Three from Hell rated R for sadistic violence, graphic nudity & more

April 24th 2019, 2:05pm

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Writer-director Rob Zombie's much-anticipated third (and final?) chapter in his Firefly Family saga, THREE FROM HELL started out in 2003 with HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES and then seemingly ended with 2007's THE DEVIL'S REJECTS. But now we know that the trio of killers survived the last movie and will be raising ten types of Hell later this year. And today we have word that the flick has officially been slapped with an R-rating for "strong sadistic violence, language throughout, sexual content, graphic nudity, and drug use."

Wow, don't hold back now, Rob Zombie. I don't know about you but I fully expected the filmmaker to finally go PG-13 with this new motion picture. Kidding. The last time we saw the Firefly Family was in THE DEVIL'S REJECTS which began:

After a raid on the rural home of the psychopathic Firefly family, two members of the clan, Otis (Bill Moseley) and Baby (Sheri Moon Zombie), manage to flee the scene. Heading to a remote desert motel, the killers reunite with Baby's father, Capt. Spaulding (Sid Haig), who is equally demented and intent on maintaining their murder spree. While the trio continues to torment and kill various victims, the vengeful Sheriff Wydell (William Forsythe) slowly closes in on them.

While we don't know much about what THREE FROM HELL is about specifically, we do know that Baby Firefly (Sheri Moon Zombie), Otis B. Driftwood (Bill Moseley), and Captain Spaulding (Sid Haig) will be returning along with THE DEVIL'S REJECTS co-stars Danny Trejo as Rondo and Daniel Roebuck as Morris Green. Plus new additions Clint Howard, Richard Brake, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Emilio Rivera, David Ury, Dee Wallace, Pancho Moler, Austin Stoker, Tom Papa, Dot-Marie Jones, Richard Edson, Richard Riehle, Kevin Jackson, Billy Blair, Steven Michael Quezada, Bill Oberst Jr., Sylvia Jefferies, and Sean Whalen. And let's not forget the series of "bizarre cameos" Zombie promised including Barry Bostwick and Chaz Bono.

THREE FROM HELL is "almost finished." Lionsgate and Saban Films expect to release the flick in the early fall — September vicinity.