes the image of the first two thirds of this trilogy. Predictable and tame; two words I'd never expect to describe a sequel to The Devil's Rejects.

Zombie is a very talented person and I'm a extremely big horror buff but I can't say many good things about this movie. Let's start with the good. Theres a lot of Blood and profanity BUT no matter how much of that you toss into a movie it doesn't make it any better. This is by far one of his worst movies ( and that's coming from someone who found enjoyment in 31 and lords of Salem ) Here's the bad. The plot has little to no meat on it, the zoomed in angles makes it hard to enjoy the violence cause all you see at times is a cheekbone, then blood, palm, then blood and so on. The characters you want to see more of have little to no screen time, and everything is so exaggerated that you really have to suspend ALL DISBELIEF while watching.

Save your money and rent it in a couple of weeks cause yes......this is a straight to DVD kinda movie that stole people's money for a 3 day release.

Bittersweet ending to a trilogy that really feels like how most stories end. It's a rather dull and meningless journey with friendly faces along the way, looking for a purpose after the good old days ended.

3 from Hell can be surprisingly touching sometimes when it just hits the viewer one or two scenes that manage to humanize literal serial killers. I really wish it ended up being a much slower movie all the way through, instead of the second half introducing a new conflict without much purpose.

Still what this movie made me feel as a person who liked both previous movies, is how I imagine the characters feeling. Some of the story revolvs around looking for some new meaning in a world that is hostile, empty, melancholic, and no longer familiar. The whole point of this movie is that we're seeing a family of maniacs going through all this.

I think it's a deeply flawed piece to conclude the story of the beloved characters who remained until the end, but one that manages to find some closure to make piece with the days that are gone and lets our antiheroes go.

The (I dare to say.. touching!) relationship of Otis and Baby must be my favorite thing in the movie, I couldn't have imagined it without the two of them. Sid Haig sadly didn't manage to appear for long in his last ever movie, and his replacement is obviously someone who can't ever compete, but Foxy's character is a likeable addition to the team whose main story focuses around finding his place within the family.

Must see for those who like the series, even with all its flaws! Ironically, we all expected something better, the same way our heroes did with their own lifes, and I can only feel respect for that.

If you are like me, you probably thought that the ending to The Devils Rejects was incredible, almost majestic. TDR was one of the best horror movies at the time and was a great equal. With that said, 3 From Hell was not. If you are someone that just watched House of 1000 Corpses and The Devils Rejects for the first time recently, you might enjoy 3 From Hell. If you have been waiting the 14 years for this movie, it will be a let down. Zombie ended TDR on an incredible note, so having those 14 years to plan out another return of the Firefly family, you would think it would be something unique and unexpected. It wasn't. Your explanation to it was 'odds of their survival are 1,000,000 to 1. They survived'. That's it. I'll put that aside for now. The movie also felt like it was missing a solid plot, but maybe that is what Zombie was going for. The last thing that kind of annoyed me about this movie was 2 scenes. I won't spoil them, but it has almost exactly the same feel as the Hotel scene and the strip club scene in TDR. Overall, it had so much potential and could have been a great movie, but it just failed to hit that level. Worth the 2 hours and $15, but The Devils Rejects will still be Zombies best work in my opinion.